The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-11-14


me oi moderate circumstances,
who can not afford the splendid en.
dowiucnt policies Of the I'D line
companies, and vet who realize It
~ their families who need project.
ion most OF all. TO all such it is
Il blessing beyond compare, Tor 1t
means lust the difference between
comfort and want II death should
come over the back fence, AS il 50
frequently does, and the source OF
supply.
10 every lover of home lite in
New Mexico, the coming ot the
Modern Woodmen, and the
previous presence OF the MANY
other excellent iraiernitics can not
be- taken a. other than a hopeful
sign. rs every commonwealth pro.
grcsses on the road 10 the higher
CIVILIZATION, more and more pro.
lection Is thrown around the home,
and those IN It who are not able to
protect themselves. New Mexico
long ago protected the property OF
the widow bS INST exemption from
taxation, and It now has An effect.
We compulsory educational law,
winch insurcs to every child within
its borders at least the basis oi
useful knowledge, 1t has now at
hand the means OF insuring 1t a
home and comfort IN event OF
o~rphanagc, and AZ a price that the
humblrst worker can afford To pay
! Some day insurance will be- com.
pulsoTy also, Tor the state itself
will take up the matter, but that
wcrr a tar time IN the future, and
IN the mean time the traternal in.
surancc order nils every require.
ment VI the common people.
Ii Is not 80 very long ago, that
there was "a prejudice against lite
insurance, and | have heard ser.
mons IN the pulpit against the
principle. People arr getting
more SENSE nowadays, and 1t i,
recognized as even more OF sound
idea than the insurance at buildings
against tirc, and the like. MI
material things can he replaced hut
lite once gone is gone Tor good,
and there Is nothing before the
widow Of the uninsured poor man
but certain want and privatlon,
and bitter labor. The lite insur.
ance policy makes a home certain,
and the care Of the children posi-
BILE, and Tor these two things alone
iraternal insurance Is a blessed. II
would be- a good thing II the Law
vi the land made the possession Vi
"A valid policy necessary 10 securing
a marriage license, and To secur,
the rights oi franchise. The mod
ern woman is beginning to SEE the
rights OF this matter, and Is help
ing more than any other n agen
cy IN building up the Volume o
iraternal insurance. They AZ
getting wise, and r%lghtiully, 10
any woman is warrented II
questioning the sincerity OF tn
man who seeks her Tor witchoo'
and motherhood, and leaves he
/ absolutely without protection Il
/, the way OF an insurance policy Il
. event he should he called after iii
Z process Ut nature has rendered he
, unfit to earn her own living, an
A provide her own home. Tn. wis
. girl Vi this day insists upon IN
= insurance policy when the youn
= man gets TO numerous 10 put ,
4 any longer, and after they are tie
n together, personally e e that ther
{ is no such a thing IS suspense
non-payment OF dies, that I'll
necessary little dab IS paid eac
4 month, along with the house rel
: and the building association due
. 1t IS certainly her pla,nest RICH
: and they arc justified IN It undo
y. every consideration Of equit,
The more generally she recognize
It the better It will be for the Amer
a can people, and the wonderl
development oi the modern irate
nal insurance society has made
A possible.