Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-16
Annual Life Insurance Repor,.

! Dy insurance Commissioner EkeTn
| shows that the life companies and fra
ternal societies during the year pai6
death claims amounting TO $5,827,S76
and collected from policyholders anc
members S13, 948, 066. The number OF
/ death claims was 1873 in a total OF
S08,178 policies and certificates
There is thus one policy of certifi
cate for every three persons out of the
1850, 900 people in Wisconsin. Almost
one-haf of the total, or 391,313 poll
cies, are the industrial ten cents q
week policies, which are written
wholly in cities and villages. The in.
| dustrial death claims numbered 3,15S
and amounted to s349, 7S5, against ST..
| 594,67S,41 paid by the policyholders
Next in numerical Importance to the
/ almost 100000 industrial policies are
the almos. 100000 fraternal certif-
i Gates. The fraternal societies paid in
death claims S2,521,S52 against So,
/ 81, 068 collected from their members
! The number Of death claims was 2,7Ss
out OF 246,943 certificates.
The legal reserve life companies
paid 1875 death claims, amounting to
/ $2,206,0 32. They collected S7,667,426
/ in premiums on 144,658 policies. In
/ addition, the companies withdrawing
from the state paid $50 death claims.
amounting TO s750,207, out of 1924
policies on which s1,174,S92 was paid
| in premiums
The total benefits promised in Wis.
| consin policies and certificates at the
end of 1913 was $685., 261, 1863, or about
one-thirtieth of the total for the United
| States. OF this, the fraternaI certifi,
| Gates promised nearly one-half, OF
! S308,673, 789. The legal reserve com.
panies follow with S24S, 492, 8S8, to
| which should be added the insurance
in the withdrawing companies, amount.
! ing to S47,671,299 The industrial poll
| c1es, almost half the number of the
| 100000 policies and certificates.
| amount to S4S,423, 1893, or less than
one-thirteenth of the total amount OF
/ insurance in force in the state.
The total number of policies and
| certificates in force in all companies
and societies doing business in the
state at the end of 1913 was 34,986,166,
| or approximately one to every three
persons in the United States. These
| policies and certificates promise bene-
fits amounting to S21,266, 022,790. This
is more than all the capital invested
in manufacture and more than half the
value of all farm property in the
United States, including land, build
ings, live stock and other personal
property. According to the census of
1910 the value of all farm property
was $4,000, 449 900, and the capital in
vested in manufacture was $18,490,-
| 749, 900.
The total benefits peid by all com.
panies and societies during 1913 were
$402, 1928, 5O2.O1, of which $21O,496,
1885 was paid for death claims.
The life companies licensed in the
state in 1913 paid out $82,422,78
for expenses, as against 500, IA 1862
paid for death claims and a total of
$201, 827,267.76 paid to policyholders.
The withdrawing life companies paid
out for expenses $34, 577. 54917, as
against S55 ,559,827.9S paid in death
claims, and total of $143, 122,4120
paid policyholders. The fraternal so
cieties paid in expenses $12, 1853, 45621,
| against $55,195, 1926 paid in death
claims, and a total of $57,373, 82224
paid policyholders.
The licensed legal reserve life com
panies paid in commissions and agents
expenses $4,000, 349.54, and the with
drawing companies paid in commits
sions and expenses $18,8S9,545.07,
while the fraterna1 societies paid in
commissions and agency and deputy
| expenses only $3,714,88624.
Many Voting Machines Used in State.
Nearly 300 voting machines are be-
ing used in Wisconsin according to a
| report of the Municipal Reference
bureau of the University Extension d.
vision. With the exception of five or
six cities, five or more machines are
used in all of the first, second, and
third class cities in the state. Mil
Waukee owns 153 machines, three Of
which it keeps in reserve for cases
of emergency, although it has not yet
been called upon to use them.
Other cities and the number of ma
chimes used in each are Oshkosh IT,
Superior Is, Racine "a, Sheboygan 10,
Fond du Lac 16, Appleton 6, GAINESVILLE
5, and Kenosha 8. Several other
cities have one, two, or three ma
chimes in use. Altogether 297 ma
chimes are in use in the cities, towns,
| and villages of the state.
\ The use of voting machines began
| in Rochester, N Y, in 1898, when
that city installed 73 machines. Since
then their use has been extended to
over 500 cities and towns in the
United States. Minneapolis, Buffalo,
| indianapolis, Des Moines, Omaha,
Oakland, California, Salt Lake City,
Utah, and many other large cities
have used them for several years in
all elections. Their use began in Wis
| consin in 1902 when Milwaukee pur-
| chased Is machines The next year
it purchased 100 additional machines
and has added to that number since
until it now has total Of 153 ma
| chimes.
| Lightning Causes Great Loss
| There were eight fires in June due
to lightning in Wisconsin. The loss
was $99, 220, according to Fire Marshal
| Hosts report The total of fires was
| 305, with s439, 485 loss and total insur-
ance S884,620
| 966 Get Compensation.
| IN June 966 cases were adjusted I'M
| der the workmen's compensation act,
more than in any previous month. The
| industrial commission report shows