The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-01-30
Unique Record by Local Re-
hresentative of Life In
surance Company
se5,OOO,OOO TOTAL SALE
Fifteen Hundred Clerks Did Won
derful Work for Various
War Charities

In an interview with T. 3. jacques,
who has Just returned from the
Annual Conference held in New ork
bv the Metropolitan Life lns. Com
pany, we learned Of the great work
done for the Government last year III
the sale of War Savings Stamps and
Bonds, by the employees OF this CofIl-
uanv. 1t is generally known that III
January 1915, this Company took up
on itself an obligation to sell through
its employees, $50, ,0O0,000.00 Of War
Savings Stamps. This was considered
an impossibility not only by some
members OF the Company, but by
other concerns. However, the work
was begun; and progressed slowly for
the first fewweeks. In March through
proper organization, the sales began
in earnest, and by the end of August
the full quota of $65,000,0 100000 had
been sold and delivered. It was then
decided to double the quota, making
the total $13O,000,000, by the end OF
the year. Sales continued until the
last Bond Campaign was launched,
when the Company was asked to help
in the Bond Drive They sold $18000,-
O00.G0 of Bonds. When this was over
the Stamp Campaign was continued,
and before the end Of the year $112,-
000,000.00 OF Stamps We're sold and
delivered This with the S18,0Q0,-
co000 of Bonds made $130,000, ,000.0G
of government securities disposed Of,
or double the allotment assumed a.
the beginning Of the yeaF. = The
Company itself purchased $200,000,
100000 Of securities in Bonds and
Stamps. AS to the work done in the
territory supervised by Mr. Jacques,
we learned that the Districts Quota
was S61 100000. The actual sales
made by the representatives Of the
st. Tohnsbury Staff in Stamps
amounted To over 86,000.O0.
AS to other activities of the Com
pany and its employees, they are too
numerous to give in detail It may
be Of interest however, to know that
the Home Office clerks purchased
materials and made after office hours
three million surgical dressings and
four thousand complete sets of un-
dergarments for destitute women and
children in France. Three hundred
fifty clerks had the supervision of
the sugar cards for the state of New
York, which comprised $4,000 grocery
stores. Fifteen hundred clerks gave
their time every evening last year for
government clerical work. Then ex-
pert steuoeraphers gave all their
time. One physician gave his servic-
cs to canto-ment sanitation through
out this country and distributed two
thousand health pamphlets, and an
other did similar work in the allied
countries III Europe.
When asked what effect this had
upon the insurance business, we
learned that very little was said
about insurance, no drives for busi-
ness were made, but at the end of
the year, the Company had done
about $100,000,00O more business
than ever before the total business
amounted to over $882,00O,000. The
Ordinary business in the State Of
Vermont amounted to over $1,000,
O00.00. Business in St. Johnsb,1,v
District III 1913 far exceeded that Of
any other year, the total in Ordinary
alone being considerably over a half
million.