The Redwood gazette., 1919-12-17
Mhneso1"
Soldiers Urg = CON.
to ReinStdte
LEGION WEEKLY AD-
VISES BOYS TO KEEP WAR
RISK INSURANCE.

For various reasons many of the
returned service men have allowed
their War Risk insurance to lapse and
unless they reinstate before the frs
of January they will not be able to
reinstate. This special form of in
surance is the soldiers own special
insurance and in the words of Carter
Glass There should be a feeling Of
special pride in the ownership of War
Risk insurance CON ract since only
those who have served in active duty
during the recent emergency are en-
titled to hold it" It is too valuable
TO the boys and their families to be
turned in with rifles, packs and mess
kits.
The American Legian weekly, in
urging the men to reinstate says.
War Risk Insurance is good in
surance 1t is what the Government
says il IS: the cheapest insurance in
the world, and as good as the best. AS
uming the Sweet bill shortly will be-
come law, The american Legion
Weekly endorses the arguments of
the Secretary of the Treasury and
the Director of the Bureau, that ev-
| cry veteran whose insurance has lapst
ed should reinstate himself at once,
convert his insurance within five
years, and carry as much as he can. d
is a duty he owes his family, and, fur
thermore, as business proposition the
new government Insurance is going
to be hard to beat"
The War Risk Insurance Bureau ex :
perienced a growth which would have
taxed the most elastic and efficiently
constructed Insurance organization III
the world. In less than one year Z
come to embrace four OF the largest
businesses of their kind in the world.
First-A marine and seaman S in
surance company, doing total bust
ness of $2,389, ,541, 500, with premiums
collected amounting to $46,848, 300;
policies issued, 1866; claims paid,
$23,970,200; and showing total SUR.
fplus over expenses OF ST., SOC, 800.
Second.-A banking concern hands
ling 4,391, 1856 applications for. allots
Iments and allowances, and making ar
expenditure Of $508 900 900.
Third. An emp pfoyer's liability COM
pany, already paying claims to the
extent Of S1,652, 200 a month, and
having paid burial expenses to the 4ex-
tent of $1,5d5, 200. 1s 7
| Fourth. "A life insurance company
having written 4, 4,539,O28 policies, rep.
hesenting td al insurance originally
/ in force of $39, 9,669, 1913, 900, with pre-
i nliums collected to January 1, 1919
/ $500, ,O00, 900 and claims payable to tht
extent of 81 ,010, ,265, 900.
In the end the Government will
!, correct, by payment, lis errors deal
Il ing with matters of compensation, al
4 lotments and family allowances. This
statement, however, cannot be proper
lily made with regard to government in
.surance. 1t is entirely at the optior
Eof the man in the service or the ex-
servicegman whether he retains his in.
i Esurance or permits it 10 go by the
board. The figures prove that he ha:
largely permitted his insurance tt
4 lapse, and this is not because the in.
isurance is not good, for it is the best
in he world, and not because it i:
not cheap, because il is cheaper thar
4 any privately organized life insur
Eance company ever can offer 1t i:
3 largely because red tape and ineffi
Iciency have disgusted the veteran will
his transactions with the bureau, Tn
/ improvement which should come abou
IN the administration Of the bureau
and particularly of its insurance di
Il vision, ought to resdit in an increas
ed faith on the part of the ex service
man that his government not only wi,
pay his insurance when it is due, bu
that it will also render him, relatively
as good service as a privately organic
ed life insurance company with re
gard to his insurance premiums anC
other transactions about his insurance
/. You may be disgusted now, and
probably are. but the thing to do j:
! ID look ahead If you le- your insur
ance slide you will regret it later,
you ever feel the need for insurance
and in year from now it will be tor
late If you want good insurance, pay
fup and get back in.
Mrs. A. B. Winter, Executive Secre-
tary of he Redwood Falls Red Gross
/ Branch stands ready to give full in
formation regarding reinstatement
Mrs Winter may be found in the REQ
| Cross office IN the basement of the
Farmers Stale Bank Building.