The Redwood gazette., 1919-12-17
Msnnes0s"
Soldiers Urg : CON.
to ReinStdte
AMERICAN 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. 1t is too valuable
to the boys and Eheir families to be
turned in with rifles, packs and mess
kits.
The American Legian weekly, in
urging the men to refnstate says.
War Risk Insurance is good in
surance It 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 a 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. q
is duty he owes his family, and, fur
thermore, as a 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 efficient lv
CONSTRUCTED insurance organization ii
the world In less than one year 3:
come to embrace four .of the largest
businesses of their kind in the world.
First.A marine and seaman I'M
surance company, doing total busi7
ness of $2,389, ,541, 800, with premiums
collected amounting to SAG, ,848, 300;
policies issued, 1866; claims paid,
$23, $40, 200; and showing total sur
isplus over expenses oT 800, 500.
Second.-A banking concern hand.
ling 4,391 1856 applications for. allots
lments and allowances, and making ar
expenditure OF $508 600, 900.
Third An emp ployer's liabili Y com.
pany, already paying claims to the
extent Of s. ,652, 200 month, and
having paid burial expenses to the ex-
tent Of $1,5a5, 200 d.
Fourth.4A life insurance company
having written 4,539,O28 policies, rep
hesenting to al insurance originally
in force Of $39 ,669, ] 198, 900, with pre-
i nliums collected to January /. 1919
/ $500; 600 900 and claims payable to TIN
extent of 81 ,010, ,265 900.
In the end the Government vii
II correct, BY payment, ills errors deal
I ing with matters of compensation, al
4 lotments and family allowances Thi
hstatemeIt, however, cannot be proper
fly. made with regard to government in
II -surance 1t is entirely at the Optiol
h0f the man in the service or the ex
serviceyman whether he retains his in
surance or permits it 10 go by tn,
!, board. The figures prove that he ha
largely permitted his insurance t
Il lapse, and this is not because the in
surance is not good, for it is the bes
in Bhe world, and not because it i
mot cheap, because il is cheaper thar
II any privately organized life insur
ance company ever can offer. 1t i
| largely because red tape and ineffi
cheney have disgusted the veteran wit
his transactions with the bureau, Tn
i improvement which should come abou
in the administration of the bureau
and particularly of its insurance di
!, vision, ought. to resdlt in an increas
, ed faith on the part of the ex-servic
man that his government not only wi
pay his insurance WHEN it is due, bu
that it will also render him, relativel
as good service as privately organiz
ed life insurance company with re
gard to his insurance premiums an
other transactions about his insurance
You may be disgusted now, ant
probably are, but the thing to do i
Il % look ahead. If you les your insur
ance slide you viii regret it later,
you ever feel the need for insurance
and IN year from now it will be tol
late IL you want good insurance, pa.
'fup and get back in.
4 Mrs. A. B. Winter, Executive Secre
tary Of The Redwood Falls Red Cros
Branch stands ready to give full in
formation regarding reinstatement
1 Mrs Winter may be found in the Re-
Cross office in the basement Of th'
fathers Stale Bank Building.