The Redwood gazette., 1919-12-17
Mhnesosa
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 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 ii 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 lapsl
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 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 efficiently
constructed insurance organization nj
the world In less than one year s.
come to embrace four JOf the largest
businesses of their kind in the world.
First.A marine and seanlan s I'M
surance company, doing total busi-
ness of $2,389, ,541, 800, with premiums
collected amounting to $46, ,848, 300;
policies issued, 1896; claims paid,
$23, ,970, 200; and showing total sur
fplus over expenses OF ST., 800, 800.
Second.-A banking concern hand
ling 1891, 1856 applications for. allots
ments and allowances, and making ar
expenditure Of $508 900 600.
Third. An employers liability COM
pany, already paying claims to the
extent Of SI,652, 200 a month, and
having paid burial expenses to the sex-
tent of $1,5a5, 200. 's
Fourth. "A life insurance company
having written 4,539,O28 policies, rep
Ihesenting 3 td al insurance originally
in force of S39, ,669 ,198, 900, with pre-.
miums collected to January /. 1919
| $500, ,000, 900 and claims payable to thu
extent of $1,010, ,265, 900.
In the end the Government viii
correct, by payment, It's errors deal
ling with matters of compensation, al
j lOtnentS and family allowances. Thi.
fsta atement, however, cannot be proper
lly made with regard to government in
surance. 1t is entirely at the optiol
Enf. the man in the service or the ex-
service1man whether he retains his In
Esurance or permits it TO go by the
board. The figures prove that he ha!
largely permitted his insurance tt
/ lapse, and this is not because the in
Isurance is not good, for it is the besi
lin he world, and not because it i.
not cheap, because j. is cheaper thar
4 any privately. organized life insur
Eance company ever can offer 1t ii
i largely because red tape and ineffi
Iciency have disgusted the veteran will
i his transactions with the bureau, Tn
4 improvement which should come abou
| IN the administration Of the bureau
and particularly of its insurance di
i vision, ought to resdlt in an increas
i ed faith on the part of the ex servic,
imam 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 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 i:
] ID look ahead If you le.. your insur
ance slide you will regret it later, d
you ever feel the need for insurance,
and in a year from now it will be tor
late. If you want good insurance, pay
iup 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.