The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-02-24

eve, yti,,nE we see."--f.y.:hanga.
it represents. Here is a check for
thousands--a great corporation has in
sured the life Of it's presidnct. in or
der that the business may be protect
ed in the event Ct his loss.
stiff. formal envelopes. and poor,
shabby envelopcs---some addressed in
typewritinE. some in ink. some with
lead pencil in letters hardly legihle-
but everyone a magnificent testimony
to human faith. For the people fro M
whom these envelopes come have never
seen the office of the insurance COM
pany nor mt it's officers; they are en-
trusting the dearest thing in the world
the protection of their wives and
children---to men whose names even
are almost unknown to them. Surely
there is no more solemn trust than
this. 7 pity the insurance man. no
matter how familiar the sight may be
to him, who can watch the morning
mail being opened without feeling
renewed and decpened sense of: obliga-
ton at this vast. silent. ritual of Com
fidcnce and Faith.
Now what becomes of these millions
that are sent tc, the insurance COM
Are they kept piled up in banks? Some
of them are. for sound insurance prac-
tice dictates that the company shall
always have a large reserve in cash.
No one knows when a catastrophe or
an epidemic may come. making thou
sands Of families suddenly depenaent--
the insurance company must be al
ways prepared.
| But what of the rest--the millions
and millions which will not be needed
by the policyholders for years?
| In st. I'aul's Cathedral in London
there is single slab marking the
burial place of Sir Christopher Wren
the architect CT the great edifice. Upon
it is this inscription in Latn--'If you
would see his monument look about
Iyou." The same inscription might be-
written of the dollar which you, anG
you. and you. have entrusted to your
insurance company as a protection fol
the future. If you would see that dol
liar. you have only to look about you
1t is not lying idle in some vault ia
: away: 1t is invested and at work clos
at hand.
You pick up the telephone receive
and are connected with a friend in an
other part CT your city. 1t is a miracl
that would amaze us more il 1t wer
l not so common. Your insurance dol
lar has helped to work that miracle
For the telephone system has bee
n &C instructed by the proceeds % tele
e phone bonds--and millions of dollar
h of INSURANCE money are invested l
e these and other utility bonds.
You step into a train in New Yorl
Q eat dinner go tc, bed. and wake up
d Euffalo. Another miracle-and agai
y the insurance dollar has helped. Fc
: the railroads could never have stretch
: ed their tracks across the continent e,
: ccpt by the sale of railroad bond
ID And the insurance companies are lars
Re investC RS in those bonds.
e You pass beautiful park or fiji
. public school--they too arc built
N bonds-municipal bonds-an inves
A. ment WHICH is heavily owned by i
ID surance companies. You pass 70
q, OF he uses. each the home OF fami
n that is paying a few dollars a mon
In ard looking forward to the day VIII
it can call that home its own. w
~ furnished the money to erect tt
~ home. and took mortgage as secu
IS. ity? Very likely an insurance co,
We pany-another place where Your dt
ne lars are at work.
OF And farns-here your millions ha
ch been at work. also. Thousands up
he thousands of acres have been plant,
OF buildings have been improved and ]
as made happier because your savin
as have been at work in the shape OF IA
n mortgage loans.
on So the story might be carried on
is &c finitely; but enough has been ga
nd perhaps. to give you l'ttle picture
or the multitude Ct activities which 1
heing made passable through the "
re- Investment Of your insurance savin
Al Your insurance dollar is not Pre-
'rk aristocrat. snobbisly living an !
ar life. Rather 1t il a worker in ov
re- abs. helping to build and maintain
ged most vital Institute ms OF modern !
ts 1t IL paid for it's work interest
dividends. Of course. as is perfes
OBJ proper and right. And the interest
&c. lars and dividend dollars are put
mn work in their turn-a constantly
&C. creasing army Of dollar workers, a
but ing to the security behind your ina
ltal ance policy and reducing its cost
the So II you would look for your I'M
ance dollar-look about you.