The Surplus earned in 1900 was more than $8,500,000, a large increase over that of the previous year, not only in amount, but in percentage to Mean Reserve. The Increase in Surplus was over $5,000,000, notwithstanding the pay. ment of enarly $3,500,000 in dividends to policyholders. During the last ten years the Equitable has paid $23.896.297.58 in divi. dends to its policyholders, which largely exceeds the amount paid in dividends by any other company during the same period. And after paying out so much more than any other company, there is left in the Equitable for further distribution at the dates when it falls due, an amount larger by many mflllons than that held for the same purpose by any other company. THE EQUITABLE LIFE R. BOWEN DANIEL, Manager, Northeast Corner Bay and Main Streets, Jacksonville, Fla. A. M. DUNHAM, Cashier. AGENTS WANTED. $66,137,170 Surplus is $66,137,170 And strength is the first and most essential element to be considered in choosing the life assurance company that is to be the custodian of your savings during life, the protector of your family after your death. The Equitable Surplus is $66.137.170, more than ten million dollars greater than that of the next largest company. As surplus is not only a measure of strength. but of endurance and profit earning capacity as well, and, as policy holders participate equally in the profits, the Equitable not only makes good its proud claim of being "Strongest in the World" but is also the most profitable to its policy holders. Particulars of Equitable policles, adapted to your needs, for the asking. Call on or address, H. D. NEELY, Manager for Nebraska, 206-8 Bee Bldg., Omaha. $66,137,170 $66,137,170 Push Your Prudent Purpose Assure your life today, not only for LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY Yourself, after you're dead-but your family will keep right on wanting three meals a day. The landlord will want his rent just the same as now, and then there'll be your debts to pay. Are you sure you have enough life assurance to provide for it all? A Twenty-Year Endowment Policy in the Equitable, The Strongest Life Assurance Company In The World, will prove a protection for loved ones, if you die, and will be the safest provision for old age, if death doesn't intervene. Fill in and return the coupon below and we will send you a sample of our Twenty Year Endowment policy. Ambitious and energetic men of good character who would like to engage in the life insurance business, and be assured of earning a sinall salary while learning the business, may get employment by addressing Donovan & Dunn, Mgrs., New Haven, Ct. DEATH IN MANY FORMS. FOUR BATHERS DROWN AT LONG BRANCH. A HUNTER KILLED BY HIS OWN GUN-CAR AND ELEVATOR CRUSH OUT LIFE-SEVERAL SUICIDES. LO Sudden death took many forms here and in New Jersey yesterday. Drownings were numerous, four bathers at Long Branch losing their lives gether. The charge of a gun went into the breast of the man who carried the weapon on a hunting trip; a car fatally injured an aged woman; en elevator crushed out the life of an engineer sent to repair it; fire gave fatal burns; men fell from lofty heights and were picked up dead; wagon wheels killed and maimed, and despondent persons sought relief in suicide.-New York Tribune, August 27, 1901. Would life insurance have been of aid to the bereaved families? Would it be to yours? How much, are you insur. ed for? Is it enough? Would you not like to give your family more insurance, or if you live have the money for your declining years? If you would be interested in talking this matter over, telephone No. 439. The Equitable LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY "Strongest in the World." WALTER N. PARKHURST, General Manager New Mexico and Arizona Department. Albuquerque, N. M. The month of October is a noteworthy one in the life of the Society's cashier. During this month he passes the half-century mark of his existence, and also enters into the thirty-fifth year of his connection with the Society. Entering the Equitable's service as office boy on October 12, 1867, Mr. Murray's career with the Society has been a counterpart of those of the many other officers who have risen from the ranks. His advancement has been steady and sure. He was appointed cashier in the early part of 1892, and is, therefore, within a few months of finishing his first decade as an officer of the Society. During Mr. Murray's cashiership his name must have appeared on something over three million "premium receipts," so that his name should certainly be a wellknown one. It is certain, too, that during this period his name has been on checks that have brought comfort and hope to many a home. "MR. DOOLEY" LOOKS AHEAD. I can see in me moind th' day when explosives'll be so explosive an' guns'll shoot so far that only th' folks that stay home'll be kilt, an' life assurance agents'll be advisin' people to go into th' army.-Harper's Weekly. MORE CHAINS." Noticing that recent numbers of the NEWS contain several interesting accounts of chains of policies, I send one of my experiences, although I don't expect to take the cake, being merely a Crum. In 1890 I wrote a policy for $5,000 on the life of Mr. Abraham Boehm, of New York City. This policy was the first one I ever wrote for the Society. Mr. Bochm noticed my greenness and said, "I see you are a beginner. When I left home to shift for myself my father said, 'Abe, all i can give you as a starter is this motto: A bashful pig never grows fat.' Remember it." In my turn I remembered the motto, and applied it to Mr. Boehm's family, but nothing resulted until 1895, when I placed another policy for a similar amount on his life, and again in 1896 he took out $7,000 more. In the same year his son took a policy for $5,000. In 1898 his nephews took out three policies, two for $5,000 and one for $2,500, and his business partner took out a policy for $10,000. In 1899 I wrote his brother for $5,000, and in 1900 wrote another brother for the same amount. This year, 1901, I have placed two more policies for $5,000 each on Mr. Boehm's own life. As you will notice, it has taken over ten years to place all these policies, but I think it shows where business is properly written other results are very likely to come, and it seems to illustrate very clearly the value of having a clientele who believe in you. G. L. Crum. CAPITAL CAN MAKE HIS FORTUNE. When a youth leaves home, or school, or college, and gets his first glimpse of the world, the boy dies and the man is born. The boy has been building castles in the air; but the man pauses, for he is sobered by the prospect that greets his anxious gaze. How and where can he begin the career of success which has inspired his youthful imagination? There is cold comfort in the thought that "there is always room at the top," for he is at the bottom, and he sees before him a throng of young, vigorous men, struggling to get their feet on the lowest rung of the ladder-and most of them are thrust aside. He remembers Horace Greeley's advice, "Go West, young man," and he gazes eagerly in that direction. But the West has become the center, and is crowded with bustling, active workers. Even if he should determine to content himself with a business career, and to seek a subordinate clerkship as a temporary makeshift, he will discover that there are few openings for young men without experience or training. He may think of studying a profession, and, indeed, that may have been his cherished ambition, but he will see that such a course involves sacrifice of time and money, and the chances are that he lacks both. Besides, he will discover that even if he can spare the time and obtain the money, he will thus be enabled to overcome only the preliminary difficulties; for the professions are overcrowded. Is his case, then, hopeless? No! There is one direction in which he will find an abundance of room in which to work steadily upward and onward, with the certainty that finally he will reach the top if he have but the requisite ability and energy. What, then, is this favored calling? It is that of the LIFE ASSURANCE SOLICITOR-a calling whose opportunities are almost limitless; a pursuit which has already attained to the dignity of any one of the so-called learned professions. It is a pursuit, also, which a young man without capital can follow; at which he can earn a living as he goes along, and in which he can acquire an education as his experience ripens. Many a young man, fresh from college, whose laurels have been won on the football field, rather than in the lecture room, has carved out a success for himself as a canvasser for life assurance; for such a man has that quality of "get there" which is of inestimable value in a business career. The life agent's profession furnishes opportunities for the exercise of every faculty. It is a noble profession—a profession which will bring into play all the powers of the man of the highest attainments. It gives scope to the ambition, and has already in many instances brought wealth to those who have taken advantage of the opportunities it offers. And, as this profession continues to be developed and perfected, as public appreciation of the value of life assurance grows, its advantages as a money-making business will expand. The young man who begins at the bottom of the ladder as a canvasser will only be restricted in his growth by the limitations of his own capacity and energy. He will certainly attain to a position of prominence and opulence if he have the necessary attainments. For full particulars write to The Equitable Life Assurance Society, 120 Broadway, New York. |
