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Show National I rt.uranqn Afinit Ottl Edmunil Vutes' Loudon I.etrer. National insurance against old ace is a subject much in the air just now. Mr. Chamberlain's successful interest, in the subject I have more than once alluded to, and need add nothing more except to chronicle the fact thai, his efforts still have every prospect of leading to practical practi-cal results. Quite apart from this, however, it is staled apparently on good authority, that tho government contemplates ;i measure in this direction next session. The rumor has been given forth with so much circum-itiuice that, I inn inclined to doubt its complete com-plete accuracy at present. From all I hear, however, 1 fancy such a slop quite pik-dble. This being the ease, I would humbly suggest that to begi.i with insurance in-surance against, old a oro is to take the stick by the wrong end. It i-1 he most complicated and dilTeult, of all kinds of insurance. All the leading continental slates have some national systen of protection pro-tection for workingmen ainnst either accident or illness or both: but eten Germany, the mo-.t advanced of all, has not yet attempted to deal with the old age problem, though a mass of statistics has already been collected for the purpose, pur-pose, with a view to legislation iu the near future. |