Show LIFE INSURANCE A SACRED TRUST b lit it es of officers and di rectors ENI evidently dently president kingsley of the new lork ork life insurance company has learned the great lesson of the times with mith respect to the ity and duty of directors of corpora eions speaking to the new board of trustees on the occasion of his elec tion to the presidency he emphasized the fact that life insurance Is more than a private arl ate business that life in aurance trustees are public servants charged at once with the obligations of public service and with the cespon that attach to a gong going bus bust ness which at the same time must be administered as a he also realizes that similar cespon rest upon the officers of the company I 1 understand he davs s lour your anxiety in selecting the men who are day by day to carry this bur den for 3 ou who are to discharge this trust in your behalf who are to ad minister for the benefit of the people involved the multitudinous multitude multi ious and exact ing details to which it is impossible for y ou on to give personal attention my long connection with the new toik loik life covering nearly twenty years 5 ears my service in about every branch of the company comp artys s working organization gives me as I 1 believe a profound ap preci atlon not merely of the heavy burden iou you have placed on my ders butof but of the standards of efficiency the standards of faith the standa stands ds of integrity which must be main bained at all times by the man who serves ou on and the polica goldei s in this high office best of all perhaps he feels that words are cheap and that the public will be satisfied with nothing bhart of performance my thanks therefore he continues for an honor which out ranks any distinction within the reach of my ambition cannot be expressed in words they must be read out of the record I 1 mal e day by day |