Show f INSURANCE r rI I II The mortgaged Indebtedness alone alono of or the t United States excluding corporate corporate corpo corpo- rate mortgaged indebtedness n of ot railroads rail rail- ro roads etc tc Is 15 f almost as much a as the total life liCe Insurance in force said laid Edward A Woods recent recent- Ij ly The Indebtedness due banks ant And trust companies is Ou Our Our most conservative conser business men makIt make mak It a rule to carr carry enough life UCe Insurance insurance ance to cover coyer their debts Yet how ho Inadequate an on amount of life incurance insurance incur ance would one leave leae If It It only hl his Indebtedness e Let t us consider tho the amounts that tha for othe the American people pa pay or things particularly pl their relative values val sal ues and Importance compared d with life ICe Insurance which provides for ones one wife wit and children in the event o or of death or for ones one's helpless old IlI age COut C Out of oC an nn aggregate of oC JU I C. C Z the people of ot the thc Unite States spend annually for Thanksgiving I turkeys I J 1 Ladies Ladies' kid gloves glo Chewing gum Candy Cand Government appropriations for charity l. l Diamonds and other precious precious pre pre- cious stones Automobiles Coffee Arm Army and navy y Fire Insurance Jewelry Education Tobacco Life LICe insurance H Building and ond loan associations associations associations Taxes for tor federal government govern govern- ment meat Beer Alcoholic drinks of ot all I kinds Including beer I Taxes for tor all sources source R R. J. J Knight the tho Sixth avenue merchant mer- mer chant hant who vho died recently was Insured for or 1000 The policy polley would d hate haX-e matured In tn about about three years The Tho young Mormon mon missionary Burdette P. P Burdette who was drowned at Germany In JUl July uly held 2000 insurance which will willbe willbe be paid promptly James Jame Knox a coal mi miner er at Hanna who woo W was S killed in the coal mine ox- ox plo lon at nt that place somo some time ago aJo had a a. 1000 policy In one of oC the old line lino companies Tho The claim Is being paid by the In Insurance company this week although the body has not been recovered |