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Show Fixing Responsibility. Every man having others dependent on him, whelher he be rich or poor, rests under the same re-sponsibility re-sponsibility for the care and protection of his family. fam-ily. This is the demand the community makes upon him. In fact, every form of insurance while designated desig-nated to protect the individual from loss, is likewise like-wise a-protection to the community. The credit ratine of a merchant of today is fixed in a measure by the knowledge that ih spropcity is adequately insured against loss by fire. The time is not far distant when the possession 0 fvalid life certificates of protection and insurance 1 nthe fraternity and old-line company, will also be a factor in fixing credit. More than that. The time is not far away when the man of mature years, with a family grown up around him, who takes no thought for the future protection of wife and child will be classed as an improvident, neglectful man. He has no excuse today. On every hand the fraternal order stands ready i to link his interests in mutual co-operation with thousands of others in the most successful system of home protection the world has ever known. The absolute necessity of life protection to a man andt his family Tinder present conditions of business, seems so apparent a to render argument superfluous. The man of small capital is in no condition to compote with the immense business concerns found in the cities. Let such a man work as Jie may and he will be able to save but little-over and above expenses. ex-penses. The man who is not in bu-dness for himself and who works for others, finds sooner or later that he has outlived his usefulness to his employer, and he must make room for another. At this point in his life he realizes that even the small savings of previous pre-vious years will ere long be consumed. He does not, at .this juncture, look for a chance to speculate: he has no means to indulge in such folly. He. wants, he must find a channel through which, by small payments and iii co-operation with others, he can make sure, by dint of hard toil and frequent sacrifices, of the comfort of his family in event of his decease. His only hope is in the fraternal beneficiary society. so-ciety. It is organized to meet the heeds of pust such as he. Bee Hive. ' ' |