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Thurxdny. February 26. 1931 '1`! lo nancizxl story below ix :1 rcc<>rd ()f:1chicvcmcnt by men and wu- mcn who are planning to ;lV(.`l`t want or to build estates. You may udmirc their stczldfzlstncss of purpose last: year under handicaps which tcstcd courage. Tlitrse pe0ple---policyholders of the Metropolitan Life lnsurzmce (lompuny ---are building for their future. They would like to lmow what the future holds in store for them and for their countries as :1 whole. Let them, and othcr cit`i7.cn.s', c,\':1minc any chart of the unpnmllclcd pros- perity of (`,:1n:1d;1 and the United States over the past hundred ycars. It :1ppc'.u'S Assets Increase in Assets during l.i.1hiIitiL-S Statutory Reserve . Reserve for Dividends payable in 1931 upon Imlustrinl_ Policies ()rtlin;1r_v Policies Accident and Health Policies Income in 1930 Paid-for Life Insurance Issued. Revived and Increased in 1050 \l`.n`/udiryg Irtrreaxe on Group Po/1} nu Memp01itan@ Lif,e Insurance Company 31 0,<)0.7 16 Assets over Three Billion Three Hundred Million Dollars Un.1ssigncd Funds AH ()thcrl.i.1hilitics . FREDERICK H. ECKIER, \k'l.'\ n 0 1 3 o I u 0 4 I argrr Iinm any otlvrrmxnriul iml I iz1mn'/(1/ R0/mm to I o//'9/.20/1/crs for Year I521 President Total I)ividcnds Metro/20///mi /)0//cylm/r/crs--ineluding abrmf am -/i/}'/2 of I/Jc total /m/m/at/'rm.v 0/ (,'mma (z and 1/21: l/u//vd .8`/a/vs ---/mre /)1/1'/tr 1//2 //_2c1'r re.s'crz'cs from mi///'rm.s` it/to /21'/1'/ms. $2.0`H.`r2`) This (7mnpany is a mutual rn-ganizatinn. It has in) .~`tn<`k and no st0Ckl10ldCI`s. .111 of its assets are hcldfor its Policylzoldors. I030 "-1`.5(\h`, 458.023, 2.()2`),l 50.00 I |JI`_'y_ I| y\'LI, mitutimz in rim war/:1) 7- ~- ""7 Third Vic-3-President and Manager for Canada .1561) .1 66.72 $,, 1().()2l,818.17 Total Bnnuscs and Divi(lcIH|`i in m in II. rrnrlz/\ I)..I:....L,.l.l,..... 11...... I un'7 ... .....l 5`2,s7u,.153.,().M.<)() r.510.()2l.818.17 86_ s.23().`)`)5.3l 29`).-161,766.79 Some N0/cu '01`!/.7)! Daily A z'<'1'agc.v of the (.'r/212/2z1z1_)"'s .1}:/.v/21m` During 1930 `)-i.625."i72.72 1-1'2,78. >.5'51.75 202.1 59.7 59.70 ,_w 5.u57.927.o0 Tlll . I!/HUKIE EXAMINER IIFNRY E. NORTH, not merely as :1 jagged lim-, but as :1 series of tnwcrnmg stcps which ruse steadily onward and upwurcl. It is heartening now to recall that, after each depression, our countries have always gone i'orwar(l to greater heights of prosperity and heuer, soun- der standards of living. Today our countries have more rirhes and hetter facilities than ever hefore with which to commence our next 3_r,r period of development. A review of the financial history of hoth Canada am] the Hnilexi States should turn any pessiiixist into an op- timist. Ordinarylnsurancc . . . . ..'$`).286.568()Sl.0() Industrial lnsuruncc ( `nrcmiunm I payable weekly or ln()nlh|' . (;,H2l,76H,687.()0 Group Insurance . . . . . 2,"'().2,(>2`),(vi6.()0 Total Insurance in Force . . 18,24 I ().`)(6.. >8/L00 (Larger than any other /If: imumm 1- uurv/r.nn' in [/10 um`/r/` Policies in Force . . . . . 1V`o,H26,$6.3 (Including I,-3 )_ .053 (Irma/: ( rrl/, n.;.'r\ . ll--- IL-.. -... ..II..._ I.'I. .'..n..-.... n ......r. .... \V"cclvJy Inrdemnity Principal Sum Bcnct 11:: I I I I Pnlicyholdcrs from 1897 to and includingl`)51 . . . $088,323 \.uu-uuu.5 1,-9/-,u,.. \lv .,. ....,,... (More than any ol/arr life iusmmu 0 Attic/wit (Did I Im///2 I zzszzmmc //2 1"0rc`c fm/iizg 1)a'm1/m` 5/, l<)_$() Life I115!/n1)1z`c /11 I "orcc Home Office: New York i'icc-I rc:i1m.` and General Cmmul I.FR(`)Y A. LINCOLN, , ,__-__lr` ____ ._A S1.m2.11n,(m1.n0 15,172,026.()O 622,`)66,`)H).2`) Ottawa. ( fz/mu/(1 | nr(`c at F.m| uf Ycur Number nf Life lnxuramc l n|i(i<`s in 1884) 1890 1910 1920 I930 Crawl/3 in Twl-Year I crir/(I5 Metropolitan l.itl` lll.\`ll1'.lllL`C Comp.m\' Mctrupnlitzm I .,._. 24,176,732 (, ``%H.'H7.";M ')*~"7,`)I ">,()`47 17 44,826,363 18.810.965.384 3.3I0,02l.8I8.17 11,288,034 2.099,R82 5.494.057 117,088 9.351 litzm Life lnsunmcc (mnp;my $I3.336.Io>s 97.`:.*`77.9}7 2.1-`H 19.65`) )()".'71(S )`)_%,2`) -).`-33.32 3 pa-r day in Nun1hcrnf(`.laim~; Paid. per day in Number of Lifc Insurance Policics lssucd and Rcvivcd. per day in Amount of Life lnsurzmcc Issued, Rc\'i\`cd and Increased. pcr day in Paytm:t1ts to Pul- icyholdcrs and Additiun tn Reserve. per day in lncrcasv in ;\,< 133,037 '.,2lS,RS1,`;8`% 19,167.34`) 37,926 313,913,172. 62,138,034. 55 10.78I,l7301 $833,914.19 1.947321 .79 Anon at Furl (famzz/imz I lean ()_[/ire of Year Page Thre ('1'/ac assets 0f Me/rolw/ilmz L//Z are I/Jc largest` ofmzyjinmzcial i/is//'/1//in/1 /11 [/20 world)