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Dr. (;l`()l`}Z'(- I. ('hri. prni('ip:1l` ()f the` Ontario .\;:ricuItur:il (`oIl-1;~i-,| : Vyhen spt-akim: at tho (`house Pm- ..'ers' banquet in P~turboro, hzui methim: to .<.'1_\' nbout city people ho tlkrd in terms of boycott when the pl`ic(.- of milk or farm pro- duce in general was incr0a.s'ed. He did not think much of the idea and said it was ridiculous for sensible people to considm-. ~ The truth seems to be that in 3 9l,l34.2l3.33 Each working day throughout the year, .__L, Each day, visiting: nlll`F.(`S x'epr(ns1-11tix1g the .\I0tr0p0lit:1n n1inist0r<'*d to p(`I`$()I]3~` insured under inrlustriul, Intorrm-diam:-. and Urmlp poli(`i(*.< who were in need of skill:-d Cure. The.~<~ nurs<'s m;LdL- 3.766.240 calls during the year. The Human Side - for 1937 1'01"`-`COUNTERFEIT MONEY AT ho urn ORHIIA AND nan. LEROY A. LINCOLN, President FREDERICK H. ECKER, Chairman of tho` throughout new Metropolitan investments went into Communities in various parts of the United States and Canada. These investments helped to Create a demand for goods, aid realty values, give employment, and serve other modern social and economic needs. Jill` lllil Provincial police am; L'h't'(`kill_L" up moi "eff on the Zl])p(*l1`2lHc(` of count`-rfoit `.`h""t " 25 and 50 cents pieces in Orillia mi-7 55'" and boguv ve dollal bills in ""`" 1-`Vt O. Mex-chants are _vvarmd to t" P``-`'- "` be on the lookout for the false money. Police believe it is origin- ating from morr than one sou)-c:-, Col.li11.;.-,'u due to the different dates on the Lorne Da- coins. Merchants .who keep the seven vven: money in their till, or shoppers whofcases on t] use the money knowingly, are a.s.n.ecemary. Every half second during 1937, :1 Metropolitan- booklet, containing useful health information, was placed in someb0d_v's hands. Ordinary Industrial Group One could scrlrcely name a catastrophe which took human lives, in the United States or Cunztda, whore funds proviclod by Metropolitari policies had PIILIII fur .m:,....,: r,....:1:..,. - Death claims were paid on 6,107 policies in force less than three months, and on 18,562 policies in force loss than one year - dramatic proof of the value of life in.surzm('e. There is more we would like to G01`! K1,, . 'I'\I* :,_..::` LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY HARRY D. WRIGHT Second Vice-President and Manager Strecl Please send me, without charge or obligation, booklet The Human Side of the Ledger." METR()POuTAN LIFE Iusmuncn COMPANY Canadian Head Office: OTTAWA `.nr1-.1 | MUN:-.1 Al ORILLIA AND OSHAWA Total Life Iruurance in A CANADIAN HEAD OFFICE (A MUTUAL COMPANY) Home Office, New York OTTAWA C0l_li11.g,'\\'0od .<. chief of police, Davidson, reports that for weeks the town had no police. fcases the books and no court was . TL!-l`R$.`IY'U .. I u :u.:.-. ]`h- nmnugc-1' of an Oshawa n1v{'2l.t. shop reported that ;a woman of ahohut 35, with fair hair and wear- ing a green suit, cmne into his store last Thursday and attempted pass counterfeit bill. for Canada. h *[iul)lu for prosecution as the coun- t--rfoiters. mu ,. _. Board `n, 1 copy of the *=%%%?* Premiums outstanding and deferred . gage Three Cash Real Estate Owned: v Interest due and accrued. etc. Mortgage Estate: Stocks: All but ` fc-rred 4 Loans on Policies Other bonds: Ilr\n WE DEFEND ON FARMERS ASSETS LIABILITIES Gonmmont Iocurmu: O l4s,465,9I9.7l Statutory Pollcy Reserves: $4,14l,778,793.00 (LS, Cnvornmonr Arvnsnnb ...I.:..l. ...:.1. 1.. _-_. `u Iatnpollhn Lilo Insurance company presents its report for the year ended December 31, 1937. run;-uy ucucuul . . u Principal sum benets --Iunulpl First Liens on Farms (7: /`:7 Inna: -_au.usu vwllcuu Includes real estate held for Company use I r IISL uc-ns on rarms $73,()52,10T.08 First Liens on othn-r pmpvrty $920.-1-14.()0S,-10 'LdU,\IJU,Ul z Canadian Provincial and Niunirinal SIDE 7')R1f uanaunan Vro M un Icxpal Railroad Public lYril.'c.`m~ c Utilities 3-l79,281,0I.3.46 Industrial and .\l iscellancuus $332,467,006.-$3 U.S. Government 1no THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1938. 1- '1 04,1: `,VUl .07 Canadian Govemment, 863,293.91 1.82 U. S. State and Municipal, $l30,036,072.20 f`...,..l2.... D_,. Total Total .. .. ..... .\ .. .1u\|l yuniuun. ' it may take a little period of] rx-usoning to make it apparent that.` it i.~ better for all of us to have the farmer receiving` a better return I ithw qtivst for In-tti-1` milk li1t'1`t' hu.=.. Hm n :i lmui })i:U't'(i upon thv dairy fzlrnwr. Ho loses cattle now if fhi.-_\' (in not nu-u.~u1-e up to . or llH'l.`t thv v2u'i0u.< tn-. `5.ri\'0n to {hi-m. It is ('i2lil)1l`(i tho d:1ir_\' farm- ('1' of Lo-day by meeting` all these rt-;:ulution.s roct--ived on an averajre of four lactation (milking) p01'i0dr:~' in the lie of :1 cow, while years ago; Lin-rv were ten such periods. I H nun. ..l.,. .. Ian. _..,,,I i I I i $38,047.76 are Pre- 7 nr (Zn xrnnrpnrl gJo,u1I . I I) art I or Cuaralxtccd Loans on Real T he Business Side of the Ledger - and the Human Side In Canada - These highlights of {he Company s business in the Dominion (having been included in the al)om' slalenzenls) will be of particular interest to M elr0polilan s Canadian policyholders and [heir beneficiaries. m om:-r $920,4-14,005.49 The Business Side - for 1937 men: $782,172,007. ...__...-..-_L ovmclal anu $108,728,136. 17 $604,695 .03`) .09 1 Force: . $4,719,720,827.0l 3 19,699,024 8 1,510,264,310 -j.::._---. 822,584.093,698 $1 1,400,600,229 7,511,537,957 3,671,865,512 Metropolitan health publications distributed in Canada during 19.57 totalled 4,285,681. 1,655,208,167.35 513.947.850.36 383,912,.535.74 994,096,712.57 l02,S84,804.52 83,727,136.16 $9,293,142.84 :.:._j---. 81,-182,758.76 Ordinary . . . . . . Industrial . . . . . . . . Group Life, Health, and Annnirin L-roup Luc, Health, and Annuities Personal Accidct aria 'Ho.:al'th' Payment: to Boncciariea and Policuholdern: Surplus and General Voluntary Reserve: This serves as .1 margin of saf:-Ly - a cushion against contingencies which cannot hr fz)rest'en The total number of nursing visits` made without additional cost to our Canadian policyholders during 1937 was 363,644. Miscellaneous Liabilities: lnclmling l'('.~`l`l'\'('s` fur .-\<`vi- (ll`llI um] Hmlth insurancv, . .1Ccru<'l taxes. p:1y.1l)lx- in 1038. c1c. Other Policy Oblig l..,J...I...,. .l.....l ..I ations: I n`. `. Reserve for Future Payments on Supplementary Con- tracts Held for Claims: Inclunling cl.'xiIn.~ awn Cnn1pl('Ii(>n uf prpnf e. amuunr nf 1 purl!-1] claims Dividends assets are held for the benet of its policy- its policyholders in the form of dividends. I I for whnl hv- .<--Ha. In th.. f'n'.~'1 platen-. there ill`-r more f:u'1ncr.< in Lln-` (-0unt.r_\' than there aro por. um-` * _u':1g'ctl in any othor Iinn of bu.~'im-.~'.<,} so if tlwy are hard up for .-pond-` `ing mom-_\' it means that :1 }:roz1L' j.-octiun of` our purc-hu.<`im:' power has `,b(,-en for the tim-- curtaiied. If the- `fZll`ll1('1` has an income suicient for jlivingr and then enough for buying.` [what he needs, hp puts that money [in circulation. Ho has no choise, wbecause he has to keep up his equipment. and he spends his moneyg; in 3. way which makes certain thM.| .... - wuu, vuusuuvuai Im`lurIin',,- dividcmls loft with Conlpuny, prcmxums pun! m zul\';nm>, t-tc. -----u-v-1 - v--nu, ruvuvi IUD! Amount which, with interest and future premiums, will assure payment of policy claims r---we--us nu nu-Iuyluvluuiii Set asidr for payment for the ycar 1938 Payments to Metropolitan policyholders and benc- ciaries in Canada during 1937 were 529.319.475.67. Total Total , 4`..- ._._.. to Policyholders: ... (-4 .L, The total amount the Metropolitan has paid no Canadians since it entered Canada, plus its present investments in Canada, exceeds the total of all premiums received from Canadians by more than $133,000,000. Metropolitan investments in Canada as of December 31st, 1937 totalled $263,l56.26l.32 .All other investments .I rovincial and Municipal Bonds $108,728,136. .Dominion Government Bonds 3 63,293,9ll.82 awmung and mr nf unrn- The total amount of Metropolitan life insurance in force in Canada at the end of the year was $1,126,789,608 of which $613,417,019 was Ordinary; $414,800,062 was Industrial and $98,572,527 was Group. The Northern Advanre . M,719,7l0,827.01 8525,B76,271.40 8228,626,251.52 234,266,144.(>8 3ll,50~l,650.()2 oo,4s1,ss1.2s 2,531,994.01 101,023, 188.00 44,14 1,005.74 26,0S.s,os.8o 74,737,047.93 The Metropolitan is a mutual organization. Its 1 holders, and any divisible surplus is returned to 20,47`),.HS.83 (Till! U(.' ` only in famnv-r Iczm he Ilk` !II' I Ifuny too ; . . . an :51 of ll. rt-mzun.< lll our own coun- `try. W~- zulmi`. that pl.-oplv who _`living_-' in cities: and towns Wl1(`l0 l[l1l`)' lm\'- in hard time mak- :ix1-1.-`_L.l1t.-ii" <.-zu`nin.2'.< do full duty, mu_\' `nd ll (llllivult to ag'ro(- that it is a 5;-oml thing; for us all to have the can be termed prosperous, even if l'arn1r1' moving` toward a place which a mild degree. But. if the Is not prosp-c-rous then we lczm ho sure M` if H1-at nm ...._.4 ..r ..~ nut. prUspIt'-I`-UUS men sure of it that the rest of not goimr to nd the going 0 9'00!` jpnfnwknvn C`vn---'--`- ...... hu-up. nu uuu Lllt: _`.UlI1J`, ,` g'ood.-Peterboro Examiner.` ` tell you about our 1937 Report. This is contained in a booklet entitled "The Human Side of the Ledger", which we shall be glad to send to you upon request. Use the Coupon below. ..\.\ .-.u-u..- Vuuvnuxu uv not helped lighten tlw hurrlen for zlficted fzunilies. IF WE WERE to let the gures to the left describe the Metropolitan s activities last year, the story would be far from complete - for there is 2 HUMAN side of the ledger. too. Policyholders and beneciaries received from Metropolitan in 1937 almost $526,000,000 - much of it in an hour of genuine need. Accident and Health Weekly benets D-i....:....I ....... L-....l