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THUEBAY, Afl~ 13,1941 PAGE FOUR THE CANADIAN F METROPOLITAN. LIFE CONTINUES PROGRESS IN 1940 adthefr Beneficiares. fourth annual report released today, shows payments to policyholders and their beneficiarles during the year of almoat *60,000,000, a record hlgh ln the history of the company. This figur laonly one of manyiln the report lndlcating that life insurance is an active, continulng force - a living force ln the homes of millions who share ts benefits. This record ainount pald i1M4 represented payments at an average rate of $5,024.70 a minut durlng each business day. 0f payments made in 1940, Ordinary and Group policyholders received a total of $310,168,593; Industrlal pollcy- hoiders $278,798,172; aud Accident * and Healhpollcyholders $20,032,193. Over and above these payments the company added $185,878»28 to statutory and contingency reservea held for the protection of ail policy- holders. ftereotwr Other features o h eotwr that, the company Issued $1,708,- 887,M45of pald-for life lusurance ln 194,.and as a resuit of the yearfs production, together wlth the amounts of Insurance revlved snd fikereased, the company's total 11e Insurance In force at the end of the year stood at a new hlgh figure of * *2,92,784,178. (lassifled by klnds of insurance, the total ln force was made up of $12,268,031,262 or 51.28% owned by Ordinary pollcy- holders;, $7,505,005,084 or 31371% owned by Industrial poicyholders; and $4,150,747,852 or 17.35% owned by Group policyholdera. The cern- pany also hadl outstandlng personal and group Accident and Health Insurance provldlng principal su- benefits of $1,538,261,000 and weekly benefits of $21,674,382. It was further announced that the Metropolitan has set aside a total sum *of *11,417,258 for divi. dends payable to policyholders ln the current year, and together wth addltlonal amounts of dlvldends tbat wifl accrue durlng 1941 on Group polcies, the company expects to pay out about $117,000,000 ln dlvi- dends to policyholders during 194. This la about the sanie as the cor- responding amount for 1940. The arnount held for payment of dlvi- dends to Ordlnary and Group 1fr policyholders ]a $57,881,878; for Industrial policyhoiders, f5,695,- 875; and for Group and individual Accident and Health pohiyholders $,840,000. The aggregate sum paid or credlted to date by the company to Its policyholders for dividends (and bonuses prior to mutualization in 1915) together With the declara- tion for 194 amounts to $1,670e- were $5,857,791,6W6 as com- pared wlth liabilities of $5,017,551,- *552, speclal surplus funds of $16,- 870,000 and unassigned funda (surplus) of *32,870,084 As the Metropolitan ls a mutual 11e Inaurance company, ali assets are held for theebeneflt of policyholders. Commenting on references ln the report to the Canadian business of Metropolitan, the Manager for Canada, Mr. B. C. McDonald, noted aatlsfactory Inreases made hi the various departments. Investments increased by $12,160,093.52 hi Canada, and the total business ln force ln the Dominion lncreased by $43,030,953 to the total of 81.206.23.511 The lnvestments ln Canada as at Decembor Sist last totailed M26,976,446, of .whlch *188,29,780 ls represented by Dominion, Provincial sud Municipal bonds. The company subscrlbed *11.000,000 to the firat sud second Dominion War Loans through con- version and was ailotted $8,000,000, .which 1. included i the total bond investment. Mr. McDonald statedi that the total amount now lnvested. ln the Dominion for the benefit of1 policyholders, added to the apount1 that liasbeen pald to policyholdersj and boneficlarles slnoe the company1 eatered Canada ln 1872, exceeds the total premiums coliected ln Canadai by $173,900,000. Health and wel- fare activities ln Canada were con-i tinued, the company partlcipating1 in 85 bealth campaigns during the * year;' distrlbuting 2,687,049 pleces of health literature, and tbrough the operation of ta nursing service making 317,972 visita tu, slck policy- holders without any additional cost te them. Mr. McDonald mnade reforence to DREAMERS Thy sa that I'm only a dreamer, ThtIhaven't a workable plan, That rm wasting me 111e for a vision Like a foolish, impractical man; But I care flot a whit for their scoffing As I cheerfuily go on my way, For there's plenty of room for the dreaxner Ini the practical world of today. Ail down through the length of the ages The dreamer has certainly been The one who has seen through the darkness A light for the spirit within; The prophet of old was a dreanier Who gave us a vision of pence, When swords shall be turned into plowshares, And war among nations shal cesse. The Saviour, Hirnself, was a dreamer And angels, announcing His birth, Sang "Glory to God in the highest' Sweet peace and good wiil upon earth!" There are practical men by the millions With thoughts ail of profit and gain, But give me the man who's a dreamer With a goal he has yet to attain! --C. I. Ford. SINGERS AND THEIR SONGS Wrltten apecelly for The Statesman by weil known Durham boy, Fred IL Foler, 123 Lake St., St. Catharines, ont. cldentally. The Sackville family where he boarded obtained their water supply from a spring sud it is supposed that the hymn wrlt- er, who was in poor health, wan- dered alene at aight to the spriug te get a drink sud feil into the creek at the waste gate in the miil dam and was drowned. Strauge, too, that his sweetheart was accidentally drowned où the eve of their wedding day. He was buried in Pengally's cemetery on the shore of Rice Lake in 1885. About thirty years later Dr. Byrue, who as a crippled boy known as David Kidd, was be- friended by Mr. Scriven, erected two memorial stones ihis honor, one at Ontario Street, Port Hope, sud oae at Kidd's Corners, High- way 2qo. 28. On each of these monuments was engraved the hymat "What a Frlend We Have in Jesus." Mrs. Byrne unveiled the monument at Kidd's Corners and a collection was taken up among the friends and admidrera of 1r. Scriven to erect a monu- ment in thc Pengally cemetery. Over a thousand dollars was con- tributed sud a fitting memorial stands there to the memory of this worthy Apostle. Have we trials and temptations? Is there trouble anywhere? We should neyer be discouraged; Take it to the Lord in prayer. Can we find a friend sa faitliful, Who will ail our sorrows share? Jesus knows our every weakncss: Take it to the Lord in prayer. Are we wcak and heavy-laden, Cumbered with a load of care? Precious Saviour, stU our refuge! Take it to the Lord la prayer. Do thy frieuda despise, forsake thee? Take it to the Lord I prayer, In His arms He'll take sud shield thee; Thou wilt find a solace there. Amen. . Ir ný."lu Âon-Âoou WHAT A FIN WE HAVE IN JESUS What a Friend we haie in Jesus, D R A O U T Ail our sins sud griefs to bear! ( Contnued from pae1) What a privilege ta carry Everything to God in prayer! werc accompsuied by Hazel Rua- O what peace we otten torfeit, dle, A.T.C.M. Manley Littlewood, O what needicas pain we bear, Dick Morton, Donald Staples sud All because we do not carry Glen Tamblyn, a quartette en Everything te God in prayer! brasse, alternated throughout with Certain, hynins, for varieus sud Uic vocallats in encoe. personal iesons, strike sentimen- Garnet Rickard, Shaws, a junior tal stringsi our heartai ways tarmer formerly coached by Mr. that are difficult te describe or Summers, read the address which determine. Here la a hynin that was signed by the president sud touches so tenderly the heart secretary of Uic society. Mr. Rlck- strings et the writer of these arti- ard rcminisced on Mr. Summera' cles that, for years, he could net work ameng junior farmers; Uic sig it. While others sang this plan sud motte were - hard dear ald song his eyes were on study, hard work, sud lots of tua thc open book but his Uioughts afterwiLrd. Thc reault was that were far away in a sick room i Durhamn judging tcams have, for Bowmanville where a dear one a decade, virtually led thc whole lay for weeks on a bcd et pain, Dominion, sud every member la s0 weak and wasted with disease an enthusiastic fricnd sud booster she could scarcely lift a hsud sud for Mr. Summers. unable te speak audibly for days. Text et Uic address: The tamily gathered about await- ing for her release from suffer- Dear Mr. Summnr- ing. Suddenly, without human It was indecd a happy Uieught assistance, she sat upright and that aniniated memibers et aur ~began t ~ghpr f *prte hm Agricultural Society ta arrange 'Whù i~Trixt8 W~H in this gathering of yourl1rîends. Jesus." Wthout missing a note, Ia these fateful days wè need without a quiver i her voice, she te be reassured troni lime to time sang Uic Uiree verses Urough con- that "Good Will', still liiez, and cluding with "Ia His arma He'll that where good will prevails men take sud shield Uiee, Uiou sbaît sud women neither fear uer fnl- fiad a solace there," then sank ter. back upon Uic plllow. A miracle- In thia spiit et good wiil we Hceavenly streagth, H eai e nly haie assembled here to-night ta voice, Heavealy words - her last say te you how much we value words. you, net oaly as su untiring fellow Few have kaown this iside worker but aise as a friead. What- story but it la told now ater these ever you have undertakon on aur thirty years te illustrate Uic state- behalf you have pursued te a fia- ment made.abovc sud that ethers ish with zeal sud dctermiuatiea, may compare it with their per- . .. wherevcr you haie beea you sonal experiences. have radiated geed cheer sud en- Amother pan must uceda write thuaiasm. the story et Joseph Scrivcn sud Net mauy mcn se gifttd that his imniortal hymu. As both are catching a vision et what ought closcly assocated with Port Hope te be they can retain It while Uiey and vicinity, a friend living near secure its accomplishmant. the Scrivcn monument on the A century or more ago one et highway north et Po rt Hope kid- Uic great philosophers et al l ime ly prepared Uic article which fol: had ts te say: "The ancicats net lows. Our sincere thanka to Urs. only had greàt intentions but they Ed. Dixon et Campbellcrot. carricd Uicm intoecftcct." "We It has bcca said that n great modemns have aise great iten- man neyer dies. If we look at tiens but are scldem able te trans- Jaseph Scrivea we wil tind this late Uiem into action with such ta be true since ha composed Uic power sud freshuess as we have hyma "What a Friand We Have Uieught Uicm" . . . We Uiank hini in Jasus.» Joseph Scriven was for his werds, but we disagree bora in Dublin, Ireland, graduaI- with hlm when wc Uiuk et yau. cd from Trinity Collage, Dublin, It la just that very poer sud and emigratcd te Canada at Uic freshus et ideas, of action, sud age et 25. Ha settlcd in aur dis- et personality that endoar you te trict et Rice Lake where he waa us. To you sud Mrs. Summers fist kuowa te this community. we would express aur warm sud Ne boardcd with James Sackville deep appreciatian et ail you have who tarmcd and overatcd a miii donc for us sud with us. at Sawlog Hill on Uic south share Boys sud girls, mcnansd woen, et the lac. stdyeung sud old alike, ail jaii Mr. Sc ergularly ite wishing you Cheerie, Happy Days Uic homes in Uiecocmmunity. He sud Goad Luck. was always present whcre sick- Sed on behaif et Durham nasa or trouble prevailld, a friend CetaigautrlSoit:Ni et Uic untortunate and distressed. Cetnt ral Agnutura.lHSoiclNei Ris incarne from Ireland was us' Mucrten, Pridet M 4..Sal, ually given te the peor, therebyScrtr;MchUi19. denying hiniscif et suy luxuries. Mr. Summer, taken completcly Thasa who kncw him well i their by surprise, voiced hie warm childhaod can remember, as thcy thaxiks to Uic society sud ail who played baretootcd hi Uic sand on had se gcucrously manifested an a ide rond, seeing hlm kueeling interestini - "thc vey modest and prayig te God for guidance. efforts, in Uic Uine et duty, whlch He Was a man et knowledge 1 have had Uic honor of aîtempt- sud understood how te make ig for Uic p ast clevea years i short but sîncere appeals te his anc ao On eo' banne proce listeners. He talked ta children ,sud amofeng segcnd ceno- drunkards sud al classes et pea:mnt t amr ecn enn nie dciveinqGods ord i laCanada." 1fr. Summers en- blacksmlth's shap, pest office, on irc paanclua rb street corners la Port Hope, and lems af Uic day, promiscd his cen- la front et hetels. Hec was honor- tmnued mîcerest sud efforts ameng cd by everyoe, even Uic hotel- geeple who had given him Uic mca.for is sncerty. appiast time et his lité, 50 long Asn frwes imeat bfr, a-as health and permission et sup- anh Scnlven waa greatly interest, rea-pritd ed la those who werc On distress The great applause whlch tal- er troubled. We remember the lowed, mergcdito su encore lunes la the hvmn. «Al aur sin when Presidont Mutton rcad a and griefs te bcar"' and "la there tciegram tram Editor George W. trouble aaywhere?" This la 1ynî- James et The Statesman, who was cal et the spirit et the man. wha la Ottawa on business. The tele- wcnt about dolng good. Hie was gram regrcttcd George's cutorccd et ten scen on the street et Port absence tram Uic banquet sud Hope. wlth a saw herse anid saw, stated thal Mr. Summers' anme on his way le perform a kindyd laelybee meti eacte- act for seme anc la accd. ~ aia This hyma la international sud ardinate Uic whole national agi- interdcnomlnatlonal. Wrttcn or- cultural industry. lginally for Mr. Scrnl nmother George Hart, Oshawa, outliued À dnatitcnded for Uic public, the qualifications ai head, hand conof tIhe hyma felli nte the and hcart neccssary te become s ai a traveller who ahowcd ligible for Uic extra-mural de- C. Ç. C. Converse, a musical grecet Master Farmer, sud there- la Chicago, wha set It upon praacnted R. R. Stevens with puni h a crtlfcat. IBob" surprised ,ÏM~crven met his death ne- both himacit sudUi ulec with one of the ablest speeches of the evening, beginnig wthw*arm thanks and ending w.th sage counsel. Russell Osborne, a p ast presi- dent, proposed, the toast to, the Agricultural Society and outlined its activities in clubs and home iroement contests, etc. Mrs. 0. . Rolph,1 wife of' thé past president, ini responcling, détnon- strated that oratory was by no means confined to the men. Re- cently returned as a delegate to the Toronto convention, Mrs. Rolph spoke of the enhancei ac- tivities in the women's division; of the great work of the 0.A.C., in graduatig such outstandig mca as Mr. Summers, and outlined procedure sud innovations pro- jectcd at thc convention. M. H. Staples, i a fcw able remarks touchig upon reasons for intensive organization of t ar- mers, proposcd Uic toast, "'To Can- adian Agriculture," suditroduc- cd Mr. Froste, gucat speaker. Mr. F'roste openect with humer- oua anecdotes as a radio announc- er, sud recountqd some et thc unusually foollah questions that came into thc studio, during his 8 % yeara on thc air. Turniug te agriculture, wli which he had always kept i touch, Mr. Froste1 L~&5m4TO 1SHOOT HUN otten wondercd why tarmers had not long ago orgaulzed to main- tain an office at Ottawa as other iterests had long sice donc. Extensive travel in Europe, juat prier te thc war, enabled' Mr. mrste te give the audience a vivid picture of continental agriculture as compared with that i Canada. Ha told of Mussolini's heralded reforma i the way of intensif led production - an epitome of whlch was his visit ta a typical Italian farm o0 ' qes on which,i miserableiousSrng, ived grand- parents, parents, children, to the number ef 15. And ail were sub- Ject te overlords sud regimenta- tion., The speaker dealing with im- migration sud surplus agricul- tural commodities, pointed out that years of greater immigration were the years wheri "surplus" troubles disappeared into thin air. He advocated icreased selective immigration followiug successful settlemenit of present world chaos. Ia closing, Mr. Froste spoke feel- ingly of the fortitude and stamiiia et the British people; that theY would not starve nor cicr sur- render; that there \would "always be an England." J. H. Jose, Newcastle, moved a vote of thanks to Mr. Froste, te the ladies who catered for such a large asscmbly, and oadded his raie for Messrs. Summers and Sevens% "0 Canada" coacluded one of thc moat happily conceivcd eveata that.Durham County has had in years. Mrs. Gush: "That dreas is the meat perfect fit I have ever scen."y Mrs. Chargit: "Then you shouÏd haie seen, thc one my husband had whcn he got the bill for it." Cil4I 1 . Roy Niîch ols -Courtice IVII%11, Ud TV FORESTERS AID WAR VUCTrIMS More'than $14.00 was ralsedbY "3/4 %0 the local court of the Canadian o Order of Foresters at a dancp held On*imI. ia March 5th. This mney has beeiiC UIt forwarded to the Telegrafl War Victlmns Fuad and wiil be promnpt- A iegaI Ia ent , ly sent to the unfortuflate victus in Eagland Who so desperatelY TM* eFuada need it. gà ucdto lyGuam 'The dance, which was arrange uedtosIyG ann by the C.0.F. executive, proved- to be highly successful with al thos conernd in its planning lendiag a willing ad.M s T uEaonM*T U wsprovided by AI Fletcher andK8~iT U T his orchestra and by records anm- CORPORATION plified by Fred Staniiard.- The Forestera wish to ackRboW- TE TOWU ORW ledge several extra contributions _______________ to the amount raised for the fund. Wky Use A "Si*çssyy" Chromie constipation Las to do poiuoed condition of the. ayatem. with the colon or large intestine. Thon who kaow Dr. chwae Unless the larg bowel is thor- Kidney-Liiê Pilla aprecite the oýughly emptied from time te value of a réal medaltnne which time you becom2e a victimn of not On'y offeote a taoroul cleans- chronie constipation and poisoning ing fte ooCriag~oe u of the sytem which may resul in luaso arouss the liver and kidneys colitis or other serious deae. te activity ia filtering poIisn ram Mild or "sisy" laxatives merely ths blood., cause a mavernent of the bowels Once O have prevea the merita without effecting a thorough dlean- Of Dr. Chae's Kidney-Liver piflh img out of the colon or large bowel. cTuwl oe etr eteueo For this reason you are misled into issy"ýlaatives. Keenrglrb thinking that ýyou are doing al yDu usn Dr. Chas. <rey4uer cau to overcome a constipated and Pilaonce or twice a Week Il ýUN. BOWMANVnàýM. Ôk'rAIÙD