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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1928 - -- m------ '®t has been in this house fifty years. You can't find another piece like it. This, ladies and gentlemen, is genuine ! What am I offered for it ? These old treasures are going for a song. Give me a bid." --As the auctioneer rattles on, the neighbors think of the old duys of entertainment and open hospitality in that house. They wonder how long the proud and lonely mistress has been fi ghting off the inevitable. HILE presenting our Annual Statement showing Assis of' $2,388,647,636 -- 2 Billion, 388 Million Dollars -- representing savings and investments of 25 million people in the United States and Canada, the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company desires to make clear what a life insurance company can do, what it should do and what, so far, it has been unable to do toward meeting what have been called the five great hazards of life : ' = Death Only one problem is still unsolved-- which may come early, before one's Fiscal Report to Policyholders SAsmploy ment Insurance and that ov] . p p only because legislatio rmil dependents have been provided for. for Year Ending December 31, 1927 this go tas Th a The vid | must come when every family can ° Bl $2,388,647,636.32 . Accident Liabilities: ©" TABLE In Canada: and will plan to meet every one of . always sudden and often causing Dividends to Policy | - Business issued in 1927 . . $194,948,664 the five great hazards so that none lessened earning power. Rd pbine - Meh se | Ordnen i dF 22 members will ever foie Soe : | Unassigned Funds . _ $141,366,566.88 hdustria =. $517,580 need of charity. ' ' Sickness "$2,388,647,636.32 - A nt. 086.64 ' - 1 Increase in Assets during nerease over 1926of . . . $26,086,641 M mo. which may cause want as well as 1927 027 $250,043,251.02 Business in force at end of 1927 _ $769,114,229 ve o : suffering. oe er vt $885.472.082.55 Ordinary $394,062,388 i TAN » .- 472,082, Industrial $326,336,071 . The United States and Canada Paid-for Life Insurance ? $47,815,770 pay higher wages than other coun- Issued Incre and Re- Dependent old Age vived in 1927 . _ _ _ $2,834,975,738.00 Increase over 19260f . . . $64,202,874 tri Nearly all their ke if self 2 Total Bonuses and Divi- : ries. ear yal elr workers earn which must seek charity if seli-sup pool i Toi Investments in Canada . . . $153,194,442 enouzh to provide for both present rt is no longer ible. 4 from 1892 to and includ- Dominion Government Bonds $48,778,331 g P Pp po possi ; $371,918,295.48 Provincial & Municipal Bonds $50,826,712 and future needs. If they will but ing 1928 : tandi All other Investments . . . $53,589,397 lan ahead they may have in thei Unemp loy ment Life Insurance Outs ing Increase over 1926 of . . . $15,424,306 p f reti y y thet ol . . ' z Ordinary Insurance . . . Tse . : years of retirement, not merely are which may bring distress to others | Industrial Insurance Policies in force in Canada . . 2,467,977 existence. but real comlort, Lida in addition to the one unemployed. | miums payable weekly pod " : Increase over 1926 of . . . 118,073 | ' '- hci oid MEI, $5,477 488075.00 Payments to Canadian Policy- | 3% 3% 3% 3 » MN Total Insurance Outstand- , holders in 1927 $11,560,367 a $14,803,785,790.00 Increase over 1926 of . . . $1,481,360 Thousands of those Interested § in life insurance have asked how the family income should be nuities for old age, protection ' . : ne a] a The Metropolitan leads in Canada Spi, Series our vine Buses Bonide ' l Amount expended during the years 1909-1927 inclusive for a} as #t does in the world. Yt Nothin deed eset . : . , 3 -- almost every financial requiye- Wikis Seok Ve of ats od Divan. SAW much should be laid aside for protection. It ment can now be met by insurance. will be mailed free. : HALEY FISKE, HENRY E. NORTH, FREDERICK H. ECKER! President. : { (Third Vise President and Chief Agent for Canada' - Vice-President. x 'em The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company is a mutual organization. "It has 'no stock and no stockholders. Its wealth is owned solely by its policyholders. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v Nor ow =i NEW YORK er rp OTTAWA win nif Biggest in the World, More Avia, | 417 a | : : : = Rissa? : y HEE x {nl al o "Not best because the biggest, 'More Aol sap Yl in force, fg ¥ YY I but biggest because the best' ,