Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, January 23, 1917, Page 5, Image 5

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    THE MOTINTXG OREGONTAX, TTJESDAT, JANUARY- 23, 1917.
PRESIDENT WILSON MOVES TO PLACE THE UNITED STATES IN
LEAGUE TO ENFORCE PEACE AMONG NATIONS OF THE WORLD
President Desires End of War in Europe Without Victory for Either Side Senate Addressed in Special Session, Setting Precedent New to More Than
Hundred Tears He Would Extend Monroe Doctrine to AU Countries and Every Continent and Proposes Government With Consent of Governed.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22. Th full
text of President Wilson's speech I
today before the Senate, In 1
which he urged that the United States
loin a league to enforce world peace,
was:
Gentlemen of the Senate: On the 18th
of December last I addressed an Identic
note to the governmente of the nations now
at war requesting them to state more defi
nitely than had yet been stated by either
group of belligerents the terms upon which
thoy would deem it possible to make peace.
X spoke on behalf of humanity and of the
lights of all neutral nations like our own,
many of whose mout vital Interests the war
puts in constant jeopardy.
The central powers united in a reply
Which stated merely that they were ready
to meet their antagonists in conference to
discuss terms of peace.
Entente Reply More Definite.
The entente powers have replied much
more definitely and have stated in general
terms, indeed, but with sufficient dcfinite
tiess to- imply details, the arrangements,
guarantees and acts of reparation which
they deem to be Indispensable conditions
of a satisfactory settlement.
We are that much nearer a definite dis
cussion of the peace which shall end the
present war. We are much nearer the dis
cussion of the International concert which
must thereafter hold the world at peace. In
very discussion of the peace that must
end this war it Is taken for granted that
that peace must be given by some definite
concert of power which will make it virtu
ally Impossible that any such oataatrophe
mould ever overwhelm ns again. Ever
juver or man Kin a. every sane and thought
ful man, must take that for granted.
Senate Held Councillor.
I have sought this opportunity to address
Ton because I thought that I owed it to
you, as the council associated, with me In
the final determination of our International
obligations, to disclose to you, without re
serve, the thought and purpose that have
bnen taking form in my mind in regard
to the duty of our Government in these
days to come, when it will be necessary
to lay afresh and upon a new plan the
foundations of peace amonir the nations.
It Is Inconceivable that the people of the
TTnited States should play no part In that
Kre.il enterprise. to take part in such
rrrvice will be the opportunity for which
they have sought to prepare themselves by
the very principles and Durnoses of their
pohty and the approved practices of their
government ever since the days when they
set up a new Nation in the hlsrh and hon
orable hope that It might in all - that it
was end did show mankind the wav to lib
erty. -They cannot, in honor, withhold the
eervtce to which they are now about to
be rhillenged. They do not wish to with
hold it. But they owe it to themselves
and to the other nations of the world to
rtate the conditions under which they feel
Service Most Be Given In Honor.
That service Is nothine less than thli
to add their authority and their power to
the authority and force of other nations to
pruarantee peace and justice throughout the
woria. bucn a settlement cannot now be
Jonff postponed. It Is right that before it
co nes this Government should frankly
formulate the conditions upon which It
would feel' Justified .in asking our people to
approve its formal and solemn adherence to
a league for peace. I am here to attempt
io Biaie mose conditions.
The present war must first be ended; but
wo owe it to candor and to a just regard
for the opinion of mankind to sav that so
far as our participation In guarantees of
juture peace is concerned it makes a great
cai or oiirerence in what way and upon
what terms It is ended. The treaties and
agreements which bring It to an end must
embody terms which will create a peace
miiai is worm guaranteeing and preserving.
a ic ace that will win the approval of man
kind; not merely a peace that will serve
the reveral interests and immediate alms
Of the nations engaged.
America's Voice to Be Heard.
We shall have no voice in determining
wnat inoae terms snail oe. out we shall.
Tel sure, have a voice in determining
whether they shall be made lasting or not
by the guarantees of a universal covenant
end our judgment upon - what Is funda
mental and essential as a condition prece
dent to permanency snouia be spoken now,
not afterwards, when it may be too late.
No covenant of co-operative peace that
ones not include tne people of the new
world can suffice to keep the future safe
against war, and yet there is only one sort
of peace that the peoples of America could
loin in guaranteeing.
The elements of that peace must be the
elements that engage the confidence and
satisfy the principles of the American Gov
ernment, elements consistent with their
political faith and the practical convictions
which the peoples of America have once
fur all embraced and undertaken to defend.
Peace Alone Insufficient.
I do not mean to say that any American
Government would throw any obstacle In the
way of any terms of peace the governments
now at war might agrea upon or seek to
upset tri em wnen made, whatever they
might De. i only take it for granted tha
mere terms of peace between the belliger
ents will not satisfy even the belligerents
themselves.
Mere agreements may not make peace
eure. It will be absolutely necessary that
force be created as a guarantee of th
permanency of the settlement so muc
greater than the force of any nation now
engaged or any alliance hitherto formed
r projected, that no nation, no probable
combination of nations, could face or with
stand It. If the peace presently to be made
jn to endure It must be a peace made secure
by the organized major force of mankind.
The terms of the immediate peace agreed
upon will determine whether there is a
peace of which such guarantee can be se
cured. The question upon which the whole
future peace and policy of the world de
pends Is this:
Community of Power Essential.
T the present war a struggle for a Just
and secure peace or only for a new balance
of power 7 If it be only a struggle for a
new balance of power, who will guaran tee,
who can guarantee, the stable equilibrium
cf the new arrangement? Only a tranquil
Kurope can be a stable Europe. , There
must be, not a balance of power, but a
community of power; not organized rival
ries, but an organized common peace.
Fortunately, we have received very ex
plicit assurances on this point. The states
men of both of the groups of nations now
arrayed against one another have said in
PERTINENT SENTENCES FROM PRESIDENT'S APPEAL FOR
W ORLD'S PEACE LEAGUE.
.
In every discussion of the peace that must end this war It Is taken
for granted that that peace must be given by some definite concert o!
power which will make it virtually impossible that any such catas
trophe should ever overwhelm us again.
It is Inconceivable that the people of the United States should
play no part in that great enterprise. ... They owe it to them
selves and to the other nations of the world to state the conditions
under which they will feel free to render service.
That service is nothing less than this: To add their authority and
their power to the authority and force of other nations to guar
antee peace and justice throughout the world.
The present war must first be ended; but we owe it to candor
and to a lust regard for the opinion of mankind to say that so far
as our participation in guarantees of future peace is concerned it
makes a great deal of difference in what way and upon what terms
it is ended.
I do not mean to say that any American Government would
throw any obstacle in the way of any terms of peace the govern
ments now at war might agree upon or seek to upset them when
made, whatever they might be. I only take it for granted that mere
terms of peace between the belligerents will not satisfy even the
belligerents themselves.
There must be, not a balance -of power, but a community of power;
not organized rivalries, but an organized common peace.
Victory would mean peace forced upon the loser; a victor's terras
imposed upon the vanquished. It would be made in humiliation,
under duress at intolerable sacrifice and would leave a sting, a re
sentment, a bitter memory upon which terms of peace would rest, not
permanently, but only as upon quicksand.
No peace can last, or ought to last, which does not recognize and ac
cept the principle that governments derive all their Just powers from
the consent of the governed, and that no right anywhere exists to
hand peoples about from sovereignty to sovereignty as if they were
property. I take it for granted, for instance, . . . that statesmen
everywhere are agreed, that there should be a united, independent
and autonomous Poland.
So far as practicable, moreover, every great peopje now strug
gling toward a full development of its resources and of Its powers
should he assured a direct outlet to the great highways of the
seas. Where this cannot be done by the cession of territory, it can
no doubt be done by the neutralization of direct rights of way under
the general guarantee which will assure the peace itself. '
And the paths of the sea must alike, in law and in fact, be free. .
The freedom of the seas is the sine qua non of peace, equality and
co-operation. .
The question of limiting naval armaments opens the wider and
perhaps more difficult question of the limitation of armies and of
all programmes of military preparation. Difficult and delicate as these
. questions are, they must be faced with the utmost candor.
I am proposing, as it were, that the nations should, with one ac
cord, adopt the doctrine of President Monroe as the doctrine of the
world that no nation should seek to extend its policy over any
other nation or people, but that every people should be left free to
determine Its own policy, its own way of developmtnt, unhindered,
unthreatened, unafraid, the little along with the great and powerful.
There is no entangling alliance in a concert of power. . When all
unite to act in the same sense and with the same purpose, all act
in the common interest and are free to live their own Uvea under a
common protection.
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terms that could not be misinterpreted that i
it was no part of the purpose they had in
mind to crush their antagonists. But the
implications of these assurances may not
be equally clear to all may not be the
same on both sides of the water. I think
it will be serviceable if I attempt to set
forth what we understand them to be.
Peace Without Victory Needed.
They imply first of au that it must be a
peace without victory. It is not pleasant
to say this. I beg that I may be permitted
to put my own interpretation upon it and
that it may be understood that no other
Interpretation was in my thought. I am
seeking only to face realities and to face
them without soft concealments. victory
would mean peace forced upon the loser.
victor's terms imposea upon me van
quished. It would be made In humiliation,
under duress, at an intolerable sacrifice
and would leave a sting, a resentment, a
bitter memory upon which terms of peace
would rest, not permanently, out only as
upon quicksand.
Only a peace oetween equais can iasi ,
onlv a neace the very principle of which
is equality and a common participation in
a common benefit. The right state of mind.
the right feeling between nations, is as
necessary for a lasting peace aa is the Just
settlement of vexed questions of territory
or of racial and national allegiance.
Equality of Rights Object.
The equality of nations upon which peace
must be founded. If it is to last, must be
an equality of rights; the guarantees ex
changed must neither recognize nor imply
a difference between big nations and small,
between those that are powerful and those
that are weak. Right must be based upon
the common strength, not upon the indi
virinai rrntrth of the nations upon whose
rnnrrt oeace will depend. Kquallty of
territory or of resources there, of course,
onnf nor anv other sort of equality
not gained In the ordinary peaceful and
legitimate development of the peoples
themselves. But no one asks or expects
anything more than an equality of rights.
Mankind is looking now for freedom of
life, or for equipoises of power.
People's Sovereignty Involved.
And there is a deeper thing Involved
than even equality of rights among organ
ized nations. No peace can last, or ought
to last, which does not recognize and ac
cept the principle that gorernments de
rive all their just powers from the consent
nt thn aroverned. and that no right any
where exists to hand peoples about from
sovereignty to sovereignty as if they were
orooerty.
I take it for granted, for Instance, If T
may venture upon a single example, that
statesmen everywhere are agreed that there
should be a united. Independent and auton
omous Poland, and that henceforth In
violable security of life, of worship and of
industrial and social development should
be guaranteed to all peoples who have lived
hitherto under the power of governments
devoted to faith and purpose hostile to their
own.
I speak of this not because of any desire
to exalt an abstract political principle which
has always been held very dear by those
who have sought to build up liberty In
America, but foi the same reason that I
have spoken of the other conditions of peace
which seem to me clearly indispensable be
cause I wish frankly to uncover realities.
Principle Most Be Recognized.
Any. peace which does not recognize and
accept this principle win inevitably be up
set. It will not rest upon tne affections or
the ronvlctlons of mankind. The ferment
of spirit of whole populations will fight
subtly and constantly against it, and all
the world will sympathize. The world can
be at peace only if Its life is stable, and
there can be no stability where the will
is In rebellion, where there Is not tran
quillity of spirit and a sense of justicetyind
freedom and right.
So far as practicable, moreover, every
great people now struggling towards a full
development of Its resources and of Its pow
ers should be assured a direct outlet to the
great highways of the seas. Where this
cannot be done by , the cession of territory.
It can no doubt be done by the neu trail ra
tion of direct rights of way under the gen
eral guarantee which wilt assure the peace
Itself. With a right comity of arrangement
no nation need be shut away, from free ac
cess to the open paths of the world's com
merce.
Sea Most Be Free.
And the paths of the sea must alike In
law and in fact be free. The freedom of
the seas is the sine qua non of peace,
equality and co-operation. No doubt a
somewhat radical reconsideration of many
of the rules of international practice hith
erto sought to be established may be nec
essary in order to make the seas indeed
free and common in practically all clrcum
tances for the use of mankind, hut the
motive for such changes Is convincing and
compelling. There can be no trust or in-
macy between the peoples of the world
without them.
The free, constant, nn threatened Inter
course of nations la an essential part of the
process or peace and of development. It
need not be difficult to define or to secure,
the freedom of the seas If the government
of the world sincerely desire to come to an
agreement concerning it.
X. Imitation of Anns Broached.
It Is a problem closely conected with the
limitation of naval armaments and the co
operation of the navies of the world In
keeping tne seas at once free ana saro. And
the question of limiting naval armamenl s
opens the wider and perhaps more difficult
question of the limitation of armies and of
all programmes of military preparation
Difficult and delicate as these questions are
they must be faced with the utmost candor
and decided In a spirit of real accommoda
tion, if peace is to come with healing In
Its wings and come to stay.
peace cannot be naa witnout concession
and sacrifice. There can oe no sense of
safety and equality among the nations if
great preponderating armaments are hence
forth to continue here and there to be built
up and maintained. The statesmen of the
world must plan fot peace and nations must
adjust and accommodate their policy to It
as they have planned for war and made
ready for Pitiless contest and rivalry. The
question of armaments, whether on land or
sea, is the most immediately and intensely
practical question connected with the future
fortunes of nations and of mankind.
I h ave spoken upon these great matters
without reserve and wttn the utmost ex-
pllcltness because It has seemed to me to
be necessary If the world's yearning de
sire for peace was anywhere to una iree
voltre and utterance. Perhaps I am the
only nerson In hltrh authority among all
the peoples of the world who la at liberty
to cpeak and hold notning nacK. a am
speaking as an Individual and yet I am
speaking, also, of course, as the responsible
head of a great government and I feel con
fident that I have said what the people of
the United States would wish me to say.
May I not add that I hope and believe
that I am in effect speaking for liberals
and friends of humanity in every nation
and of every programme of liberty ? I
would fain believe that I am speaking for
the silent mass of mankind everywhere who
have as yet had no place or opportunity
to speak their real hearts out concerning
the death and ruin they see to have come
already upon the persons and the homes
they hold most dear.
Traditions Not Broken.
And In holding out the expectation that
the people and Government of the United
States will Join the other civilized nations
of the world In guaranteeing the perma
nence of peace upon such terms as I have
named, I speak with the greater boldness
and confidence because it is clear to every
man who can think that there Is In this
promise no breach as a nation, but a ful
fillment rather of all that we have pro
fessed or striven for.
I am proposing, as It were, that the na
tions should with one accord adopt the
doctrine of President Monroe as the doc
trine of the world; that no nation should
seek to extend Its policy over any other na
tion or people, but that every people should
be left free to determine its own policy, its
own way of development, unhindered, un
threatened. unafraid, the little along with
the great and powerful.
No Alliance In Concert.
I am proposing that all nations hence
forth avoid entangling alliances which would
raw them into competitions of power, catch
hem in a net of Intrigue and selfish rivalry
and disturb their on affairs with Influ
ences Intruded from without. There is no
entangling alliance In a concert of power.
When all unite to act n the same sense
and with the same purpose all act in the
common interest and are free to live their
own lives under a common protection.
I am proposing government by the oon
sent of the governed: that freedom of the
seas which 4n International conference after
conference representatives of the United
States have urged with the eloquence of
those who are the convinced d Lac 1 pies of
liberty; and that moderation of armaments
which makes of armies and navies a power
for order merely, not an Instrument of ag
gression or or seirisn violence.
These are American principles, American
policies. We can stand for no others. And
they are also the principles and policies
of forward looking men and women every
where, of every modern nation, of every en
lightened community. . They are the prln
ciptes of mankind and must prevail.
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enioy myself aain since
Isinolooap
cleared my '811111.
When my complexion was red, rough
and pimply, I was so ashamed that I
never had any fun. I imagined that
people avoided me perhaps they did
But the regular use of Resinol Soap
with a little Resinol Ointmtht just at
first has given me back my dear,
healthy skin. 1 wish you'd try it!
Resinol Samp and Resinol
Ointment are sold by mil drugw
ffista. For samples of each,
free, writ to Dept. Mi, Rss
inoU Baltimore. Md.
WILSON'S IDEAL COMMENDED,
BUT DIFFICULTIES ARE SEEN
Editors Comment on President's Striking Address, Involving Departure
From Traditions and Calling for Much Consideration.
EDITORIAL comment by leading
newspapers of tha United States
on the President's address to Con
gress yesterday Included the following:
St. Louis Globe-Democrat President
Wilson's address to the Senate was an
extraordinary event, amazing In its
suddenness, spectacular In its setting,
disquieting In its potentialities, admir
able in its purposes. It Is either a
monumental mistake or an act that
will fill a flowing page In history. It
Is likely to be construed as an appeal
In behalf of the Teutonic powers, al
though it is addressed to both alike, for
it follows so closely the uncompromis
ing declaration of the allies that it can
hardly be considered less than a reproof
of the severity of their demands.
Kurope, obviously It Is our right to say
upon what terms we will accept the
new burden. ... Mr. Wilson's pro
posals, however well they square with
American theories and convictions, call
for a good deal of consideration. .
v e build Utopias easily In our
blessed land.
Practical Obstacle. Numerous.
Kansas City Star In the plan for a
league to enforce peace President Wil
son undoubtedly has presented to the
country a lofty ideal and one that must
arouse the sympathetic attention of the
world. While there can be no disposi
tion to "take snap judgment on such a
question, the Star cannot refrain from
pointing out now, as it repeatedly has
pointed out in the past, that the practi
cal obstacles In the way of such a
league are so great as to seem Insurmountable.
The St. Louis Republic For two and
half years Europe has been at war.
There are in St. Louis great communi
ties of Germans, Bohemians, Serbians,
Bulgars, Greeks and Russians. Have
we had any race riots? Not one. Why
not? Because all are now Americans
and, to Insure peace on earth, it is not
necessary to have a dominant race; it
is necessary only to have a dominant
idea-
President Wilson is seeking to do
away with war by proposing to the
world an agreement upon the idea
which, in the United States, has made
one people of 100,000,000 whose fore
fathers came from every country in
Europe.
ENFORCED PEACE IS URGED
(Continued From First Page.)
the present was the last ?reat war In
which the United States could be a
neutral; that It no !ontrr could remain
Young Men's Spring Suits
I have received direct from New York a number of the very latest models
for young men, in weights suitable for late Winter and early Spring.
Young men who like to be among the first to don the season's new apparel
are invited to see these remarkably clever examples of the tailors' art.
These new clothes are very modish in fabric, color and model; among
them may be noted the new Kombo suits, the coats of which may be worn
either with belted or plain back; also 2 and 3-button English model, with
high waistline.
Shown on the Second Floor
TS C fl.
ixMorrison at Yova&s
in the position of being "half in and
half out" of world affairs. In his speech
accepting his second nomination and
in other public addresses he has
touched upon the same sentiment which
found Its full development In his ad
dres today.
While the United States would have
no voice in what those terms might be.
the President said, it would have a.
voice In determining whether they
should be made lasting by guarantees
of universal covenant.
"No covenant of co-operative peace."
he said, "that does not include the
peoples of the new world can suffice
to keep the future safe against war,
and yet there is only one sort of peace
that the people of America could join
in guaranteeing. The elements of that
peace must be the elements that en
gage the confidence and satisfy the
principles of American governments,
elements consistent with their political
faith and with the practical convic
tions which the peoples of America
have once for all embraced and under
taken to defend."
CASCADE BILL IS NEXT
OREGON CITY PREPARES FOR DE
FEAT OP ANOTHER SPLIT.
ties. A crowd of anti-divlsionists will
probably go to Salem Thursday to at-'
tend a meeting of the committee.
ALASKA TO GET CANNERIES
Eugene Plans Com Show.
EUGENE, Or.. Jan. 22. (Special.)
The agricultural bureau of the Eu
gene Chamber of Commerce has been
asked to consider plans for a Western
Oregon corn show, to be held In Eu
gene next Fall. N. R. Robb, County
Agriculturist of Lane County, will out
line the plan. The idea was suggested
by the success of the Lane County corn
Lou of Oswego Annexation Plan la
Pleasing to Workers Against
All Division Measures.
OREGON CITT. Or., Jan. 22. (Spe
cial.) Following the defeat of the Os
wego annexation to Multnomah plan
In the Senate this morning, the Oregon
City Commercial Club and all others
opposed to a split of the county are
now centering their efforts on Esta
cada's proposal to create ' Cascade
County out of the eastern part of
Clackamas.
"We have still one fight before us,
even though we have defeated the Os
wego annexation plan." said O. D. Eby,
president of the Commercial Club. "The
members of the Clackamas delegation
in the Legislature who are opposed to
a split of the county told me over the
telephone today that we should not
relax our efforts. It is needless foV us
to say that we are much' pleased with
the Senate's vote."
The bill to create Cascade County
has been Introduced in the House and
Is now before the committee on conn-
Cold-Storage Plants Are Expected to
Handle Record Output.
SEWARD. Alaska, Jan. 22. Prepara
tions already in progress point to the
most active season in the history
of salmon canning in Southwestern
Alaska.
A packing company, with headquar
ters at Bellingham, will build a cold
storage plant and a salmon cannery
here. The company's boats will op
erate between SewarC and Kodlak. A .
salmon cannery will be constructed on
the municipal dock at Valdez, and It is
said that Seldovla will hae a new
cannery.
Klamath May Get Federal Building.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. Jan. 22.
(Special.) Klamath Vails may have a
Federal building soon. A telegram re
ceived Saturday from Representative
N. J. Slnnott, in Congress from this
district, states that the House appro
priated $10,000 for the purchase of a
site for a Federal building in Klamath
Falls. The appropriation has yet to
pass the Senate and receive the signa-t-'r
of the President.
Chicago Herald President "Wilson'
address ... is a model of straight
forward statement. ... Neither
side has definitely renounced "victory,
but, in spite of all that, it is well to
call attention of the belligerents to the
undoubted fact that the fate of perma
nent peace is largely bound up in the
terms of the treaties that will end this
particular war. . . It is particu
larly timely to admonish those Ameri
cans who oppose the peace - league
movement not only that it Involves no
"entangling alliances," such as Wash
ington had in mind, but that the sort
of peace it would and could guarantee
must be rooted in the best traditions
of America.
Both Gronps May Be Irritated.
Baltimore Sun It Is a bold utterance
in its assumption that peace, if it is to
be lasting, must come without victory.
It conceivably will Irritate both groups
of contending nations. But, we fancy,
neither of them will be able to ignore
them, and neither of them, in view of !
the unanswerable logic of those para
graphs referring to the country's Inter
est In a settlement that will create a
peace worth guaranteeing and preserv
ing, will deny the President's right to
speak.
Allen's Foot-Eass for the Troops.
Many war sone hospitals have ordered
Allen's Foot-Ease, the antiseptic powder,
for use among the troops. Shaken into the
shoes and sprinkled In the foot-bath. Allen's
Koot-Eau slves rest and comfort, takes the
rrtctlon from the shoe, and prevents the feet
s-ettlnn tired or foot-sore. Drug and Ee-r-srtment
Sio: e everywhere sell It, 25c
Don't accept mag sajwiituta. Try It UxUj.
Issue for Those Who Paid Price.
Phicago Tribune Considering the
sacrifices being made by the peoples
of Europe, we can hardly fail to sym
pathize with the view, not infrequently
expressed abroad, that the terms of
whatever peace is arrived at are a mat
ter strictly for those who have paid
the price. We assume, therefore, that
Mr. Wilson's suggestions, which would
otherwise seem Intrusive and premature,
are advanced upon some clear intima
tion that they would be timely. If it
Is determined that we are able to be
invited, to balp keen the peace of
The Worcester Telegram (Mass.)
Somebody may yet find an excuse for
President Wilson rushing into the lime
light with a banner signifying that he
is willing to pawn the United States to
buy peace for the world, but in the
meantime there will be a chance to in
form the President that he is not elect
ed to pledge the peace and dignity of
mis country to start a theoretical peace
for the world.
Des Moines fla.) Register Looked at
from a practical standpoint, bearing In
mind what has taken place In our mili
tary policy and in the thought of the
people, as well aa what has taken place
In Europe, the question before the
United States Is not whether we shall
forsake our isolation but whether we
shall forsake it on the side of peace or
the side of war.
President Wilson has spoken for
peace. He has uttered the sentiments
which those who have seen what the
United States was rushing Into have
boped be -would utter.
A WONDERFUL YEAR!
To the Policy-holding Owners of The Prudential
Insurance Company of America:
During 1916 your Company issued OVER FIVE HUNDRED AND
NINETY-ONE AND ONE-HALF MILLION DOLLARS of Paid-for
life insurance at the' lowest expense-rate in your Company's history. This is the
largest year's business ever paid for by The Prudential. The gain in insurance in
force was $283,000,000.
Although your Company is but forty-one years old, you are now the holders
in force of OVER
total
insurance
.of 15,000,000 policies representing a
THREE BILLION DOLLARS.
Since your Company was organized it has paid to its policyholders the
great sum of $428,000,000, including more than $28,750,000 not called for
in any way by the policy contracts. The 1916 payments to policyholders were
over $47,278,000.
This wonderful growth and these remarkable figures reflect anew the confi-'
dence the insuring public has in The Prudential, and area reindorsement of its -;aims,
its .achievements and its service.
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