Judge, 1919-03-01 · page 23 of 32
Judge — March 1, 1919 — page 23: what you’re looking at
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This is **not a cartoon or satirical content** — it's a straightforward corporate financial document: the 74th Annual Report of the New York Life Insurance Company dated March 1, 1919. The page contains the company president Darwin P. Kingsley's statement and detailed balance sheet. The only quasi-satirical element is the opening comparison: the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic had killed as many people as four-and-a-half years of World War I combat, yet the company remained solvent because it had made "abundant provision." The rhetorical point (stated plainly, not satirically) emphasizes life insurance as essential protection during peacetime, not just wartime. The company boasts record business ($340 million) and substantial Liberty Bond holdings ($100 million), supporting the war effort while maintaining financial stability. This appears to be Judge magazine's inclusion of corporate advertising/announcements rather than satirical editorial content.
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DGE March 1, 1919 74TH ANNUAL REPORT New York Life Insurance Company DARWIN P. KINGSLEY, President Influenza, we are told, up to January |, 1919, had already killed as many young and | vigorous persons in the world generally as were killed by bullets and disease in four anda half || years of the war. } The mortality of the Company up to the outbreak of influenza promised to be, in 1918, about | 61% of the mortality provided for in the premiums; it was actually 95% of the expected. If this epidemic persists during 1919 dividends may be reduced in 1920. They remain substantially unchanged in 1919. But neither war nor influenza can make any material difference to members ; of this Company, because as against such startling incidents this Company long since made j abundant provision. From this there are two fair deductions: First—INSURE—there are just as many and just as sound reasons for insuring your life during days of peace as there are for insuring during times of war. Second—insure in companies that have aimed above all things to achieve safety. In these days SAFETY sounds better than CHEAPNESS. The New Business of the year, chiefly from the United States and Canada, was over $340,000,000 the largest year’s business in the Company’s history. The Company bought so many Liberty Bonds during the year that it was obliged to borrow from the New York banks. The statement shows, on that account, Bills Payable forover . 2. 2. 1 2. ee ee ee ee ee ee ~~» 22,800,000 On December 31, 1918, the Company owned at par in Liberty Bonds . . . . 70,000,000 And in the Bonds of the Allied Countries issued to finance the war . . . . . 30,000,000 BALANCE SHEET, JANUARY 1, 1919 INCOME DISBURSEMENTS For Insurance and Annuities $110,138,795 | On Policy Contracts $98,563,728 Interest and Rent 41,500,877 | Expenses and Taxes 22,816,479 Borrowed Money 24,000,000 | Loans Repaid... .. 1,320,000 Other Income 3,246,707 | Added to Ledger Assets F 56,186,172 Total $178,886,379 $178,886,379 Total ASSETS LIABILITIES Real Estate $13,449,600 | Policy Liabilities _.. . $786,267,002 Loans—on Mortgage, Policies and Premiums, etc., Prepaid 4,515,533 Collateral .. . 321,887,157 | Commissions, Salaries, etc . 3,876,246 Bonds and Stock 609,717,289 | Borrowed Money .... .. 22,863,879 All other Assets ; 50,033,239 | Reserves for Dividends, etc 177,564,625 Total $995,087,285 ' Total ; $995,087,285 Policies in force Jan. 1, 1919 - - - - - 1,360,433 Insurance in force Jan. 1, 1919 - - - - $2,838,829,802 comicbooks.com