. Canada, an encyclopaedia of the country [microform] : the Canadian Dominion considered in its historic relations, its natural resources, its material progress and its national development. Agriculture; Canadian literature; Finance; Natural history; Natural resources; Agriculture; Littérature canadienne; Finances; Sciences naturelles; Ressources naturelles. 33S CANADA: AN J ' ' I as unvarying as time itself, have been entirely disregarded. The Insurance Monitor, in a recent issue, contains some rcllcctions on the sudden failure of the Mussachusetts Benefit Association after ha
. Canada, an encyclopaedia of the country [microform] : the Canadian Dominion considered in its historic relations, its natural resources, its material progress and its national development. Agriculture; Canadian literature; Finance; Natural history; Natural resources; Agriculture; Littérature canadienne; Finances; Sciences naturelles; Ressources naturelles. 33S CANADA: AN J ' ' I as unvarying as time itself, have been entirely disregarded. The Insurance Monitor, in a recent issue, contains some rcllcctions on the sudden failure of the Mussachusetts Benefit Association after having several times increased its rates, not on new business only, but on its whole business, which deserve the serious consideration of all connected with the management or supervision of the unsound system considered in part of this article,as illustrated by one of its chief examples: " For a hundred years we have had mortal- ity tables. They have been compiled from every class and condition of people. They all agree in showing that the rates of those that failed were ridiculously inadequate. If a captain should put to sea in a rotten vessel with a shipload of women and children, and diown half of them, he ought to be swung from a yardarin. If he were heard to plead that he had never been to sea before and did not know his boat was rotten, an extra haul on the rope that suspended hiin should be taken. . i he failure of a large mercantile house is a great misfortune, but it is one of the risks incident to business. The failure of a savings bank or a life company is generally a crime. Neither is supposed to be subject to ordinary business risks, and both are depended on by helpless ;. J. Herbert Mason. Fresideiu uf ibc Canada Fermaiieiit Loan Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the origi
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