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— Elsewhere we print a splendid showing 

 of the Mutual Reserve Fund Life Associa- 

 tion. Mr. E. B. Harper, president of the 

 association, and one of the most wide-awake, 

 alert, and successful insurance presidents in 

 the world, says that the institution has had a 

 most successful year. During 1887 the com- 

 pany paid to widows, orphans, and claimants 

 of deceased members, $1,400,000, and saved 

 to its living members by reduction of premi- 

 um rates below the rates charged under the 

 old system of life insurance more than 

 $3,000,000. The cash surplus of the com- 

 pany which stands to the credit of persistent 

 members of five years' standing equals a 

 dividend of more than 30 per cent upon the 

 entire mortuary premiums paid by such 

 members. This in addition to the 50 per 

 cent reduction in the premium rates charged 

 its members is, to say the least, a wonderful 

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 insurance at less than half the usual rates 

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 the year, including Sundays and holidays, 

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 is a statement that is worthy the attention of 

 those who are seeking life-insurance. — From 

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