The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 24, 1919, Page 14

THE SEATTLE STAR—FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1919, By F. J. MARTIN, President Northwestern Mutual Fire Association Pacific Coast so carefully and economically managed that it was producing a superior prod- uct at 60 per cent of the cost furnished by a New York factory, would you buy of the New York factory at an excessive price or would you buy of your own factory that furnished goods to you at cost? lf YOU were a stockholder in a factory on the | The Northwestern Mutual Fire Association is a Pacific Coast “factory” whose product is fire insurance. It is owned entirely by its sixty thousand a policyholders. When you take out a policy in the Northwestern Mutual you f become a part owner and receive your share of the profits. . The careful and economical methods of this organization enable it to earn d its policyholders an annual profit averaging about 40 per cent of the insur- fe ance premiums paid. The policyholders of this company have already profited to the extent of $3,183,496.30 in cash dividends and savings. ee Northwestern Mutual policyholders find they have only about half, as many fires as the average in stock companies. They co-operate with each other and with the association to eliminate fire danger. If their property is in such state as to invite fire—and fire is like disease, it comes only where it is invited—they “clean up,” eliminate the unnecessary risks, and with the aid . of the experts in this, their own company, put their property in shape to col- hw Iltri¢e! ss tm lect dividends. @B You are in one of two classes. Either you are in the list of careful owners i) $ who keep their property in sufficiently safe condition to be insured in this br "company, or you are in the other class. 3 |. Two Why buy insurance with your eyes shut when by = making the Northwestern Mutual “your own com- a ' pany’’ you not only put your insurance on a safer ci Og ee business basis, but share in the splendid profits: a Northwestern Mutual as well ? ; a roi Phone Elliott 827, ‘7 Write or Phone Us Today When Your Present Insurance Expires Northwestern Mutual FIRE ASSOCIATION F. J.Martin President Home Office.central Bld, Seattle, U.S.A, a