The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1866-05-19
Prom the New Ysrx Insurance Moa.,I-. April 1896
Hartford Fire insurance. Com.
pHny.

What can be done aud what ought TO be
done by ire insurance company, are better
demonstrated by the example oil the ''old
Hartford" than bv the most elaborate ca. Gu
l.,ions and ingenious Iheor C.. In times
that try mems souls. al example OF great
ard permanent success attained by stri- af-
hereace 10 yeEsinc principles, IS mora bench
cal Mud encouraging than the eloluence OF
ali the orator. ,n the world. II any man 5
faith in fire insurance wavers, ie. h.m study
the record OF the "oli Hartford aud take
courage II the wear 1910 this Company
threw down the gauntlet 10 the demon Fire.
aud has ever since stood .ise a bGlwaTA u
iron between the DESTROYER and i.s victims,
~iihou, yielding al inch. /; has waged no
fruilless war, for it hss grown in strength and
stature ever year Tall is proportion, have be
come gigantic. It started with a capital Of
$50 900 aud has since added - its substance
By its honest earnings 20 an extent that has
expanded this amount 10 a round million ia
cash Grea, u nre IFS liabilities. its surplus
exceed, them bv over half million OF dollars.
and If British insurers, who profess 70 admire
soidity above al things, require a model for
their imitation, since their own idols are fall.
ing from their pedesta', We recommend the
old Hartford TO their impartial consideration.
The probe AID lancet Of the surgeon are moi,
more effec;iy. in the treatment OF bad cases
than the year 1855 proved - b. in laying bare
tie weakness and corruption O! inflated insar
auce concerns, bat it snS also demonstrated
the soundnes. and excellence Of Other com>
panes beyond dosb. and cayil The Hartford
met the firev is,u. fairly, accepted risks
amounting to uore than $l02, 000 ,uo0-in re
turn sceiyed AN irc me exceeding 5 100000
market OF $4,000 for depreciation upon
investments, and having made actual gains 10,
the year, Of over seventeen per cent. upon iis
capital. divided $4,000 amony its stock
| holders ami now exhibits slightly diminished
surplus svi! exceeding the magnificent. sum
! of half m!liitn OF dollars.
| The ready sale which the stock or the "old
| Hartford" commands, even At S2O5 Tor shares
| of 81 Oh each, is the most substantial evidence
of the high estimation in which thi. Company
| is hold BY the public, and this name and
prestige have been we'll earned. for we are
! informed on the best authority, that 1t has re
turned TO its stockholders, in dividends, over
$50 per cent. upon its capital stock, or an a~
srag. Of l0i pr cent. per annun.
We take pleasure in holding up this time
| hoaored institution as q molel, because The
principle aud practice by which i. has a,>
| tanned to emnence are simple, safe and uni
versally applicable TO insurance. In the hrs
place, ITS officers are men who have been SCI
lected on account, of their acknowledged abil
ity profound experience and indisputabe
in,egreiy. In the second, they have con-
fined themselves TO their duties an RETAINED
from outside speculation. Thirdly, the Com
panys 700 agencies are placed under the
superintenderce of superior minds
Lastly its officers write on no risk
of which they entertain an indefinite idea o.
for which the Company does not receivs g
fair and compromising rate Of premium. Thu
strict regard which the Hartford has paid &c
these business regulations and principle:
has made il the foremost fire insurance
Company in the land, and no other insurance
corporation can become permanently grea
WHICH fails TO observe theu.