, 1875-07-10
Does Your Insurance Properly Pro-
teot You Against Similar
Disaster?
A Pertinent and Interesting Review of
the Best Agencies.
The Grand Fire.1nsnrance Organizations
of the World.
I;ulvarks Of indemnify Against Firc'a
Worst Assaults.
ONE YEAR AGO.

ONE YEAR AGO.
GLOBE UFos \ TEAR Ano
America and Europe qn,vered with painful inter-
sst for houra at the uewb that Chicago "as again
In flames. 1ntouso M wns tlia excitement and
auxiety In Chicago vbilo ita citlzeua wofo oat'
Ting tue fro or r,hhtng their families and prop
erty to places Of safety. the ann'o omotions wore
hardly loss keon in many other cities.
III tho great centres Of capital In tho East and
b,yund the Atlantic, men Of wealth aud station
lang feyerfah.y over each dispatch recording tho
rsorress Of rum. TIoy had once known ho"
terrific stroho at tioir individual business ANU
neral finance was involved in tho destruction
OF Chicago aud feared Lest q second blow wss
filling.
With tho capitalists of othor cities tho chlof
h ,po then wa tho chief hope OF all Chi
ego heartH. Il was that tho hamea
W .re feeding ma!ply Gu structures fonud'y in
snred. Tho fai.H that experience muss have
t, ught tho merchants and dweilorn OF Chicago
il, avoid tllo troachery of insecure companies.
DID much to mitigate tAo anxiety Of our oislzenf
aid their buslness frionds elsewhere.
TIE SECOND uREAT F1AK
wAs conquered e'cr H. had wrought tiths OF the
dts,r,.ction accomplished by isa predecessor.
Tat IL had swept out OF existence ovcE G., 0oo.-
0yu, and there was Fastening among tho injured
to learn how much Of tangible assistance In thesr
hour Of distresa was to bc Afforded By tue COM
r,ntcs In which they had tsustod. Alas 1t van
much tho Aamo "a before. 4 taw sAgacioua
o,ea had taken policies 10 agencies aud companies
u hoBo ua,nes vers oynonyms for integrity.
Taesc ahrcwd aouls had asked II capital and rop-
Il i'n,ion wcro tho nainHtAya OF the companies In
" Nh.eh thay wcra inYuzing+ rather than IL the
r,.tes weso not fraction Of = cent higher than
c,u1l be Obtained somewhere else. They had
the sense to know that
GOOD ARTICLE
il preferable to cheap ono, rhether In breaches
ur Insurance. They had looked for reliability,
aid, having found it, had made use OF It. Their
insurance VIVA In auperlattye]y sound agencies.
Iheir lossos weEo mado good, cheatfullg and
promptly. With tie money, they wore able to
regain their grip on fortune, aud year OF fair
prosperity haH beou theirs. or courso they have
t..kon o,t frcsh po1icloH With tho agencies which
lsvo proved 40 trustworthy in the past,
and eau give their attention to businoas
lrca from mental torment at the thought that
he next fire. mar doyour Atiko tholr property aud
hb!r hopcs for future success.
THE MAIoa1TT or TUE INSURANCE..
iowevcr, was worse placed II anything
.zo liz Il Il. IT. Tassl s q acompsn.es, pS 'aeh ~h'eh
l..a been crsttily waiting IT, for Just sach han an
who had insured in them wore verso burned than
tholr buildings. NAgcaly ineurauc0 managers
mre ainAys hoplng for 4 huge fro ks IN excrso to
10 ruined. aud tho blaze of last July was pre-
rlsely Tho sort OF event they bad desired for
months Their Victims could rage 1t the rogues,
nut In thor heart Of hearts they know that their
uwn carcessneAB or stupidity waa h!moat
as much responsible. Thoy bad wanted cheap
insurance. and had got It. Practically ruined,
tile dupes lad nothing to do but begin tho mol
apchosJ ts1k Of working up bu4luesH In scAson
o. unparalleled depression. with little OF no
funds, or else enter the employ OF the men who
lad known enough to select gound intufence.
TIE ErTEcr ADnoAp
Waa peculiarly bad for Chloago's good name and
credit. Men of means elsewhere Wego not par-
tcnles1y rabi1 to advance Buccor to \ CITY and
merchants who hnd twice shown their Inability
The fearful languor tn business for the past
year has been tu no Light degroo directly ztsrlbu-
table to that same cauHs.
u, ch,essos geog!.gh!c,! situation. snd the fact
and tho packing nataroat-are tho threo nnceasi-
ties Of tho worlds livelihood, ought to hnye
placed her Above aud beyond all chlnce Of Beri-
Qua injury from business depression. But When
It 70 tbs general belief abroad shss most Of hex
c1tt2enr aud merchants cannot tail Bouud fl.
surAnca company froM rascally ons, who can
wonder that capital aud credit elsewhere have
Aea!tstsd to rush ascoo1 time to our assist.
ruvx .xn uow
The mead for iusnrance thst can b. dsn,nasd
-nno, ~ ss n,ominant n"~ ~ va.r w. is4
cln,abss h.nL. tt,otoach,v 9oaa goas Laae
cnon.nIsa ~ ns,.s n,'t y sooo su!anos
sso lines w9sp - O. carsiul Io', ind u' honss ensst
Tsview rn.. . Of tbs standing Of insurance
NJ .,,na tsr .,cs lnr,,p pscnd cnnd sppso9rlste
th.p n, rhe rsncha, o. co. 0,e ne
Of ths juY ro Of sss .'
es.na n1a' tnSfs va and genera
ts,no.ss,hIe sT1 ~ nolo 1stRa oohnnRf4sons Hors
snons,bia eomn.na. - r now' 1eekieas and ire
s.tan.. ~ htsee tae'nae'Ses on leyel, IN pubil'
oroaniz.t,nn. su 'og "el.essao1lsisd. truatw9Ith!
siisct - iis, Ene9. ~ now. There was dtapo
sna - n tae ootAinlDg ef Insurance
is.ra ,diaRuo tnAt aacnIo companies ought 4
r.tss po!I'es .,, u compstltlon. tu the matter
ao.Inss Ap4s coAeofn lhAt might seo TT to biz
t 4RE TRIBUNE, ev6E Alart to thA bettar intsr