The Butler weekly times., 1886-05-05
Farmers OF Bates County.

GENTLEMEN:-l take pleasure in presentingto to
you the claims Of the Dwelling House In
surance Co., OF Boston, Mass 1t COM
menced business in ls12 after the great fire OF
Chicago in ISL and of Boston in 1872 demon
strated to the insuring public that companies
taking ell classes of business are not the one
for a man to insure his home in, lest a grea.
fire again consume millions of their money an,
leave them to compromise their losses or go I
the wall This Company is the only on
soliciting your business that confines il
risks to town dwellings detached fror
business localities, and farm property an
school houses. This Company will not take
fire risk on anything else. 1 will agree will
you, agents of other companies claim they write
on nothing else, but the local agent for the
same Co. in yoGr county seat will write on
stores and stocks of goods, and many of them
on any class of hazard offered. While we must
not condemn them for taking such risks If they
see at, you not compelled to share the haz-
ari by taking policy In their farm department.
when the Dwelling House Insurance Company
| of Boston, Mass, with cash capital Three
| Hundred Thousand Dollars. and Two Dollars
and Eighty-ilye Cents for every dollar OF liza
bilitiea, Will carry your risk for the same or
less money. Five years ago last February
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| of Freeport. ILL.,, with a capital of two hundred
| thousand. 1t to-day has the same capital and
one dollar ard thirty-one cents for every dollar
OF liability. MIR. ii. S. Clark, now of TT Scott,
| Kas and We're the principle workers in tack
ing its plates above your doors. 1t is nice
| company and has paid many losses In our
| midst. 1t, too, has farm department. They
| have selected man and he has got others TO help
him renew the old work; hence you have to chose
| not only between a stranger and me, who has
| followed the business In your county for twelve
| or fifteen years, but between Q compact or
| union company and a company that belongs to
| no rings, pools or clicks. These strangers will
tell you the Dwelling House has very little
surplus, but they will not tell you the Company
| has done Nineteen Million new business In two
years, and almost all three or Ave years. risks.
requiring heavy change from cash surplus to
| reinsurance reserve, though this Is true.
1t ia like farming: if You lay out one thousand
dollars for stock, the thousand dollars is gone,
but you have the stock in its place. Ask the
agent to compare ratio OF losses sustained By
the companies, then take your choice. II yoy
| have any policies running out or want to TAX
| out insurance, you will save money and tim
by seeing an agent Of the Dwelling House In
| surance Co. before chosing, as its policies n
| written here and endorsements are made here
| without sending of your policy to another stat
or tine company's home Office. carry the poll
cies with me when canvassing and deliver yo
the policy when You sign the papers, and poll
cies are always ready for delivery within fe'
days after application TO any OF our agents.
| application note goes into the mail unit
J | policy is issued. They write against fire
lightning and tornado combined or singiy
They also write against lightning on stock any
where, without requiring you to 'agree :
divide the total amount insured by tbree-ioursh
I the number Of animals owned st time OF loss :
They also write special risks On stations. jack
and fancy stock. Don't let any one write you
insurance until you have got rates OF an ager
OF the Dwelling House Insurance Co. evan
your business and you will want US to get
: when You are posted. Seeifthis Ia not 80.
D. W. SNYDER,
/ Dist. Agent, Butler, Mo.
rSGood Canvassers wanted.