Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-08-24
AFTER ALONG FIGHT
Insurance War Ends and a DtCIara.
ton Of P.aCl Issued.
WAS 4 HARD, mrrER STRUGGLE.
Foley writers arc snprsmslI Happy
over the Satisfactory selllcmen,
u Seriol, trouble.

The cruel Insurance. war Il ever, and
sigh OF Thanksgiving has gone up
from the army Of insurance. agonts,
VINO have been doing business on y
starvation basis since ho,tihtles began
In February last
Peace was suddenly but effectively
restored late Last uisht by tho action Of
the Home aud Pru1ix companies In
Joining the Utah bar; 1t was thess
companies which went out Vt The IA.
clio comppc, last year sud pftolpi,ated
tho war ny flooding salt Lake
With agents wac took Juunuss
81 any and every rate ami iorcsu every
other agency IN tic city to DO tho
came. RIsAs have teen written ~ ut
m average u nity per cont oil the rats
on mercantile business anu SO per cent
on dwelling; IN tho case OF anne
school bullIiuEs cut % 90 per cent
was ma ic by the II m q ana Phoenix,
aui a cUmu H-.pu adIuI. IIgn rucK.
lees uuuctWtiHug 10 cIufs. could only
fefalt In one thing. Many cUmlanirs
withdrew from tue psfft.ry, anu
nlmc Jailed Uutiishl, 10 that there are
fewer than ~ companies now Il lug
busiucsu In the lcrri,,Ty, where iuf.
merry there were more tnAu hun.
dteg.
lucro IL little doubt that the action
o. tbs Home ADD PuUcn1 In "luinng
up 10 the result " Otdrts, aud tuUse
Talher premature nature, from the
D ..fH #.HN
iufI. a month ago when Mussf-.
HuUer J. Grant ami Hugh Anderson
visited the coast 0r the purpose VI oU.
tanning tue sis .a,uTos OF general mAu.
hsrb g. an agreement forming the
Utah B5aFd, lncy were met vita
reiutsl ffUm M. Aisgill,
western manager OF the Home
Aud PhDrni,, not long alter
ML GRAFT received mctsayts from
prominent lGtufAncs y rn In Hartford
asking fora report on coud lions here,
anu ~ ~ who was responsible Tor the
dumofaliLatl n. lie made his M.
swefs ~ wirc, ana for tue pact tsa
huyu a rcEular tel graphic c1fItsp M.
"rcc las been kept W between SIS.
Grant aud tue hafuotu people. lhrcu
uA,s ngO came the WSlc me news tuat
Mt. hagill wUIlI Arfivs 10 Salt Lac
I once; he came, oonvsrsei VITA
CAPTAIN Donuell yesterday morning,
| aud ut noon siiixtd he signature 10
the Utah agreement; all his agent.
were II once uOlfisd 70 take business
only At tue Old futss.
a iull mosging Of the local board
was held At I O'Clock yesterday after.
uuOn at tile board room Ia tho Com.
mofcihl hotel. Manager Donnsll an.
n0unced that the Home anu Phoenix
were fall members, AnI II Ia needless
to say the announcement was received
with the most genuine satisfaction, q
resolution was at once passed for tho
immediate restoration Of tho old rates,
anu from heuceiOfth II 10 hoped In.
sufauoe matters will resume their
normal con Iition.
htbtr J. Grant, president OF tho
Utah hoard snd OF the Home
Fire Insurance company stated
10 NEws representative, after
tho meeting last evening that
matters were now Ia asatisiSctOTy cou.
1iliOp, anu ihst the Insurance agents
hgd reason tu congratulate themselves.
-uch war NJ hHu Teen on Tor the last
slH months was gu unhealthy oUudl-
IiOn becaufe while tho public got tus
benefit VI the tuin9us competition ten.
pOfGtily, II stood 10 reason that tho
companies would not do business nj a
lUss and sooner or later the public
would bo called on 10 make up that
los.
Tue Home company has notified
all It's agents only 10 lake business at
regular rRIts. The Home has Jared
exceedingly well In tho battle, its
directors having resolved ia tho open.
lux Of tho H. lat TO take no part 10 tue
indltcfiminale scramble for business,
and TeinrurInR At handsome pfoht,En
ItsCut rate business with tbs Hartford.
Now that rates are restored the Home
d, In the ivld 10 take care Of Its own
business.