Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-02-07
TO STAND TOGETHER
That Is What Salt Lake Insurance
Hen Have Agreed To Do.
now ORGANIZED TO THAT END.
A Full Corps Of Officers Elected Today
aud Steps Taken 10 Avoid
Rate War.

Tho Insurance men Of Salt Like arc
firm believers In the saying that "in
"union there is strength" and acting
ON the Inspiration the old aphorlsm
teaches, they have put their heads,
energies and influence together, AMI
determined that one shall stand Tor oil
anu oil for onc-with probably two or
three exceptions wuicn are considered
by them NJ being Of but little ooust-
qnenco WHOM It comes to a fight 10
flush Struggle
That was the declaration In eject n
not In exact language which came
from the BUSTERS Tor rlskf, wEilers Of
policies and aIIusters Of losses at .
O'Clock this AFTERNOON Vheu they une
by ono dropped out Of the oillc, 0f
II. J. Grant & Company after an ear-
nest and protrac,ed meeting which
was called 10 order at lOa.m.
WHAT was done In dutsil will prob
ably mover be known 60 tue public ~
the busiuess transacted was OF Guar.
actor principally Of interest to tbs d.
sufanco mon themguives. IL was un.
deutooJ. however, that q crisis In the
manner " c,nuuctng tncir ulaifs
had been reached nud that pfOmpt
anu hufUio uCilOn was necessary.
Vgdny'd consultation anu lengthy ne.
Liberation was simply the closing one
Of a series which have been recently
held aud was iof ihr purpose n gaaIus
e. "a
wur and 60 agree on u Uniform fyttgin
e rates. Tnea1 meetings were held ia
response 90 ftqussls anu. iudsod, orders
from the regular companies, tue move.
mcnt bsinG iusugufalvd by the British
companies,
a permanent organization 20 afford
the protection Indicated was effected
~ today's meeting. The newly chosen
officers sttf Henry w. Lawrence,
president; a. Is, Hudson, vice prosi.
| dent; A. Il. jacobs, secretary; Lewis
Rogers and II. T.. q. Coates, assistaut
| NJ secretaries, and J. w. Ro9kledge,
treasurer. The necessary committees
were also appointed and given iu-
slructiUns as TO the work they are UE.
pocied 90 perform.
Should the local agencies continue
b remain loyal to each ether the
/ prospects for reduction Of rates in
The near future will be- greatly lesseped.
| There 10, however, q Tremendous T.
dercurrnnt In active, molten beuss'h
/ - hat wOa.3 seem 10 10 q meafufnoly
| placid surface Ia insurance matters
and not oven the moat conservative
and able risk calculator can
tell what week, day,
will bring forth. Perhaps nothing may
happen 10 further disturb his equa-
| nimlty or cut down the amount o fhis
| commission or reduce the volume u
his business, yet all the time he knows
aud considerably more than hslf fears
that rate cutting ana decentralization
may sot IN at any moment from which
| DO would probably never altogether
recover IL h this consciousntss that
has csuged hin @ strike his present
attitude, from which he will no! DO
driven except under force anu pTtz-
sute severe anu extraordinary ia thelr
| character.
Tho shfewdnesa OF the gvefAge 5 1T
Lake business man 10 seldom ques.
toned, but the "soleot fsw" VINO are
familiar with tue motives by wnlcn no
was Rciuated in the present crisis are
Of the opinion that the Insurance. man
IL entitled to the traditional plum and
that he 10 mn exceedingly wise indi-
viduAl IN his day sni generations.