The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-01
Lite AND ACCIDENT N-r..xcr
MALICE LOVES A SHINING MARK
TIE MARVELLOUS At
TANNED

IALAED
BY Fl BANKERS rr
ANG1LES. CAL, CAUSES Ma
pe1l ATTACKS BY JOURNALS
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iners = 70 more tr.te maxim n tae an
-As or literature than the capscone OF tnls
- tseA-<ns ta-S. L IS noE difficult
- saderzfAE1 toe aasrnus 81 sf.arxs
$50 nave recently appeared IN CERTAIN
r. 49, insurance journals reflect
t0rnia. ~ y O
when thss company was IN rs ..swaf-
fng S.ytAes and X al Infants. go
s.oNsS through the perks incident 10
hso-, but ever keeping It's face TO
80 49, whence shone the hight and
SSii.s.n- q a strong maturity. Il was the
$500 OF these tournz1s 1ad Their own
sIIss---lAe old line" one hundred million
SaL coFfaorants-to ignore rs youthful
enorts 70 reduce the cost OF life and &C
cAdent Insurance 10 sllen fgqsrn as 70
meet the needs or the masses VINO had,
- yeafs PAD tribute 10 these Insurance
.a6AMayH.en-oe.nz literally held up al
s4c ngzzles OF -tontlus estimates.f 10.
- Or ~ year promises to pay and ''spe-
: I0mIsacls 70 be given - a few intu-
Their silence during the embryo stages
OK tae coMpany'S existence Is attributable
esr Ter pest = present ignorance con-
poicl from the beginning.
Their thought was: "oh. I, Is only a
49, aaaaA lhsGrance concern IN a small
aD". attempting something new. We
Wont waste any printers INK on T."
nut sometimes these inEalAb!e gentle
me- become falib-e, 5ust Ike most finite
Ike mistakes.
The very small Insurance concern"
Ike the small town." has grown.
4 mas reached the point where the bea-
con LSht or maturity Is unaIterably fixed.
II mas become unpreceiente1ly popular
into the bus.ness foPPm as. eob,f : lsad'ub bg
high tar.r. colossal institutions. ''O.d
Ane agents, recognizing the difficulty OF
examining lndtgeStibie 'tontsns promises
GOWN the throat OF an unwilling public.
nave deserted. ana are now waving the
ec0honlcai standard OF the "Bankerg
Alliance The $1,000. 5000 and 5000
saaaries OF opuIent officials OF these tom
tine companies are IN hanger. Results
so" that the trustees OF the company
f~our-karat lie and accident Insurance.
are possessed or just a much business
acunen az odd line" managers. albeit
they are not so ambitious and avarfc.ou..
Under their able management the very
small concern" mas become a shining
mark" and now these hlrellngs Of ex-
tfaVaSant Institutions are trying 10 smut
its bright e~scutehe0n With the dirt OF
their malice by Hing their pa.d-for col
nruns with false and misleading reports
concerning the integrity OF its trustees
and Us ability 10 carry out policy con-
tracts.
But again they are mistaken. the money
or our policy holders viii not be disss pated
In "a newspaper war. for we have always
I~eeognlzed the utter folly OF such a course:
may have generated any donbts about us
tand We trust they are few, by being the
recipients or copies OF these journals, We
deem IL proper TO stamp these attacks as
false in every material particular. Before
they are persuaded TO cancel their poll
cies In the Bankers Alliance they will
tna II profitable 10 carefully consider the
No company in America or Europe OF
the anne age has achieved. a like success.
No company I'm America or Europe OF
the same age shows as large an increase
In new business for 1895 over 1884.
The company has settled over 100
claims promptly n in fun.
Inc tact 0, us death rate being only a
httlo more tia one-half OF the normal.
a. set forth In the American Experience
Table OF Mortality" is the best evidence
OF its conseryatiyeness IN the selection OF
risks.
The company is controlled by its policy
ho.ders, who. annually. EJECT the trustees
and fix their salaries.
The trustees are all successful business
men or mature years and they refer pol
or commercial institution in Southern
California as to their integrity and bust
ness ability.
Twelve hundred business men OF Los
Angeles (the home OF the company dem
onstrate their confidence In the company
and Its management by paying their pre-
Honor to a prophet In his own country
speaks volumes for his sterling worth.
and we submit tAat no better evidence OF
the right Of the Bankers Alliance TO
public favor can be adduced than the
esteem IN which II is held az home.
The insurance commissioner OF Calfor-
MA examines the company annually. and
several foreign commissioner have made
searching investigations OF = before adj
hitting 10 to their states. All these re-
ports speak more than favorably Of the
Alliance" TN the attention of the pub
lie Is called 20 the fact that the office OK
80 -, Fyzfara- Hu n n.shFf@ swanur
and n false report or qualification OF his
powers IS sure 20 result IN lasting disgrace.
SO far these attacks have resulted In
nothing bat good 70 the Alliance" The
malicious articles have brought the com
pany to the notice OF people who had not
heard q Il. and they: beng curious TO
tacks. have investigated. and the Invest
CATION invariably results IN their taxing
As an evidence OF this We offer the rec
ords OF our agency in San Francisco Uhe
stronghold Of these journals, whIeh WI
show that over $500 OF he" business -
In conclusion. we wish 20 assure our
readers that those who know the history
ritv or financial impregnahility and We
leave the n~eophytes who are trying 70
tarnish its bright shield or honor 70 the
!npenetrabIe darkness or their own ishoF-
auCe and Seltshness
From Hon. r. II. Markham, ex-Gover-
nor OF California: In response 70 yc1F ~.
nTfTV as 10 NY NRAiA-1A ~
SrIance. / would. with pleasure. as a
poIlcv holder, say that The cost OF my m
aT-snce with same has been entirely SAT
IL confidence IN the company IS strong.
asner,a1v on account OF tho hgn slahauk
- -nancfs and commercial circles or your
r,staes many OF whom have knoWB
.rsN-affv for a number CT years. Snoulu
.ba.r nresAnt able management CoaDh1e
,rediet prosperity ana Ine
a,,hsir~ ~, OF one OF the ~stronsest gSu-
,S-sss In the West; one OF WHICH Sd"AVA-
-, sbo,1'd Justly Sc proud.
Ero-o Hon. william T. Jeter' iaeut'n
governor ~ California: an = ~
yorTced friend and advocate % m - tba
s.itntionz, and take especial P.'1s
sL.uNstc n the Bankers Ahtahce.
pr"sf - 1raesed with the apparent mex
VS. - s*ah4fttv OF tire omp0nE iLeul
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lle t.o3 - me. The economy OF 80
Pirt~v soff- evident. ard the perinafshES
pan ccwnanv need not he d~ueslonel -
% tts aTairs are manager c&4Vt@''
Io"N @~rrrsatfvptv as AZ nlt-ehL,D
49,, ,,u7-P OF COMMERCE CoMA ~
'Ii MENr.
,,t,r p.NKFPS' ALLIANCE OF tsRRIC
Ifrs1 STRONGLY ENL1HSEr,
= rg,fIr CHAMBER OF CtMNi i541
.trNRFRS AND MANY C~GG~Erp-
49, EfrCCESSFTFL ANlo 80 :
TTA,Tfvr BUSINESS MEN OF LO0
ANGELES.
". the undersigned. uemheT q J5Ies
Nrv Of Cowv'trcs. a"l i'A 80