The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-17

iloln pOuCy uOIuoIS III 6llIS vicinity, out
so far their efforts are futile. They have
issued circular threatening to COM
mence legal proceedings against the in
sured unless the claim of the company
is paid forthwith Following is copy
of the letter which the policy holders re-
ceived from the collector of the company:
MADISON, WIS, MARCH sth, 1899
DEAR SIR:-The United Farmers Town
ship Mutual Hail Insurance Co., of Sparta
Wis has written you number of times re-
gard1ng your Indebtedness to the company
but as you have failed to give the matter de-
serving attention the officers have placed the
account in my hands with imperative instruc
tions to make settlement regardless of expense,
and, if necessary to commence an action
against you at once.
write you before adding costs, asking that
you be good enough to call at the Carlton Hotel
on Tuesday of next week, about9 o'clock. We
do not care to resort to harsh methods when
efforts are made by you to do what is right and
fair.
If you do not come, our next step will be to
have the claim verified before Notary Public
after which we will commence proceeding to
enforce collection for the full amount with
costs, and fine of per cent, of the claim for
each week or part of week it remains unpaid
as provided by law. We can require you to APP
if you fail to appear, judgment will be entered
against you
This will necessarily add large sheriff and
court fees to the small amount you owe. If we
have to take Judgment against you we SHALL
of course advertise it for sale in your home
paper and by circulating large posters, or
hand bills and will commence garn1shee pro
ceedingS under the new garniShee law.
Now kindly call on me at Edgerton on March
18th and try and settle some way. or if you
have any good reason for not paying I would
hn Cs1a To how xypl1 l1oi1
Truly yours
DANIEL F. BOWLER, Collector.
Remember the day, Tuesday, March IA, at
nine o'clock. ID. F. Il.
Just as advertised, Mr.. Daniel F. Bow
Ter was at the Carlton Tuesday morning
bright and early. In fact his name APP
pears first on the page Of the register for
that day, written in bold scraggily
hand indicating that he has more bust
ness to attend to than the average col
lector who roams about this great state
of Wisconsin. After registering, Mr.
Daniel F. Bowler helped himself to
couple of tooth picks from the receptacle
on the counter and then carelessly Topped
into one of the big office chairs to await
the focking of the farmers. For half an
hour or 50 he seemed passive and was
content to MUNICH the tooth-pick and ad-
mire the elegantly furnished apartments
he was privileged to occupy. But the
policy holders of the Hail Insurance
company did not seem to respond readily
to the invitation of Mr.. Daniel f. Bow
Ter, and the longer he waited the more
he became convinced that his collection
bag would not bulge with the coin of the
farmer that day. He arose and paced
the floor few times and then gazed
through the heavy plate glass front of
seemed to be thicker than hops on
we'll groomed pole, but whether or not
they were the identical ones carrying
policies in the Hail Insurance company
Mr.. Daniel F. Bowler was unable to
ascertain. Nine o'clock came and went,
but not a single man had called to settle
up with Collector Daniel. He could
stand it no longer. Something must be
done in order to make showing for his
company that day. Daniel was a col
lector from Collectorville and he must
make a collection even if it was necessary
to bag his man on the street to do it.
Out he went and secuted around until
he struck one Or two tobacco growers
who had taken policies in the Hail In
surance company, but they knew him
not, neither would they listen to what he
had to say in regard to the matter. In
a smooth, oily hammered way he would
start in to explain why it would be
much more satisfactory for all concerned
to have the matter settled at once than
to engage in an expensive litigation.
But before he had half finished the far
mer would be out of sight and out of
hearing, snickering to himself as he went
over the trifing unpleasantries encount
cred in the life of professional collec-
tor. Undaunted by the experience with
one farmer he would tackle another only
to meet with the same success In the
category of professional collectors, Mr..
Daniel F. Bowler's name may be en-
blazoned at the top of the list, but when
he tries to collect from policy holders in
the United Farmers Township Mutual
Hail Insurance company who live adj
jacent to Edgerton, he should write his
name Dennis" instead of Daniel.
Perhaps little suggestion SHE'D across
your path, D. F. B., might not be wholly
out of place, The next opportunity you
have of making collections in this great
tobacco belt or Wisconsin, come loaded
with accounts that are just and right
and you will find no difficulty in dealing
with the people here, for honesty is lin
their face and manner too They will
meet you half way in the arena and
PUNK down every dollar which they