The Cairo bulletin., 1906-07-04
COMMiS iSSloNER WOLF WILL AD-
VERTIsE FIRMS THAT 20
NOT PAY DEBTS.
HE is COLD BlO0DEO'


Hiti ie5'laApt lily si III lily VHs
yat2 life ! am as Kind hearted aa t'n
next man but when ii comes to nlat-
ter Of busine S, ice water rams in nv
veins. | came to California to save
every penny | can for MY comnanieae
I'm going to get eyelythigg tie w
allows me-
This statement according To p.
Myron Wolf, Insurance. commissioner
Of California was made by an adjuter
sent to san Franc SEQ from the All
Iantie coast after the great FIRE. And
it Is this attitude in the opinion of
Mr. Wolf, thai has made the names
Of certain hithert7 rc pected insuI
auce companies Synonymous with dis.
honesty s@
Either tho people OF San Francis
co said the insurance commits cner.
are anarchists ana perjurers which
do not believe q Use iheae inanr
anc2 companies are morally, II not
legally thieves
They claim the policies should be
shaved down from 10 70 Do per cent
on account of the eA:1quake that pres
ceded the fire, asserting that damage
to thai amount was inflicted by the
shock. That assertion Ia false The
earthquake damage was between 2
and 3 per cent-no more Had there II
been no fire, the s1aaa would have
been forgotten in ten Gays.
Rlames the Adlustors.
Eastern adiustors; men OF small
cal bre anu no business iudgmeni.
are to blame FOR the trouble hers.
They locked on the San Francisco
disaster as a beach-comher views
wrock-it was something out Of which
they could make capital. SO they are
doing it by shirkng their obliga ions
Understand me. said Mr.. Wolf.
Il do not refer to All insurance com
oanies doing bu inc IN San Franz
cisco Some corpatations are paying4
dollar for dollar without demandindN
proofs Of loss. The result is that thcys
are overwhelmed with new business
are getting more policies than theyr
con write. II is ne so-called six bitl
oncems. the companies that settle0
for twenty-five ccnt and less on the
lollar that have fallen INTO such dis
repute that their names have beeomef
q by-word for unfair dealing
You know what sort of people livelM
IN san Francisco" he commissioners
vent on. eve an saw them during
and after the FIRE When the flames
reached a mans home b gathered nd
What few belongings he could carry
n a sachel and pat a rol 4 blankets
around his neck and took his wife bY
the arm. and with a smile on his face
led his family to ONE place Of refuge
No one asked vain for hall his las
loaf of bread. He 20 all with goo
grace. and then turned in to heie
save he other fell1w'- things. he
the hest J l.scr alive
Bad Business Judgment
IF san Franciscans bad bces
treated with a mojicum Of oourtes
hy tha msuran e. companies If III
latter had displayed ordinary husines.
an the bitterness wowls
have been avarted The people ralize
that Che san Francisco Ere was "a
great asf ccnHa-ration 10 the histor
That the companies would not an
could not settle heir losses immed
stoly was commonly known The
was no disposition 90 press The claim
The comp3nio. mielf have done
.he banks did-clo c- t1eir door iu
Is long as th a. saw Gt 70 keep the
.losed-and f they cad made an u
liauatI5n if fhey hal said give
.me uo got 0n our feet and lon
,nauf- na cd. man Would haze On
scted
.But what id tho7 doe They SCI
ut q DOB oi-I feel 'iss calling thal
.c..v larceny -aiiustsrs iFoff
,cn offA r8tu whose one dtslrc vi
1 uafa a population Then Ian
taady. studied --fies af in ri Fif,
h.y novel tu Oakland where beiifsr
ra-eti deo--. I1er planned io skin ~
-Ne1f iHey announced thaf fhe
bred must comply Rifh the tier n
3 BASS and d'e proofs of loss I'D
.a- a nas Iena- ure fa California
FTrars when an tae techn ea'i.i
ad teen compiled with cane
having 1f fas po'ieies
-Of cure there are ESQ -ifes
D thn- THaf uauT rerscHs D.
.ares i-eatcI fIeir losses and
.at ma1ac- hlre violated their pr
Jose IS unaua- izra5ly trHe The.
is oeea some ati5BiTt i0 sainsie
,rpari EHf o.uishs'aadias u
as uEderiusaret fhas tie p1epsa
IcOneludei o. Thira Pass: