Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-13
INSURANCE MEN OUT ~ FORCE
Two Addresses Touching ON import
ant Features of Business.

ASSOGldllOn OL LuCdl EhN
Agents, which held its second annual
meeting in this city yesterday:
President, w. f. Grandy, Sioux City
vice president, II. w. Binder, Council
Bluffs; secretary-treasurer, George II.
Henderson, Waterloo.
These were elected delegates to the ma
tional convention to be held in ST. Paul:
2. F. Kaufman, Des Moines; J. II. Lutte,
Mount Pleasant J. T. Christie, Des Moines;
/. w. Deems, Harlan; H. w. Binder, Coun-
Sample, Woodbine; ]. NJ. Lynch, Sioux
City; e. H. Lougee. Council Bluffs; X. j.
Andrews, Sioux City.
Waterloo was chosen as the nlace for
the convention next year, the date to be
left to the executive committee to deter
mine.
The morning session Of the convention
was marked by two important addresses,
the first by B. F. Kaufman Of Des
Moines, the retiring president of tine as
ISOLATION, and the other by H. N. Kelsey
of Chicago, manager of the western de-
partment of the Sun Insurance company
of London, England.
In his address Mr.. Kaufman advocated
requiring each fire insurance company do
ing business in the state OF Iowa TO fix
Independently and file with the auditor of
state q schedule of rates and to abide
by this schedule under penalty of fine
and forfeiture of license. In preface to
his demand for such legislation Mr..
Kaufman contended that insurance rates
in the state of Iowa were in a democrat
lied condition and he cited several ex-
amples of rates to support this assertion.
Mr.. Kaufman also advocated a law
providing for the licensing of every fire
insurance agent in the state, the license
fee to depend upon the population of the
town or city in which the agency was
located. This Mr.. Kaufman commended
: would prevent the establishment of numer-
| Gus secondary agencies.
Mr.. Kelsey took for the subject of his
address the enormity of the fire waste in
the United States during the last ten
years and introduced q mass of statistics
In support of 1t. In order to show the Inn
mense loss by fire he stated that in 1906
the cotton crop of the south, the largest
ever gathered in a single year, was valued
at 5000, 900. 900, but it amounted in money
to less than half the losses paid by in
surance companies during the last ten
years. He commended the report Of B. F.
Carroll, auditor of state. in that it called
attention to the need Of effective meas
ures in reducing loss by fire. The speaker
advocated laws regulating the construction
Of buildings, limiting their height and area
with reference to the adequacy OF the fire
departments and the sufficiency OF water
supplies. He took a stand against certain
existing anti-compact laws, which he
claimed prohibited agents from combining
to make uniform rates or to prevent dis
elimination.
The suggestions as to legislation made
by the two speakers were later in the day
referred to the standing committee on
legislation.
Mayor Thomas Maloney delivered the ad-
dress Of welcome and John 1. Lutz well
coined the visitors on behalf of the local
agents. Robert B. Wallace of this city
made a short address, in which he empha-
sized the dignity of the business of the
fire insurance agent.
The convention was we'll attended. there
being about seventy members from the
various cities and towns of the state pres
ent.
At the afternoon session. which was de-
voted entirely to business, in addition to
the election Of officers, these standing COM
mittees were named:
Executive Committee-Officers and B. +,
Kaufman, Des Moinesi ", A. scherfe
Fort Madison; James r. Grant, Boone; j.
NJ. Trumbull, Adair.
Des MONIES, chairman pSn FRANK Ba Ps1n,
Kiere, Dubuque: ]. p. Montrose, Del
Moines; r. 3. Wallace, Council Bluffs.
Moikes: C. p. Poweli, sioux City; K. E
Fits, Dubuque; Il. L. Woodland, Prairie
City; ]. d. Young, Anita.
Last evening the visiting members were
the guests OF the local agents at a banquet
at the Grand hotel, over which II. w
Binder, the retiring secretary-treasurel
and newly elected vice president. presided
as POSTMASTER. Music was furnished by
Whaley's orchestra. and the following pro.
gram of toasts was carried out:
Iowa, an Insurance Paradise-Dr. ]. f
Mcsween, state agent Franklin Fire Insur'
Tornsdoes and Fishes-A. E.tClark. stat,
agent Concordia Fire Insurance company.
A Special Hazard-E. 5. Phelps, state
agent Insurance Company OF North Amer
lea.
agent North British Mercantile Insurance
Why the Blue Goose Flies so Hight. w
Warnshuis, state agent Home insurance
company of New York.
John l.. Lutz and Frank c. Riker were
president and secretary-treasurer, respee'
lively. Of the local committee on arrange.
ments, which comprised all the members Of
the association In Council Bluffs. The
other local committees were;
observation-disclosures G., Green. E. II
Lougee. Painter Knox, J. N. Cassidy, Jr;
r. r. ENNANsNa
Rscertion-E. H. Lougee, w. J. Leverett
invitation-WmIam F. schnorr. f. F
Everest, Frank Binder.
Among those In attendance were:
/. L. Sample, Woodbine; Roy A. Hunt
b. F. Kaufman, Des Moines; A. y, Coe
Woodbine; w. r. Able. DEBORAH; William
s. Crawford. Chicago; A. ]. VeTran, +. w
tKeeabach, Des Moines: w. A. Wilken, AT
lantic; Percy Webb, Sioux City; II. c
Evans, Glenwood: J.. ID. Carpenter, De-
lMoines; c. b. Krett, James X
Grant. Boone; o. +. Remm ers, Red Oak
w. +. Grandy, Sioux City; G. M. Scott
Omaha; II. p. Quincy, Sioux City; A.. Il
Huling. Des Moines; George w. Powell
Sioux City; c. ]. eva Cedar Rapids
w. ~. Merritt. Fort Dodge; II. NJ Minnick
lVIIsca; T.. A. Kinney. Sidney; Clinton Sells
Nicola; L. y. Ellis. Des MONIES; G. II
Henderson, Waterloo; Roger swtre, low
City; j. r. Glass, J. NJ. Kitten. Aurora, Ill.
]. r.. Christie, Des Moines; w. A Scherfe
Fort Madison; w. Z. Hill, e.. M. stuekman
George w. Weaver Des Moines; II. n
Kelsey, Chicago; /. W. Bienis. Harlan: J
ID. Young, Anita; J. M Trumbull, Adair
o. ]. Davis. Malvern; Chester T.. Forol
Des Moines: ]. n. Cassidy, Jr., H W
Binder. Painter Knox. Ohio Knox, William