Mexico Missouri message., 1910-05-26
OPTIMISTIC MEXICO.
An Insurance Company Expect
ing to Build a New Home.

Dear Editor: Talking about
the Optimistic Club aud what they
are going to do for Mexico and
how they are going to bring other
things to town and make a city of
10, 90 people and then some, which
is all right, there is an opening
for a pottery, as we have the very
finest pottery clay just a few miles
out in the country. Then we
should have a brick yard as there
is no common brick being made
here now and there is a large de-
mand for this kind of brick as
there is for pottery. These are
some of the enterprises we ought
to have and we should support the
business enterprises we already
have.
Before the Optimistic Club was,
the Farmers Town Mutual Fire In
surance Company is, and has been
doing business in town and coun-
try, writing fire aud lightning,
windstorm and tornado insurance
aud loaning the funds remaining
on hand after the payment of
losses and expenses, the accumu-
lating funds. aud holding them as
security for the payment of losses
and as a guarantee that the losses
will be paid promptly and in full.
If the people would take more
interest in the institutions we
have, aud patronize them .as they
should, it would give business of
all kinds a wonderful increase.
We must be patriotic enough in
the public welfare to patronize
home industry, in stores, factories,
schools and the Home Insurance
Company, and 60 to the stores and
the Home Insurance Company in
stead of patronizing agents who
take the money that should be
paid out at home, sending it away
to the large towns, to the detri-
ment of our own town. A little
thought on this subject would
show to everybody interested in
building up their home town, that
it would be self-interest to patro.
nize the stores and other institu-
tions that pay taxes and rents and
living expenses out in our town
where we get a benefit directly or
indirectly. As patriotic citizens
we can not afford to send our mon
ey away, or allow it to be sent
away, to build up institutions in
other towns, while the profits and
interest is needed in our own town,
for the building up, which should
be of far greater interest to us
than the small savings we may
make, or think we make, by our
patronage of agents representing
foreign corporations or institu.
tious.
The Farmers Town Mutual Fire
Insurance Company is a local in.
stitution; it should receive our
first consideration because the
company is ours and whatever
funds it has belongs to its mem
bers, and on the cash plan the
same as used by stock companies,
each policy holder knows what it
will cost him.
The company is required under
the laws of Missouri to maintain a
reserve fund sufficient TO meet all
losses. If we failed to comply
with this law we would be Drohib-
tied, under our charter, from writ
ing insurance. Our company is
undar the st1,int su,,aruiS;on and
direct inspection of the state in.
surance department and is thus re-
quired to publish complete state
ments of the costs aud expenses of
the company. Our policy holders
are at all times conversant with
our exact condition, our reserve
fund which is at all times working
for us, is a guarantee which makes
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