The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-24
E. H. DILLON & co.
IMU UTUAL INSURANCE
 WANTED BY CONN. BUSINESS MEN NOW
(state Business Mems Press Bureau.)

Many of the business mems assocfa- tions about the state are considering | the advisability of organizing mutual insurance companies to protect them selves under the worknen's c0Tnpen- sation laws and it is probable that something in this line will be done in the near future. The report of one of the principal companies carrying this line of insuranees recently issued. shows the imme ense profits made un- Eder the rates charged for liability in-s surance. In this report the amount received from D elicy .hoIders was three times that paid out to them in return. The net profits of the company after all expenses had been paid more than equaaled the amount received by the policy holders These Macts have led merchants manufacturers and all oth-: l CT ernpI overs of labor to think nlorse# seriously than ever about organizing mutual insurance onnpanies in which they can carry the insurance required by law at much lopver rates than in the commercial com panfes-
 In many Of the cities and towns of Connecticut the business mems as- sociatfons are becoming the stringent factors for civic improvements and bettermeatss This is as it should be and is n line with the suggestions of President Frank H. Johnston and
  bury the business men are interesting ] themselves in the project of a con. 1inuati6n school for the young people who need the aid such a school will give them. In Danbury committees from the business mems association are hard at work raising funds for an addition to the hospital In Rock vile and several other places the brsi-. ness men are endeavoring to secure lower rates of insurances. In New Britain better lighting faci1itiesafor the center of the city have been secured by the efforts of the members of the albusinss nen' association. And we might go on enunaerating instance af-s ter instance where the business men have acted for the betternenf of the city as a whole and not, as many would have us believe, for their owhi selfish interests alone [
 At the last meeting of the Seymour Business Mems association representa- tives of an insurance company were present and discussed the workmen's co1npensation law and the rates of inc suranees uider its provisions E Lieutenant Governor L. T. Tingier. Col IN. G. osborn and President Frank H9Johnston of the State Business Mems association. were the principal speakers at the annual banquet of the
 
 
 President F H. Johnston. of the state ass6ciatiou, was the guest of honor at a meeting of the Willfnan antic board of trade early in this month. He urged upon the members present the necessity of broadening all lines Of effort now engaged in by boardsz Of trade and bllsinesss mems associa- I.tions. |. President Johnston's address was so interesting that he was urged to continue after he had started to close and the discussion was thorough 1y enjoyed by all present. Williman- tic received many good suggestions and it is the purpose of the board of trade to take them up as soon as, pos sib1e. sA!
 The Branford association held get | together meeting Wednesday evening of this week with President Johnston and Secretary Valentine as the speak. fers. The association is striving to increase it's membership:
 A feature of the Windsor Locks as- lsociation.s annual banquet will be a discussion of the needs of the lawn. President Johnston has been invited Local Association Can Dd for It's Community.
 The New. Britain and Danbury as sociations are working on plans for, broadening the scope of their work. Both associations are considering hir- ing permanent secretary
 Among the important men who will attend the state association's annual banquet in Hartford March 10 will be l Governor Baldwin, Executive Seere- 1 tary Kenneth Wynne. Mayor Cheney, Of Hartford, Senators Brandegee and Mclean, Repres entatives sMahan, Reil-s lqqy, Lonergan and Kennedy and J. Randolph Coolidge, president of the Boston Chamber of Commerce.
 Elizabeth Seton Guild
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