The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-08-30

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orc, demand for state hail insurance,
has now turned on President wilson.
A secret document sent out by the
president of a Wisconsin risk COM
pany to its agents reveals this. IN
this warning to agents the corpora
| ton head refers to administrator
bills as "Socialistic measures which |
smack of Prussianism." He then
proceeds to point them out, saying: 4
sThe business of insurance is az
1 stake. Many of us do not yet real
ize it. and others have just awakened
70 the grave fact. Powerful forces
II are at work at Washington to secure
governmental control of all branches
of the business. Socialistlc measures
which smack of Prussianism have, as
| Won are aware, been introduced 10
congress, which are serious menaco
TO the existence of that great neces-
sitv to Americas future-prlvate IN
insurance. Does not the following
list of these activities justify this
conclusions:
governmental war risk insurance
for shipping.
| "Gans measure, prepared by How
ard Cans, attorney for the treasury
department, providing insurance Tor
all war properties and food stutfs
(Which fortunately did not reach
congress.)
PROPOSED law to rehabilitate -
| enen1y-owned companies as Ameri-
can companies. (Will not these COM
panics be sold to the United States
as permitted by the bill, and thus
form, a substantial nucleus for fleet
| Of government-controlled fire msur-
| ance companies
| Decision not to cover mefchant
: ships now being launched.
introduction of bill to create 4
k Liberty Insurance league, authorizing
q a 3OOOOO,OOO insurance company, &c
8 carry insurance of whatever nature
8 "Order to railroads and railroad
steamships not to renew fire nsur-
ance on their properties or cargoes.
& Assumption Of liability under
railway mortgages protected by IN
surance.
"Hostile attitude of capital issues
II committee toward new private cap
& ital in insurance.
.Senator Lewis bill to extend be
reau of war risk insurance to INCLUDE
industrial workers for all classes o
insurance.
S Bureau of farm risk insuranc
bill.
Upwards of $25 100000 of fir
and marine insurance premiums hav
already been withdrawn from pr
vata insurers and assumed by tn
government, meaning loss to tn
companies of insurance on railways
ships, cargoes, wheat in terminal ele
vators. etc. Further loss Of insur
ance on telegraph and telephone pro
perties taken over by the governnen
may be expected, and the end is nc
yet" y
This secret stab at war measure
n states that 100000 persons arc er
gagged in the insurance business. ia
Il from being an argument for the COZ
n tinuance OF the wasteful door-to-doc
n solicitation Of insurance, this is
u plain reason why the business shou
D he combined under the government
IA that thousands Of the employees ma
~ be set free to engage in more pr
ductive labor, supplying materia
y fol. carrying on the war
q Certain officials in Washingt'
4 have placed the stamp Of their a
prevail on social insurance" this CO
& poration president whines, and
closes by urging every agent to ia
up the menace with political lea
! u ers. editors, heads of commerce.
civic. farm, labor or similar organ
= zations, claiming their aid for pl
n tecting private business, and to
II cure the ''best men" for congress.
II CONGRESS AND THE. PACKER
II A bill for the taking over and 6
Grafton of the principal stockyar
of the country, along with the refri
II orator cars and cattle cars, by t
railroad administration, and for
H taking over and operation of t
ii branch houses and storage wal
houses of the big packers by the 81
eminent as recommended by the Fl