Show CUTTING STILL CONTINUES Ogden InHtivaiiee Agents Have Made Xo Move to Join the Board As yet there has been no move made on the part of the insurance agents of the city of Ogden to join the state board of fire underwriters which takes care of the business of the entire territory where the same is submitted to it for inspection Cutting of rates still continues in the north and there does not seem to be any desire on the part of the underwriters there to put a stop to the slashing which is so demoralizing de-moralizing to business At the time o the adjustment of matters between the Home and Phoeylx and the union companies and the itranceof the two first named companies into the state board it was understodod that the Ogden Og-den agents might join if they desired but there was to be no compulsion used at that time I now begins to look as though some radical move would be made by a number of the companies however and it would not surprise the talent in the least were the Ogden agents told from the San Francisco offices of-fices to get right down off the perch I is understood that practically all of the regular business in > the Junction City has been taken care of ere this however and only the new risks and expirations are being scaled These are not heavy apd in consequence the revenues rev-enues of the agents are not calculated to make millionaires of the underwriters underwrit-ers in a very short time Here in Salt Lake there is no change in the situation situ-ation and agents are writing what business they can at tariff rates HOTT the Losses Have Run Losses by fire in the United States and Canada during the month of August Au-gust aggregated 59929000 or 844000 more than for the month of July and i 503000 less than for the same month last year The comparison by months is as follows I 1S33 I ISH I II January 5 f 17S5S1WIS lOSiMUO iisjiij < February 1 11019900 ll297rOOl 12300200 March 10G623oO I 9157100 1 1 lrj300 Auril 1UM9900 llMOOW 1101S13I i i May I 10427100 10777SOO 7761 V > e June 16Ujf SJS31W JlSifCOO July 1 12118700 1GU7000J 9085000 August j 132i270 1Oi3iO0u9e2JOO0 = Total U Sm33OUOirS7 i 5 S516 O |