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Show receive more than $10,000,000 annually in premiums." 1 Talk about the tribute that ' the provinces paid to ancient Rome what is the matter with Des MolneB? Further along In the circular occurs oc-curs this statement: ' "In 1907 Des Moines bank deposits increased $3,250,000. No panic hero." Why should there bo any panic In a city that every year takes in ten millions from the surrounding country I In cash for Insurance alone? Does uot that explain why the deposits have increased? Does that also explain why tho Iowa farmer gets his loan at 5 per cent, while the Utah farmer pays 9 per cent interest? Is that not one reason why tho Iowa business man pays only 6 per cent on hU short time paper, while the Ogden merchant pays from 8 per cent to i2 per cent? About ten years ago the editor oi the Standard called attention to the possibilities of the life insurance bus incss, and in an editorial suggested to several young business men thai they organize a company in Osden The history of the past ten years dem onstrates that they would have made a big profit on the money Invested perhaps more than they hare In th professions they chose to follow. There is a business adage that say: that one way to succeed Is to "do wha the other fellow doeB. but do It first.' I Now, is it too late for Ogden to havt her own Are and life Insurance com panies?" ' , O. A. KENNEDY. WHY DES MOINES GROWS A communication from O. A. Kennedy, Ken-nedy, regarding the Des Moines plan of municipal government, has been received, re-ceived, as follows: Editor Examiner: A number of Ogden Og-den people have no doubt received copiesjof a small eight-pago folder entitled, en-titled, "Why Des Moines Grows." It is filled with facts and figures regarding Iowa's capital city, and makos a very attractive circular. Among the facts that are given some prominence Is the following: "Des Moines is the home oj forty-five forty-five insurance companies." Just ponder on that. Forty-five insurance in-surance companies, organized, owned and having their homo offices ln Des Moines! This includes, of course, all classes of insurance fire life, casualty, casual-ty, accident, liability, burglar, tornado, livestock, but tho bulk of tho business is ln fire or llfo insurance. . Forty-five insurance companies In Des Moines not one in Ogden. In the words of the popular slang: "What , do you know about that?" To quote still further from the circular, cir-cular, we find theso additional facts: "Des Moines' insurance payroll is more than $300,000 a month." That is an average of 56,000 or more for each company, paid out to agents, solicitors, brokers, adjusters, clerks and officersa very tidy tsum for any city. Now, listen to this: "Des Moines insuranco companies carry" $1,030,797,258 in risks." To do that amount of business it Is necessary to havo an army of agents all over the country who are daily soliciting business and sending it to Dtfi Moines. But this is the best quotation ot all: . "Dos MolneB Insurance companies |