“That’s why the rates were raised?”
“I suppose so.”
“You joined the Exchange too?”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
“They told me I’d have no trouble with the new rates.”[Pg 149]
“Were you forced into joining the Exchange?”
“I found that it was necessary in order to write policies.”
Mr. Farlin said that he preferred belonging to the exchange to doing business as an independent broker because it meant more money and less trouble.
“So you’re in favor of the higher rates?”