New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-14
MILLIONS BURN YEARLY
Cement Users Hear Statistics OF
Fire Losses in This Country.
esYNcR WILL OPEN SHOW
Edison and Sousa TO Sc There
$4,000 Workmen May Get
Sundays OF.

-he work Of the National Fire Protection
association was described by W. Ii. Mer-
III nf Chicago, president Of the orgahiza-
a., u, an address delivered last night be-
fore the National Associa ten Of Cement
rrse,-s at its seventh annual convention III
Madison Square Garden.
..rbe National Fire Protection Associa-
So, +" said Mr. Merrill. stands fer con-
..,,.a,tan Of the created resources OF
America $
We believe that the fire waste IS OF
,-..+ i,,nortsnce," he said. '-as affecting
.ts material welfare of the nation as
hole and is of direct obligatory and pc
.-,,,srr interest to each one Of Us hay-
g. sa,,f1ias 70 protect and property to
,,,,se-re for our farniiy's use Each loss
q, 4,,e is g drain upon the material re
.,,rces Of the country irrecoverahie
.t,onrb the collection Of insurance
.aT.,e average annual loss by fire in the
r,,stss States In the past ten years has
80, more than sea6 coo, GEO. and during the
-.s. FIVE wears Il has averaged more than
sg,s naa 0aa An average loss Tor the last
- wears of sz5e 0oo010 means less o.
ab,,7- So 0le for each hour one thousand
.S,=o hundred and sixty niiions OF dollars
,r she preducts Of human toll has been
zInes out Of existence in the brief space
q hve years.
..-r,,. yalnes REPRESENTED by the fire waste
,-o,,Id more than pay the stock dtVioends
,f all railroads. II exceeds the revenue
o. the national postoffice; it is greater than
4hs production Of gold or silver.
.-Tbe annual number Of fires in American
cities average forty for each ten thou
sand Of population, as compared to eight TO
cities The annual per capita loss in AUS
tris. Denmark. France. Germany. italy
and swi: zerland varies from u cents in
Itaiy 10 ~ cents in Germany. with an aver
ege OF s. cents; IN the United States the
average is s. q.
Berlin has a population Of 3,o90.0oo It's
average annual fire loss is Sl70,000. Chicago.
with its population OF 2.00a 050. burns up
annually nearly S.. Coo. 900 of values. We
destroy more property bv fire than 90 any
four nations in Europe
Mr.. Merrill then described the educational
campaign his association is conducting
with 3 view Of reducing this loss
movement 10 stop al cement manu-
featuring On Sunday and give the thirty
thousand employees a day Of rest was
launched. when, ct meeting OF the
Association to-day, ". s. Mallory. enc OF
the associations officials announced that
Thomas A Edison had successfully demon
strated that cement kilns were not al
fected by days shutdown when properly
csrAd for.
Mr.. Mallory said the Edison plant CLOSED
IN Sundays, and that since Sunday opera
lions had ceased the daily average outpu'
had increased.
Tonight Mayor Gaynor VIII open the FRS
Cement Show ever held in this city, and for
one week. Sunday excepted. the cement IN
dustry Of. the United States viii hold forth
st Madison Square Garden.
One Of the most interesting exhibitions
VII bs the cement house of Thomas A.
Edison. who. with his assistants. VIII be
On hand daily 70 explain its advantages and
the principal Of Its construction.
Sorsa and his band viii play every after
noon and evening during the show. This
Is the first time Scusa's band has appeared
q al exhibition Of this character.