New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1910-04-27
SAFE FOURTH OF
JULY MOVEMENT
Many Cities Plan For a Quiet
Celebration.
GOVERNORS ARE INTERESTED,

Statistics Of Casualties From Use of
Fireworks In Past Years Have In
fluenced the Public In Adopting Safe
and Sane Style of independence Day.
Pageant Features In Larger Cities.
The. compilation of the number Of
deaths and injuries caused by Fourth
of July accidents, which for years has
been feature of a Chicago paper in
Its issue following Independence day.
has resulted in a constantly growing
movement for a more sane manner of
celebration. This year the movement
more widespread than ever before.
Recent dispatches from various parts
of the Union stated that action al
ready has been taken looking to a sen
sible observance Of Independence day,
an observance unattended by loss of
life and limb.
The tables prepared by the Journal
of the American Medical association
showing the number Of casualties as
result of the old style Fourth of July
celebration have done perhaps more
than anything else to educate the peo-
pie up to the adoption Of the safe and
sane Fourth. In seven famous Revo-
lutionary battles Lexington, Bunker
Hill, Fort Moultrie, White Plains,
Fort Washington, Monmouth and Cow
pens-the number of killed and wound
ed was Lilo. The number Of the kill
ed and wounded last Fourth was
5,3O7 and for the last seven years
34,6O3.
While the education of the public on
this question has been slow, there is
no city which has adopted the sane
and safe Fourth that has gone back
to the old kind. Most of the cities
have been looking for a substitute Gel
ebration that will please the children
and give them something for the some
thing that has been taken from them.
The trend Of thought in this has been
to make the day of the national nui-
sance," as the Fourth has been termed,
a day Of instruction, and in nearly all
the cities the motive of the celebra-
lions has been instruction in patriot
ISM
The grownups will take charge Of
the celebrations this year and will reg
ulate the use of whatever fireworks
that are permitted, the deadly variety
being absolutely prohibited in the
hands of the children. In this way it
is hoped that the death roll will be
greatly reduced.
Cities That Will Be Quiet.
Among the cities which will join the
movement are: Chicago, Washington,
New York, Boston, New Haven, Conn.
Newport, Pawtucket, Pittsburg, Mont
pelier, Vt, and Melrose, Haverhill and
Fitchburg, Mass.
In addition to the above definite ac-
ton Governor Weeks Of Connecticut is
urging day of pleasure and profit
instead of day of unrest and horror"
and Governor sFernald of Maine is CO.
operating in the plan.
Mrs. Isaac L. Rice Of New York city,
president of the Society For the Pre-
vention Of Unnecessary Noise, is a
prominent leader in the move to have
the next Fourth devoted to oratory and
parades rather than to the explosion of
gunpoWder. She has enlisted twenty
three governors and national associa-
ton for sane observance and is still
engaged in promoting the movement
Mayor Gaynor of New York recently
signified his intention of UNFOLDING the
order prohibiting the sale of fireworks
at retail from June 10 to July 10. This
practically will prevent frecrackers
and the like from reaching the individ-
ual exploder.
| Plans In New England.
| Many city councils in New England
have passed ordinances restricting the
use Of explosives, while before the
| Massachusetts, legislature is a bill OF
similar purpose.
| Springfield, Mass, where the 'tsafe
and sane" idea had it's practical incep
ton seven years ago, again will hold
an orderly and instructive observance
In Boston parades, a choral festival
sports and fireworks displays are plan
ned.
| In Washington young America will
have the fund, but a citizens commit
tee will take the chances. The scheme
| worked well when tried last year
This year, as last, not a dynamite
cracker or a cap pistol or a snake in
the grass" will be Sold The celebra
| ton will start in public square al
sunup and will continue all day anG
probably until midnight. There viii
be band concerts, athletic games, boat
races and all kinds of outdoor sports
Japanese fireworks for day and Other
kinds for night will be used, but the
citizens committee viii set them off.
Pageants Are Planned.
/ In these celebrations and in all thai