Goldsboro weekly argus., 1915-10-14
SAFETY FIRST

The slogan Safety First, embodied |
in the winning pictorial poster, is
worth to the designer the snug sum |
OF $500. In due time this poster will I
mark the streets and highways of the |
entire country according to the plans
of the Safety First Society of Create
Detroit
A contest for such a poster will be
launched by the Society at the con-
vention of the Safety First Federation
of America in Detroit, Oct. 19 and 20, |
and will close about January 1st, all
designs to be submitted to the Society
at the Detroit Board of Commerce.
The competition will be open to all
artists in the United States and for
the design, which in the opinion of
the judges will bring most forcibly to
the minds of the people safety first"
on the streets and highways of the
country, $500 will be paid. The second
best will be awarded $1OO, the third
$50, the fourth $50 and the fifth $40.
The five judges will be appointed by
Darwin P. Kingsley, Of New York
City, president of the Safety First Fed
Grafton of America, who will meet I'M
mediately after the close OF the con.
test and make the awards.
This will be but one of the features
of the National Convention in Detroit
Reports will be presented at that time
from committees on street traffic,
transportation, fire prevention. health
and sanitation, safety first" for chill
dren, and standard code of traffic
regulations will be recommended for
adoption by cities throughout the
country; and there will be discussions
by national authorities of many other
| phases of the subject of public safety.
Every city in the United States IS
asked to appoint three delegates TO
the convention.
The poster design must relate to
safety on the streets and highways.
and contain the words Safety First"
and be adaptable to nation wide use
The design must be on flexible card
board or paper, 81A by IL inches, and
of such character as to lend them
selves to lithographio or color pro-
cess printing and zinc reproduction
The general rules covering the COM
petition can be obtained from the SAT,
ty First Society of Greater Detroit.
Alonzo P. Ewing, president of the
Society, believes that this contest will
oil in ci1o0 IN r.
prompt the formation of many safety
first organizations throughout the
country and decrease the number O
street accidents by one half.
cat no time in the history of The
{ world has the recognized value o.
human life been so high as at present
said President Ewing, "notwithstand
ing the terrible havoc that is beini
, wrought by the European war, Evl
: dence has not been wanting durin
the past twenty years to show the de
? sire on the part Of all to safeguar
: life, limb and property. During tha
o time the greatest effort along this lin
has been made in manufacturing an
: Industrial activities and the result
n have been wonderful"
r With the advent Of the automobil
g and other fast moving traffic on ou
e streets and highways, there has bee
d an interesting demand for public saf'
ty appliances and education through
n out the country. Foremost among tt
Is larger cities which have taken UP tx
is subject, is Detroit where the either
v and public officials have actively c.
ic operated with the Safety First Socie
n Of Greater Detroit.
* Through the. efforts of this organ
ce zation, a code of traffic rules has bet
10 adopted in Detroit which are attrac
r ing nationwide attention. Many
. /" these rules have been accepted as
standard by other large cities throug
s. out the country.