Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-27
mission. accidents from this cause were
held down to & per cent
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| railroads Snfct. Urcord.
IN" railroads have II good record in
,ne niatter OF safety, ANA they must
divide the credit with state legislators
ana the Interstate Commission. More
than = million cars were pcrsonolir in
*pcctcd last year. More steel cars arc
being used. the roadbcds arc kop. M
better than formerly. aud the electric
biook signals are getting q wider u.o
In 1919, tho number OF passengers Killed
was reduced lG per cent over iGIs The
number Of employees Killed atcrcaEcd
SO per cent i'm the same yonr. out az
over billion passs myers carricd only
@22 were kiilcd--lcss Than ina any wear
sine" lsHs, when uuly half billion
! people Travelled. ana Hn average Of on,
IN every 800 coo
Thu Public Health orvle- tx another
branch OF the Treasury Department,
It's preventive work rs one or tho bir
gcSt safety movements in tn. country.
even though not one az tn, most sprC-
tacular The quarantine stations which
ring rs round with sanitary wall
against Infection from abroad arc part
, OF the service ANA thr chNdrnu'. I:u-
rcau is another and newer unshoo,
from the same stom. ,huush il conc.
under the Department "f Labor Instead
OF the TREASURY. rho motto OF thu
Ch!idrcms Hprcau might wolf bc SAFETY
at the Very first Its work iu bsbv
N'''S'' '"'i'' 3Il INK l'tt IhNl i've N'3tI~
mas aoprcciahiy cut down the infant
mortality in the country II is ID sor,
OF scientific grandmother TO all Amer
iCau women
Other snfrty EIrsi Factors.
The American Rcd Cross has reduced
the number OF fatal accidents by rrr-
vomiting number OF accidents from
ending fatally. In co operation with
various industrial orp&niaptioi!s tire
and police departments ana such hod.cs
as the Y. NJ ana Y W =. As II has
given number Of courses I'm nrst ala
TO the injured. The latest move along
this lin" was q course fOr iumhermcu
The department IS under tho direction
of the Army Medical Corps. and its
instructors arc competent physicians
The activities OF tho uurcau OF Mines
are probably better known to the pub
lie than thos" Of any Of it, brethren
IN the government safety campaign
The work OF the bureau affects more
than 100000" miners with all the
souls dependent on them. The deaths
Tor 1915 were decreased hy tGS from the
1915 mark. Fiist-aid courses were
taken 10y more than coUn miners. all
of whom arc now qualified 10 act as
members Of amy hospital corps--tnothcr
preparedness asset
The Department OF Labor, besides tho
exhibit OF the Childrcu's bureau, was
represented ny models Of various safety
appliances used in the idustres-thc
iron and steel trades. and the manu-
acturc OF heavy mach merry for the most
part II also showed the good effect
OF safety appliances in either fields such
rs among the cotton operatives
Hrclaiminls I.nnd nd Health.
The bureau Of Lighthouses gave an
idea of It's immense and complex sys-
tom Of huoys, bells, lightships and
lighthouses. The reclamation service
showed how the reclamation Of swami
areas results in tho eradication OF
many diseases. Tho children of fami-
lies moved ON 10 the rccluimod land
from conrcstcd ccntcrs of population
grow up strong and healthy instead Of
stuntcd and weak.
At times tho reclamation service en-
ployS as many as l6.0G0 men II an.
plies the safety principles to its own
employees first. and as result has kcpt
the death rate down 10 a minimum
At Wilmington, y. D.. Inc service has
been running coal mine for five
years. to furnish fuel for humping
station. There has never been life
lost in that m;.c.
Under an autocracy. the welfare Of
the people is n direct responsibility
on the ruling class. In n democracy.
the function Of government is limited
To showing tho people how they can
best work out their own salvation. In
inc great safety campaign, Uncle Sam
is doing his share. II is only for the
people OF the country To do theirs. and
we viii establish Il now record in
avoiding needless loss Of life