The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-18
SAFETY FIRST" EXHIBIT
To Be Conducted About the Country By
Special Train.

| opeclal Tram.
The safety first exposition, which was
held in Washington recently and which
depicted what the federal government is
doing in the saving of life and property,
may soon be brought to the doorsteps of
every citizen in the United States.
The exposition was of such far.reach.
ing educational value and created so
much public interest that Secretary of
the Interior Franklin X. Lane conceived
the idea that the rest of the country
ought, if possible, TO be given the op.
portunity OF seeing it. He accordingly
wrote letter to Daniel Willard, presi-
dent of the Baltimore q Ohio railroad,
requesting the free use of complete
train for that purpose. President Will
lard responded Immediately and offered
TO furnish an all-steel train OF any nee.
essary number of cars to transport the
exhibits. The railroad also agreed to
haul this train free OF charge over the
entire length of its line, stopping a suffi-
Gent length of time in each city or town
to enable the people to inspect thorough
Iy the various EXHIBITS.
Ii has been tentatively agreed that
this train will be in Washington by May
/, and that it will be equipped as rapidly
as possible and sent on its way. An
itinerary will be arranged without delay.
1t is the plan OF Secretary Lane that
upon the completion of this itinerary
the other prominent railroads Of the
will be asked to extend similar
favors over their lines and in this way
he hopes that everyone in the country
sufficiently interested viii be able to see
the exhibits.
The exposition held in Washington
originated with the bureau of mines and |
through the encouragement of Secretary |
Lane spread to all the other departments |
until n federal bureaus We're represent
ed, as well as the American Red Cross |
and the police department of the District |
IF Columbia.
Il am of the opinion that such a NOV
ing exposition will be of great educa
-ional advantage to the country" said
Secretary Lane to-day "The exposition
is | saw it was a revelation as to the
,xtent of the federal governments ac
~ itltN hlpHE tht lillGH VI AtlN saving thd
property saving. That it created great
popular interest was evidenced by the
act that in the very busy city of Wash b
ngton. having manifold other interests,
he exposition attracted more than $780,
100 persons during the week.
Best OF all, this moving exposition
tiIl give the people of the interior towns
nd cities an opportunity to see and UNI
erstand what the federal government is
DING in places remote. For instance.
he work OF the public health service,
department, in guarding the
ateways OF the republic against cpl
emics of diseases sent us from foreign
hores and the stamping out of these
iseases on the threshold Of the country; II
he work Of the coast guard service,
department, in saving life at
"a, making the ocean lanes safe for
,avel; the navigation bureau, commerce
apartment, with its extensive system
wireless which has already saved
lousands of lives on shipwrecked yes Il
Is: the forest services plan, depart
ent of agriculture, OF fighting forest 4
-es and preserving millions OF dollars of N
ttural resources to the nation; the HI
ethods used by the bureau of mines y
terror department, in rescuing en-
mbed miners from terrible death; and N
e safety methods OF the interstate n
mmerce commission which have so sig
lily reduced the deaths among train. III
en-. N
"ln addition there is the safety first n
ork Of the army and navy departments, u
sanitation and the stamping out of n
e typhoid fever in the army and navy.
"These are but few of the many in
resting activities of the federal gov ~
nment that the people will be priv :
ged to see and learn about, Altogeth-
it viii be a rare opportunity for the
erage citizen of the United States and
II give him better and clearer idea
what great and humanitarian coun-
2 he lives in"