The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1919-09-26
STRONG CAMPAIGN
LAUNCHED IN STATE
TENNESSEE NOT LAGGARD IN
MATTER INVOLVING SAFETY
OF CITIZENS PROPERTY.
An Appeal For All Citizens To Lend
Their Aid To the state Depart
msnt In lie Enorta

1
30 tremendous an evil has the fire
enemy become that throughout the
United States It has been necessary
to intelligently and aggressively or
ganiss for the protection of life and
property.
In the whole country last year,
which was not more than an average
fire loss year, there was taken by fire
something moro than $250,000, 900
worth Of property and many lives.
Tennessee suffered proportionately.
Her losses were close to $5,000,000.
This Is several times the bonded debt
of the State. 1t is a tax upon every
property owner of the State. 1t was
the carrying away Of property that is
lost forever, because insurance money
IN but q draft on the public, sub
tractor that merely shifts the loss
from one to many.
In practically every State there Is q
fire prevention bureau. At the head
thefeof is Commissioner or Fire
Marsh.i whose duty and taS Il is to
protect property by adopting methods
10 prevent fires.
Mr. WaN ,r 3. Bell. with headquarters
IN Nashville He has a strong organi-
xation and Is devoting his best intelli-
gence and energies to the task set
him.
In order to be successful he must
have the cooperation Of the public.
Commissioner Bell is keeping In close
touch with other fire prevention or,
CARNATIONS throughout this country
and Canada, and feels that he can So
cnre valuable results.
He 10 putting out literature and 9th.
or propaganda wherever in his opin.
lon II will accomplish results
Heis calling upon the various school
departments. through the principals
and agents. to help get his matter out
to the masses.
Every fire and police department In
the State 10 now cooperating with
him.
The various civic bodies, manufact
uring establishments, warehouse own
srs, sotei keepers and the like are be.
ing appealed to. and are responding ia
vorably.
Every railroad organization is inter.
ested and has promised aid.
Commercial bodies of every charac.
ter approve his efforts.
But he IL anxious to go further. He
wants the individual aid of every cit.
lzen in the State to help him carry
out the rules for protection of prop
erty upon which he is insisting. He
wants the aid Of every householder,
however isolated he may be, to do his
part.
He wants him to be On guard OF
all occasions, and all hours. In other
words, he is anxious for the spirit Of
fire prevention to take hold in Ten.
nessee, and make itself power for
safeguarding the lives and property
of citizens.
1t will take zest and earnestness
Tennessee has been losing too many
dollars annually that she should not
have lost; that might have been saved |
by the exercise Of caution.
The losses throughout this country
and Canada run up annually into hun
dreds Of millions.
II Is a trite but very untrue saying |
thu. insurance companies pay most |
OF these losses. AS matter OF fact,
property owners pay every dollar
They do not do so directly, but they
do when they pay their fire insurance |
premiums
In the State where fire prevention |
Ia not practiced the rates are higher |
thaA ba States where prevention meth.
DDS lave resulted in a minimum OF |
loss.
When the public comes to a proper |
of the situation, there will |
come the desired cooperation.
When each individual man, woman |
and child comes to know that the 9TH |
or fellows fire loss Is an individual l
loss to every other citizen, greater
care vii, be taken.
On this page will be given many |
rules and precautions that are more |
than worth while.
Read them carefully and have each |
Of your family read and pom
der them. Then visit your neighbor
and talk and instill fire prevention
Make your family fire prevention
family, and then your community,
your town or city and your State.
Tennessee is calling upon every cit
lxen to take warning and rally against
an unnecessary and easily avoided
but none the less dangerous enemy.
Answer the States call