The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1919-09-26
STRONG CAMPAIGN
LAUNCHED IN STATE
TENNESSEE NOT LAooARD IN
MATTER INVOLVING SAFETY
OF CITIZENS PROPERTY.
COOPERATION IS REQUIRED
An Appeal For All Citizens To Lend
Their Aid To the state Depart
mens In its Efforts.


So tremendous an evil has the fire
enemy become that throughout the
United States 1t has been necessary
to intelligently and aggressively or
ganize 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 more than $250,O0O,00O
worth of property and many lives.
Tennessee suffered proportionately.
Her losses were close to S5,000,0OO.
This Is several times the bonded debt
of the State. 1t 10 tax upon every
property owner Of the State. 1t was
the carrying away OF property that Is
lost forever, because insurance money
Is but a draft on the public, a sub
tractor that merely shifts the loss
from one to many.
In practically every State there Is a
fire prevention bureau. At the head
thereof Is Commissioner or Fire
Marshal whose duty and task it Is to
protect property by adopting methods
to prevent fires.
The Commissioner for Tennessee is
Mr. Walter b. Bell, with headquarters
In Nashville. He has a strong organi-
cation and is deyoting 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 Sc
cure valuable results.
He is putting out literature and 9th.
or propaganda wherever in his opin,
lon 1t will accomplish results.
He Is 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 is now cooperating with
him
The various civic bodies, manufact-
aring establishments, warehouse own
ers, hotel keepers and the like are be-
ing appealed to, and are responding ia
yorably.
Every railroad organization is inter
ested and has promised aid
Commercial bodies of every charac-
ter approve his efforts.
But he 10 anxious to go further. He
wants the individual aid Of every cit
izen 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 on
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
guarding the lives and property
Of citizens.
1t will take zest and earnestness
Tennessee has been losing too many
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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.
1t is a trite but very untrue saying
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 whore fire prevention
Ii not practiced the rates are higher
than In States where prevention meth
DDS have resulted in minimum oil
loss
When the public comes to proper
realization OF tine situation, there will
come the desired cooperation,
When each individual man, woman
and child comes to know that the 9th
or fallow's fire loss 10 an individual
loss to every other citizen, greater
care will be taken.
On this page will be given many
rules and precautions that are more
than worth while.
Read them carefully and have eacf
member of your family read and pom
der them. Then visit your neighbol
md talk and instill fire prevention
Make your family fire prevention
family, and then your community
sour town or city and your State.
Tennessee il calling upon every cit
isen to take warning and rally agains
an unnecessary and easily avoidet
but none the less dangerous enemy.
Answer the States call.
DON'T ALL SPEAK AT ONCE.