Jerome County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1919-1920, 1919-10-30

!">Iliai corps. AL " 'ae-- men
B.. the bureau of mines.
Happily. great rhine disasters
coming fewer and fewer as th.. ....
ter understanding. of the causes N....--. . -- -
q" happen. and one thing -l.- Pie
p''"'hen Is tlat upon ~ucA d Visitation -----
ue " more orderly and systematic -.---... 2 ---
WORK Tor II las been lemols-rs--l ra4- ~ --
,- S'''e'l ID devious ways. It- t---- a.-
ut"Nored 10 tell The miners fta- Ir --.-- --..
trophe il is often better t9r e--..
Darrcade themselves IN. Ee-Iir- u. -.~---
gases out OF their working place s,. -..-.--
4elleI' III 'hls manner y men er-at.l.-.. r.
Tor four days were recently rescued -l- -.-. -.--
being able TO walk ont OF the mine
we are not content To rest on Tie r-.--...
made. There are now more than million i....---
in the United States. ana each y4lr ia,,-.. ...
o""" are Killed in accidents and "a quarter 81 q
million injured. Takln. tie cold business ,s,,.,
lailon OF the state compensation commissions .,.
eliminating Tho suffering and sorrow of 5000 -.fiil
each year the economic loss from these fa+.i.,,.s
alone is %l20DoOO year for thes, commission.
are paying an average OF $1,000 for evcry life osf
This Is terrible toll for one industry 10 nav i
year. IT is hard for us 20 realize thar our ~,
every mining camp of 1000 iucu. lire. of then, are.
sre to lose their live, within T. months.
Mining viii always bee an extra haz,rd.,.
business. But tine question Is. Have We reached
tAe rleaucible minimum 40. think rot. II +.
t4
10y rates iu' one-inf THAT We can save ea,A l.o1
of the 3tn killed.
"Ihr causes of thr~. fatal accid,nf, ar.. ,nn.l
better KNOWN Operators and miners ir. ,,.,.fi,,
mlnA more thought Go the dangers of the ii,,.4.
anl li- Nr--"N"kr anon. Them have installed
h're modern safety devices. Though Inc OK
priiiatntHl mlne of The bureau Inning mem and
miners both have 81 tcrn.r uid.r.t.i.li,,., If ,la
dangers oi c'Ai dust and have learned how To- com
lai fheiu
"ln the mining industry q human life +. ,ouc.
uore Valuable thau ever before. ana h.li,.,,
'le can be said of ail tir industries. This is seen
iu the great advances in safety work The million.
OF dollars spent I'm safety devices and the hr,n.,,i
tartan work Of the different state conp.psotio,,
commissions. The day of the ambulance chnsnr
ana those ghouls HAT preyed upon the widow lao.
set with grief over The loss of her husband b.,,e
happily passed away. The state now stems In and
secs that the widow and the orphan are protected
and that alone is worth all the nght thai we h.vo
endeavOred to make. do not say that the bureo,
Of mines is responsible for these state comneneo.
lions, but l do know that these commissions cone
after the mining industry started its great human.
saving drive and that the disclosures of tho condi
lions in mining furnished the states with facts
that favored the establishment of these commits.
siOns.
"Cut the mine fatalities in half"
The dedication ceremonies brought 70 pltts.
burgh for the three days the most prominent min
ing and metaurgical men of the nation. nor alone
those interested in the safety-frst movement but
also those connected with the allied industries that
use the products of the mines
The bureau of mines, In cooperation with the
Pittsburgh chamber of commerce. arronged an
elaborate program Of events calling for the nres
ence Of high government and state government
officials besides the leading men of mining through
in the country. The first morning the new labora
tories at 1900 Forbes street were dedicated DR.
Van III. Manning. diret .Nr of the bureau, presiding.