Evening journal., 1920-11-17
knI.lNc MoRE pEnsoNs MAS EvER.

T has been found that little more than 10000 children
under 10 years Of age killed annually in the United
states by accident and perhaps 10000 others are Sc
riousy injured.
n is recognized on all Sides Delaware Safety Council
saws hat his annual destruction OF valuable lives the
greatest economic waste in the country and Is especially
TO BE depored know from experience that 80
per cent OF all accidents avoidabe.
1t remains then. to find out and to apply the remedies
which viii prevent ahe fatalities.
The national safety movement organized today in
the United states is only about nine years old. II has
spread rapidly it is true because there is growing real
zaon in every progressive community that the best con-
seVation work possible be done by preserving the
lives Of the people, and especially those OF the children
which rich IN promise.
For years communities have contributed largely To what
We might call work Of trying 10 repair the results OF
preventabe accident Appropriations have been made TO
hospitals visiting have been employed, nrst aid
stations have been put operation and in general the
victim has taken OF after the accident has hap
pened
Nhy not spend some Of this money in trying to pre-
vent accident2
Why not add to educational system the knowledge
that wfa help the child and the chds parents TO avoid
iniuryf
Whatever sums are spent in his way will give ex-
trcmey ause returns has been proven time and time
again by VIC experiences OF manufacturing companies in
their work Of industrial safety.
industrial plants deatne ana eerlous WluFlei
have been reduced from 80 10 % per cent
Industrial accidents in me United states in 1917 som
pared with 1918 showed decrease OF ~ per cent in fatal
t and decrease Of ss per cent in the number OF serious
scoidens and although this decline due partly TO the
introduction OF protective devices machines II Is rec
osnized by an that OF the important factors in il
was educational propaganda which caused greater care
fulness on the part OF employees
The time has come in American industry when the life
and safety OF the worker Is copsdered Of paramount inn
portsnce and every effort being made TO safeguard him
But while industry Is settling its house IN order in mis- re-
speot and instructng s workers training lis oremen
and instans safety appliances, th public al large IS
suffering more and from accidents on NE street
md in the home
The ncreass 10 automobiles alone has brought about
Enormously increased number Of deaths
- us take Tor instance Market street 10 Wilmington
hardly more than generation ago before ihe advent o
roer ears and automobiles the only sehicuiar irac OF
this tnoroushfars was horse-drawn.
VOW with ih1 same width o. street and with muc
5ese- paving thers an hundreds o. automobiles am
trucks 1assH % and down mis- street daily it is ais
rrncpa artery for street lines Into t every da
ar fsd thousands OF shoppers .oerks business an
chldrer
Ir he o1ce ~ lhe secretary o. ihe Delaware ssfel
Councn there is sn accident location msn which show
FRA. or ths street collisions and other accidents ar
happening with rrsaie- frequency than a. any othe
pont r. town. This ~ o. course o. our most con
rosted thoroughfarss bat degree ai street
hare greater potential danger han ever because q
pedestrian child the sireei knows at what minute a.
autonoble may drive down upon MIN before De has tim
esrspe- Wien fatal accidents the driver of n
naotns 6 Ofen quick 20 blame ihe reckless pedestrian
an6 he victim quick 10 blame NJ careless dr,e
Bus re nnsi analysis matter where The blame ma
BE- placed IN any specific instance. enc reality thd con
fronts community as oonfronis Others is lhe fac
nat greaier number of people than ever before In on
history being killed tie streets u is OF cours'
wen b have laws that VIII prevent ihe reckless auomo
bile driver from endsusertns others who have muc
rst 70 The sineeis De has and which w prevent 20
houganess pedestrian from sacrificing himself lhroug
ns OWN careiessness but hand In hand with these rcga
uorH'mHt 90 some kind Of instruction which VIII shoy
people The fuiliy and NE criminal recessness OF takln
inances either with their lives or the lives Of Others