Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-09-23
FIRE PREVENTION
DAY PROCLAIMED

WASHINGTON, NSept. 21.-Presi-
dent Harding today issued a procla-
nation designating Monday, October
9, at National Fire Prevention day.
The fire waste in the United States
year after year, the president de-
clared, reaches appalling figures.
There ought to be especial effort,
he added, to minimize such losses.
The text of the proclamation fol
lows:
"It has become a nationwide Gus
tom to observe October 8, anniver.
sary of the great Chicago fire OF
1871, as National Fire Prevention
and in recognition of this ex-
cellent precedent, l am herewith dl-
recting the attention of all citizens,
states and cities, to the Ndesirabiliy
Of continuing the observance this
y~Cr.
at has long been a reproach to
country that by reason of poor
construction, inadequate facilities
for fire prevention, and an all too
general carelessness about possible
c;.uses of conflagration, our fire
waste reaches figures year after
year which are not approached in
any other country in the world.
Mindful of the fire waste which is
expressed in figures so huge as to be
appalling, it may be emphasized
that in time when all communities
need to conserve resources in hand
and to promote production in every
possible way, there ought to be spe-
cial effort to minimize such losses.
"I, Warren G. Harding, president
of the United States, appeal tC the
public authorities of the country by
such measures as to them may seem
most effective, and to citizens gener-
ally, to tai steps for the observance
of Monday, October 8, as Fire Pre-
vention Day. I suggest the special
desirability of impressing upon the
teachers and pupils in the schools
al all workers in industrial estab-
lishments. the Importance of precau-
tionary measures for avoidance OF
fires. By such measures, earnestly
undertaken and vigorously enforced,
we shall contribute to a vast econ.
omy of the national resources and
If the product of human effort, as
we'll as to a saving of many hun
dreds of human lives now needless
lY sacrificed.
"In witness whereof, have here
unto set my hand and caused the
seal of the United States to be af-
fixed.
Done in the citv of Washington
this 10th day of September in the
year of our Lord, one thousand, nine
hundred and twenty-five and on the
independence of the United States,
the one hundred and forty-seventh.
"(S.neO
g, ARREN G. HARDING"
The Chamber Of Commerce of the
United States at the same time an
nounced that local commercial bod
les throughout the United States
will take the lead in observance of
Fire Prevention Week, from Octo-
Der 2 to 0. The chamber, in state
ment, said:
Property valued at about $780,.
100000 was destroyed by fire in the
United States during the forty
years ending with 1921. The loss
during the last year of this period
was approximately six times as
great as that of the first year. In
1921 more than $4,000 lives were
lost and property valued at half a
billion dollars was destroyed by fire.
During the first seven months of
the current year property valued at
$3.50 100000 was added to the ma
tons ash heap"
GOVERNOR PROCLAIMS
FIRE PREVENTION WEEK
The week of October 2-9 has been
designated Fire Prevention" week
i'll a proclamation from the office of
Governor Thomas w. Hardwick.
According to the proclamation,
Georgia's fire losses during the pc
Rod from 1915 through 1920 amount.
ed to $37,725,926, a sum that would
build 7,545 $4,000 homes or many
miles of good roads,"
The governor asks the co-opera-
ton of civic and statewide organiza-
tions in bringing home to the people
the heavy toll taken by fire.