Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-23
MANY ACCIDENTS ARE
DUE T0CARELESSNESS
Experts at Safety Meeting Say
Il Is Great Crime Of This
Day and Age. )

Marcus a. Dow. director OF safety
OF the New York Central Railroad
and president OF the National Safe
" Council was the chief speaker at
q mass meeting In public safety at
the Queen theatre yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. Dow's address was replete with
figures TO show what other cities are
doing in this country and he said he
was glad 10 learn that wilmington
had reduced the number of fataliti>s
from los in 1919 to 4s In 1921.
He said in part: .
"The safety movement has passed
the experimental stage. 1t has been
demonstrated in thousands of indus
trial plants, on the railroads, and
IN scores Of communities to be
practical, constructive movement. 1t
conserves man power, increases efii-
cheney In industry. prevents economic
waste and prevents human suffering.
Several cities have inaugurated
continuous public safety activities with
the result that in those cities fatal
accidents in the streets and other pub
lie places have been greatly reduced.
The National Safety Council. without
neglecting its industrial safety work,
is making antGort this year to pro-
mote public safety in leading cities
throughout the country"
The plah for the years work in
cludes safety instruction in public
schools for the purpose OF teaching
safe practices TO school children. the
organization of local safety councils
in various cities not, already provided
with such organizations, as Whining
ton is; the conducting of safety
schools for automobile drivers, factory
supcrintendents and foremen. the
printing ard distribution of public
safety posters. which will teach safety
to the masses, etc. The National
Safety Council viii. Immediately en-
plOy two field secretaries, who will go
into cities or communities where safe
~ has not already been organized and
help such cities TO inaugurate effect
i've and permanent safety campaigns.'
Traffic regulations and an efficient
police organization 10 enforce them
are of the utmost Importance, but the
experience has shown that to supple
ment these rules and regulations with
a continuous and effective Safety edu-
cationsl campaign Will create a public
sentiment that will improve the obser-
vance OF such rules and regulations
The railroads. for instance. for
many years have had adequate safety
rules which have always been rigidly
enforced, but IL was found that to
supplement such rules with continuou.
safety educational campaigns created
an atmosphere Of safety among the
workers on the railroad. Inspired then
TO be careful and helped TO cultivate
safe habits on the part of employees
and accidents were thereby greatly re
duced. Cities which have conducte,
safety campaigns continuously and Wig
ororosly have shown reductions II
death cases ranging from rs per cen
to 80 per cant in a single year"
The great crime Of this day and AZ
u carelessness. and our fight is a fight
TO drive completely from industries and
public communities the ignorance an,
indifference that has permitted thi,
criminal thing 20 exist"
a. ]. Van Brunt who directs safet,
work for the Public Service Corpora
tion of Newark. y. j., made a big hi
with the audience that nearly filles
the theatre In his common sense tall
about safety conditions. He told tn
audience that there were never 3,
many accidents that happened-the,
were all caused by some act OF care