Milford chronicle., 1924-11-14


A DOUBTING THOMAS SAYS, "Are fire pre-
vention activities producing desirable results? ?'
Ihe fact is cited that fire losses in dollars and
cents are increasing year by year regardless of
the efforts of insurance companies and fire pre-
vention organizations to curtail the loss
1t would be a severe indictment of the intel
ligence of the American people if it could be
said that they had paid no attention to all the
effort exerted in their behalf to secure their
cooperation in reducing fire losses.
But such is not the case. Even though it is
true that in dollars and cents, aggregate fire loss
increases year by year. it is also true that value
of burnable property is increasing proportion
ately much faster than increase in fire losses.
That people are beginning to appreciate and
head campaigns in interest of fire prevention is
evidenced by modern building laws which re-
quire slow burning, sO-called freprOOf con-
struction. For some time there will remain the
menace of fire traps filled with contents espec-
tally subject to quick destruction by fire.
Commenting on this subject, the Southern
Underwater Of Atlanta says; Until the process
of educating the public at large against the
danger of permitting fire traps to exist has TAX
en- root these potential cOnfagratiOn breeders
stand in the way of better results from fire pre-
vention activities. The elimination of fire breed
ing conditions greatly reduces the cost of Oper-
ating fire departments. Probably One-half the
expense of fire departments is incurred in ans
wering alarms. A saving in this direction means
lower taxes or releases funds which can be |
otherwise used for public improvements"
TO FARMERS AND BUSINESS interests of |
Delaware Thanksgiving in the year of 1924 will |
be a season in which all give thanks with
deep satisfaction. At the beginning Of the year
weather conditions and business generally were
in a more or less unsatisfactory condition. Then
the unusual rains of the spring season, which
were continued on into the early summer, Gre
ated anxiety in the mind of agriculturist and
gave cause for anxiety, that the financial re-
suits of 1924 would be such as to create a SER
iOus deficiency from agricultural efforts, which
in turn would restrict general buying and thus
depress business. The results to many crops ,
were disastrous, but in most cases, the farmers
turned to auxiliary crops, new crops which
were not grown in former years; and these have
under favorable fall weather produced in pro- +
fusion, which has made the net money returns
from the same farms, far greater than in former
seasons when the routine crops of grains were
planted alone. The pastures have been luxur-
ous for the greater part Of 1924 and the dairy {
interests have had a greater net money return !
han ever before; so that when the total results ,
If farming operations for 1924 are taken in the
whole state, the general result has been cause T
or thanksgiving which is indeed blessing to
he people of Delaware. Farmers have learn
ID, or have had opportunity to learn much from
he season of 1924 Those who will profit by this {
Injection of changed crops, new methods and
customs in farming, through and by the weather
Is first force will find prosperity in the fu-
ure, while those who have failed to observe
II study the results of the agricultural business
n Delaware in 1924 will have registered them 7
elves as failures for time to come. S
Like other business enterprises, farming, I
Iairying and fruit growing have passed and are Z
,assing through a period of reconstruction, Of
Methods of doing the work, in methods of mar
,etng, in methods Of management and in finan
al affairs. The old hap-hazard system Of the
ast is gone forever and those who farm on that
obsolete plan, will do well to stop their effort E
nd become employees of their neighbors, who e
ave grasped the methods which will bring sue fl
ess and prosperity for them. This year of 1924 t,
5 certainly one for thanksgiving Let all OBJ d
erve it in the right spirit. "