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Show SnffRUnrdliiR lliinimi Life. The frlgbtfiil loii of life In Amerlcii throtiKh nillrond iiccldontH li inmle nil (lio iiiiiio jippn II In l by coinparliifj It till that of other ouuutrloH, tt Hliotilil bo iciimrked tlint In ninny lUiropcin stntes tlu rnllwnjH uro owned by tlie goxcrnmont mid In the loinnlndcr nro miller rlfdd Kineriiinent continl. (lro.it Itilliiln tieliiiiKi to the latter cIimm. That fountry lins rooontly publUUod n llHt of the railroad ni'cldcntx for l!Hj:t. Tor eonipai Ihdii the conciponillnn llSliros for tho I'liltod States for tliu tWonl j o.ii' onded .luno 'M. 1P0.I. ore available These Humes mo summarized sum-marized and conipjiod by tln Philadelphia Philadel-phia I'ubllo Ledger Croat Itiltaln has U-'.:tS0 miles of lalhvajs against lii.I.1"2 mllos for the I'nltod States, jot tho formor currlod hint jonr nearly twice as many piissciiKcii as the hitter In tho I idled KliiKilom there ueie only U'.:,"i (ollislous nnd dernllments In tho L'nllod States thoro woro lO.tM.'l In tho I nltod Kingdom one passenger was killed for oicry 47,7l).t.:!'J0 tallied and olio iiijined for ooiy 1,510,71." o.urlod. In the I 'lilted States ono piiHsoiior out of eei :i.!K',:i,(i7;i wiij Ullled mid one nut of cr) 1-I(),b93 ns Injured The following table tells a discreditable. Ktory. IINITBD flTATE3 Killed. Injured PimsengiTS Train accidents 1CI 4 421 Other mils, s 157 2.MJ Kmplujris Train ncc-l.lfnts 1.919 1S:I5 Uther cuiis.t 1.31 1 2) 759 Total 3,531 43.977 (inPAT I1IUTA1N. . Killed, Injured I'lissi'iiKera ' Train mildents 7b9 Other causes 123 1,912 Knipto) pes Train ncildents 9 lit) Other c.uiuea 414 3iu'J Other JHTBOna 530 Z)3 Totals 1,139 6.783 Yet It does not toll the whole story. The Ameiluui Htatlstics record only the neUdcutM to pass. liters and employees. No ontiy Is made iindor "other per-Koiis," per-Koiis," In (iioat Itrltnln those mmiher-cil mmiher-cil ri.'li Killed and l-llll lujuiod. One enn Imagine how many "other pomona" met death In Amcrlia Inst year by lecall-Iiib lecall-Iiib the fieipienuy with which :rade crosslm; iiooldontH nlono wore tocoid-j tocoid-j cd. It Is only fair to remember, though, that accidents of this kind are frequently duo to tho oniolossnoss of the victims mid not to tho mllw.ijs, and f that the public Is quite as much to I blanio as the railway louipaiiles for the existence of conditions In the tihapo of made irossliiKs, etc.. which make Midi slaughter possible. The comparison, as so fieipiently polnlisl out. Is disci editable to the Lnited States. This country has almost al-most ten times as much mileage as C5io.it r.illnln. jot the latter, with a uistly inoie ooiiKostod trullh, had last J oar a total of only 7,Ji!) piirtsoiiKer.s nnd employees Ullled and Injured ns against )0,.":J1 In tho United States. As loinaikod above, If tho Ameilcau Uk-uro.s Uk-uro.s included the "other persons" rook-oucd rook-oucd In the Iliitlsh ropoit tho comparison com-parison would be Mill less to this country's coun-try's credit It Is admitted In this (ountij that In splto of our boasted nklll lu applied 'sciences wo havo much to learn from I lmrope in lospect to safesuardliiK tho i llus of tho trinellui; public. Hallway accidents In the United States cost ever jear mole lives than did most of I tho world's Kreatest battles. 1 The gospel of greed Is being preach- oil and practiced entirely too much. I .More consideration for human life nnd i loss consideration for dividends nro In order. |