Show THE COST OF FIGHTING FIRES pho national Nii lional conservation commis sion bion ih ia trying to find out one what it costs coats tile thy country to fight loreti tho the ocolor Oc olorf wool suncy which aich is i conducting ta particular branch of inquiry fur for tho commission i is s sending minding out letters to to tile c city ity till over tile tho country asking for data on tile tho additional cost coit of cit witter for tire fire protection b boond yond what ii necessary lot for I 1 aito tina fills information will la be with alier statistics of a shi lilar nature to throw light on tho general tun told Q of the conservation of life anil and property piu port through the tion of lina for tile uso ubo of tile assion when it lueota liero here in december to lre i paro its report for president roosevelt tha fact that tho the i t ions of the hm has reached it point where such detailed information is ia boing sought is nu au indication of tile the sub U progress of its work arki for forn a tune perhaps the men who undertook to prepare tin nn inventory of the alio counties counti count ys rys natural nn wealth and tile tho out look tor for tho clio auturo futuro feared that tile tk A us going to provo prove too gigantic gig antio for tile them ill to finish in tilina to submit to the alist full ine meeting eting of tile tho dee dec in berl but they say now there is is no doubt that they will place in tile tho fiands or of the commission a practically complete inventory upon which that body can enri base its further studies anti and becom tuen dati ions ons eftis city firo fighting system j invents i gation is 14 part of a general study of 1110 conservation of lifo life and property tile the commission is ii compiling tin an 4 anio of information concerning tile the na turo luro in extent of kossof life and proper 41 coit co it t of iu aurance walor and fire departments and tile tha possibility of preventing ling alre through the uso of firo building mater i lala bals and of tire lire proofing systems tin and tile tho desirability doai ru bill ty of changes in building systems th toms somo of the luo city to ro gard their information ns as confidential so ho thit that no ii figure ures will lio io available avail ablo until tabulations of totals can be ba worked out |