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Show SECRETAEY FISHER . DELIVERS SPEECH Doclarea Annual Firo, Loss Equals One-half the Valuo of New Buildings Erected. NEW YOrtK, May -Jl. Walter L,, Fisher, the now secretary of the interior, delivered his first, official speech hero today at the meeting of the National Fire Protection association. Mis' subject was' "Fire Waste and Its Remedy." Government Govern-ment statistics, he aserted. showed that the annual tire loss was one-half tho valuo of the new buildings erected during the year. Turning to forest tires the secretary snld; "Iast year's record Is a bloody one. Seventy-six men employed by the national na-tional government lost their lives In lighting light-ing forest fires In 1010. Nearly live million acres of national forest land were burned over." |