Show HOURLY FIRE lOSS lOSSIN IN U. U S. S S SPEAKER SAYS Continuous Bonfire Adds Adds' to High Cost of Living Club Is Told I Duo Due to the the tho fact that there are arc countries In Europe starving for our products the necessity for fire firo prevention prevention prevention pre pre- In the United States is greater I today than it has ever been be before bo- bo fore according to Franklin H. H Wentworth Wentworth Went Vent worth of ot Boston secretary of the National National National Na Na- Fire Protection association who addressed the Salt Lake Commercial club at a luncheon Friday afternoon Losses from fire tire last year in the United States were placed at by lw Mr Wentworth He lie implored the Commercial club merchants and andall andall andall all Salt Lake Lako people to cooperate with the national association to prevent this continuous bonfire of an hour each ach day and and- night in the United States Mr Wentworth stated that the average annual fire loss in the United States was and that the generally had been ferent People are arc deceived into believing that the fire insurance companies are the only losers by these fires Mr Wentworth said The people pay for every everyone one of these conflagrations he continued In illustrating his point Mr Wentworth took the cotton garment that is bought In the department store and is one of the thousands of arti atti- articles articles cles that is helping to make the cost of living high he said The cotton is insured against loss by fire Ire from the time it leave the field to the time it is purchased by the wearer Insurance in the warehouse insurance in the mill insurance on en the dock or freight house and the insurance in the store is all paid for by the buyer William Villiam H. H Bywater chief of the Salt Lake fire department spoke briefly on the question following Mr Wentworth Chief Bywater stated that he had h had d the hearty cooperation with the exception of a very few on the problem of ot fire prevention in the city and he hoped the cooperation would continue He reported that 1200 inspections of business houses had been made by the fire Inspectors last month and that the reports for last year showed a total of |