Show fiRE PROTECTION COSTS LARGE AMOUNT WAShINGTON Dec 30 It O-It It costs each I person in iii the United d Slates States only 16 a 1 arear year rear ear to RO go o to bed hod with a 11 sense C of or fly ity ty born of or tho the knowl d knowledge f that tat if U his house starts to an all arm army of or firemen firemen fire fire- men will trill arrive to put iUt mt out tho the fire Th The census uli bureau announces announce the as a result of or an Investigation of the fire d departments de do- and fire IO losses of oC ot the largest l r t d cities lc In tho the country In Berlin It costs cost only 21 20 cents a a. year to sleep easy In London 1 10 cents and anI In jn Milan 17 11 cents Th United Slat Static States geological geo- geo to- to logical sunY has has' made some omo computation tion to show how that this difference I Is be because because because be- be cause the building restrictions In Europe arc aro greater than In ira lila country that thit there lucre ar are moro mora fireproof bull buildings and that tho the cost of or maintaining the tho fire tiro departments d de do- Is I not so o great r t. t It Jt is if not be because he- he cause American firo firn departments aro arc cx 1 ex expensively pensively administered When hen it comes to conserving the country's country's coun coun- tr try's s r resources or better hetter yet ct Jt a assets the time toll toIl of a fire tells a fearful l lesson oIl During 1907 tho I 8 American cities lUes lost lot more morl than in their flies co red by by- Insurance amounting i to It Il costs these cities about a year to maintain their paid fire de dc departments IC- IC From this tho the statistical ox- ox X- X calculate le that It costs COits e each ch person perron protected thereby yearly |