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Show GARY STRESSES SET! HOST IIS Steel Corporation Head Sajr Increase in Accidents Is Appalling NEW TORK. Oct. 10. Ths need for PH.t.4y f ;rat ' in every 'human activity where physical Injury may be prevent able was outlined by Elbert H. Gary, cnairnv-n ui i I - - niaifr aSi-l corporation. In an addreaa on publlo safety to the lUerchanta' Association j of New York today. The number of aertoua preventable accidents every day In the country la appalling, he said. Because of addl- I tlons In population snd congestion In j movement the number Is Increasing, 1 he asserted, notwithstanding much has been done to prevent accidents. He advocated painting on lamp posts and pavements at street corners "beware of accident" or other warnings to all who are exposed to danger, and urged that every means of prevention of ac I cldenta be adopted, Large Industrial Institutions had proved, ha said, that the number of Industrial accidents could be reduced by precautionary measures. Contributions Contribu-tions of time and money to the prevention pre-vention of Injury should be made as well as to the maintenance Af-auabu lances, hospitals, etc., fur the care of the Injured. He praised the work of the safety Institute of America In tha campaign! to arouse the publlo to the necessity of protection against accidents snd said that It la rendering a splendid service for humanity. Crusaders and teachers are needed, he said, to advocate unceasingly the necessity for presence of mind end a deelre to avoid and to prevent accident acci-dent and Injury to themselves and others. |