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Show MASE PENALTIES FIT CRIMES. ' vUne "iuindred and forty-two- people, .' most . of them young girls and women, were assassinated- n a fire Jn New York City last Saturday afternoon. We say assassinated, for that word is tho only appropriate ap-propriate one. It is aaid there are 3300 more tin. safe buildings in that city, but they are under the protection of the law and cannot be reached by the authorities. ' . -',., How would a state law to the effect tliat when in cities lives are destroyed because of the cupidity, ciirelettsness or ignorance of proprietors of unsafe buildings, each life should be declared worth dollars t that proof of the death of such persons from such cause should be sufficient to justify in-slant in-slant execution against the property, and afterthat against the city until the whole sum should be col. lectedt - - ' . ' - ; ' That would make proprietors .careful; that would cause cities to see that, only safe buildings were left to be occupied. The law might also add imprisonment for proprietors and building inspect-, or. Men ara both selfish and careless, and often incompetent and unable to judge what in certain : cases is necessary, and in large cities this not only . often involves great danger to local plana, but to , the city itself. . And there is no effectual remedy except to. make , the penalty ' sever and' swift enough to cause the owners of buildings and the j city itself to provide against possible emergencies |