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Show I. American Safety Devices. 1 .In splto of tho fact that tho United I States lead tho world In the invention of safety devices It has been shown 1 that wo stand first In the record of ' accidents. Tho proportion of minors I killed hero is nearly threo limes as great as In Franco and about doublo I that in other European countries. For I every five men killed by accident In II this country there aro only threo In all the nations of Eur.opo combined. It is claimec that with nil our qulck-( qulck-( ness in Inventing the things that make ( for safety wo aro slow to adopt them, and that many American inventions of this kind And their first recognition I in Europe. Hartford, Conn., Times. |