Show 1 4 AUTHENTIC 0 f STATEMENT STATE 4 ME N f special to THE ir W POL babson malfi makes important sug bug fuestion gu ou estion ilon to labor union lead 0 or f BABSON PARK MASS I 1 have rot not before commented on the terrible torri blo factory fire ire in now boik city of some months ago because I 1 wished to get the facts I 1 have now secured these facts through the lie home insurance company ol og new which I 1 consider the best fire insurance company in the united states end and of which I 1 am a proud small stockholder VIC moat i fire les lo 10 can be avoided 1 the financial losses incurred through fire are us usually bally covered coven d by insurance but insurance can never fully compensate for loss of life loss of a job or loss of a successful business often this also means that the city will lose taxable property because today after a fire the owners often use the insurance money to relocate in some other more suitable locati location cri last year the dollar volume of fire losses in the united states climbed to a new high of up 3 4 percent from 1956 during the past ten years the annual dollar value of tire fire losses has jumped 43 9 percent of couras course inflation of building costs has been an important factor in this increase nevertheless th eless the sad ead fact is ig that losses of life and of property from fire are excessively and unnecessarily high and these losses will trend higher unless something is done soon importance of sprinkler lers except for those caused by explosions nearly all fires could be smothered at their start if people would not get panicky and it they had proper fire extinguishing equipment available fire losses could also be cut it if we would learn how to use more fully the various fireproof building materials and home and office furnishings now on the market during the past winter I 1 have been shocked at the losses of life and property which have occurred in a serles series oi oi lives in ill factory buildings the new boik blaze above benj men f tinned snuffed out 24 lives all of 0 these lives could hava baa been saved it if the factory had bad a sprinkler sprinkler system of chui coui couise se ire fire drills are arc helpful but factory work era rs get panicky and forget the drills taught them thein the only answer Is stricter fire laws which would COW pel pa sprinklers lers which would put out fires before they could gain headway and become uria un manageable 1 sprinklers lers afford the only real protection in factories employing moro more than CO 80 people they are not costly to maintain once they are in stalled the installation in vestment in sprinklers lers is also alla profitable financially b because because to a certain extent their theft cost Is offset by lower ln in aurance rates when you or one of your family accepts a job see if he or she la Is pro ticked by sprinklers lers small factories are the very building which constitute the greatest fire hazards with corresponding loss of life and jobs it if their owners will not at voluntarily to remove these unnecessary fire risks then we must have stricter use fire laws to make every reader the protection that only sprinklers lers coin can give gloat opportunities fox for lie let bor unions f most of our newer build build ings whether large or small residential or commercial a are I 1 equipped with various fir resistant features Fire fireproof doors are now fairly common these safeguards will coha con fine a fire but they will not eliminate its destructive pow ers erg to life through panic ana and smoke now that labor unions are being so beverly criticized they should become more interested in construe tive alve measures which will truly benefit their members me mbeni surely one of these Is that every factory in which union labor is employed should bo b protected by sprinklers lers i continued on page 12 barcons BAIt BAR SONS AUTHENTIC STATEMENT continued from page 9 niese unions could also urge that more asbestos be usel usei in tile the construction of factories tores and homes hoines as well as more extensive fire alarm systems find and sprinklers lers I 1 have in mind asbestos gloves to be worn by those who are suddenly culled called upon to put out small fires asbestos bed strips designed to help pre eilt fires due to earless smoking aste asvestos desk port folios in which to keep ain letters nud and papers you carl can also buy flame tant lant draperies rt rugs gs and tex tiles I 1 forcest corcas lorcas that tile the day will come when we will steel sleep on asbestos pillows and wear non flammable Pa pajamas jamest mr and mrs ray isley and son tommy of perry iowa visited with the george isley family last week rny flay isley is mr islets nephew the fam fain ily left thursday day to return home |