Show 0 CARl TI CAUSES FIRE i The Tho fire firo loss for the first seven en months mouths of 1936 is over in excess of the same period in 1935 I in tho the United States I It is possible that l Uglier higher property values Vl are to toan toan tonn I an nn extent responsible for the tho increase But human human indifference and human ignorance are arc nn an infinitely more moie important factor The Tho American people show a crimin- crimin nl disregard rd of the hazards responsible for tor the tho fin fires s that t destroy hundreds of millions of d dollars worth of prop prop- erty each year and and many lives prop prop-I I No other country in the world suffers a n fire lo lous loss lossl us great as this country In Tn man many European countries till they person responsible for firo fire must pay Jay for Cor any the blaze blazo does to his bis neighbors neighbor's property I It would send our fire loss losa into n a tailspin if our citizens adopted the tho attitude of mind that the tho European OUI law represents represent s Ev Every ry citizen should o 1 that it is isa isn isn n a crime erimo against society even tr en e if it is not listed in in the tile law books to books to fire hazards to go uncorrected and to take the chances that t lend lead to fire And every enl citizen d should likewise understand that practical fire firo proven proven- ion tion requires little effort and little money Dont Don't bo Le an unconscious arsonist n. arsonist a a term tenn that can chin b bo be justly applied to anyone who neglects fire laz- laz n aids ds on his property or doesn't trouble to un unearth h them I I FIre Tiro J prevention rev n on is up to every o one e of ot us and us-and and if we all aU j it th the tho responsibility 80 per per cent of fires res can oan M be e 4 t eliminated ted lc i r s if I J. J tt |