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Show t THE CITIZEN t ACCIDENTAL DEATHS. i i FIGURES quoted before the Safety Congress of the National Safety Council which convened early in the month in New York City, show that there were 95,000 accidental deaths in the United States in 1927. This year the number is likely , to exceed 100,000. Of the 95,000 last year nearly 25,000 were caused by accidents in the home. Automobile fatalities, as we all know, are increasing at an alarming rate. The number of accidental deaths in and out of the home have increased 20 per cent in a little more than fifteen years. The Safety Council were told by eminent authority that 98 per cent of industrial accidents were preventable. Industry is making rapid strides, however, in eliminating accidents by employing safety devices and educating employees in adopting safety measures. Many factories have been operating during the past two or three years without a single accident. Accidental deaths in the home are increasing. The major portion of these are caused through carelessness. A number of children have been scalded, drowned or have met death by other means, during the past few months, 98 per cent of which could probably have been prevented had sufficient precaution been taken against accidents. Water is a magnet to children wherever they see it. They are also curious about the contents of any vessel. Therefore, tubs of water, whether hot or cold, should never be left sitting around for babies to fall into. The same precaution should be taken regarding pans containing scalding hot liquids. See that they are always placed out of babys reach. Thousands are injured every year standing on rickety old chairs or other insecure, make-shi- ft Thoucontrivances, instead of solid sands are also injured by falling in bathtubs, on highly polished floors, down poorly lighted stairways and in many other ways. Another menace which causes many accidents, takes lives and often eats up the savings of a step-ladde- rs. HOOVER TO THE SOUTH. HERBERT HOOVER in his Tennessee speech, paid the South the compliment of addressing himself to the thinking people rather than to the The evangel of the demagogues. child, the woman, the laboring man and the home, former Supreme Court Justice Williams, a Democrat, called him in a dinner table tribute; this beautiful characterization indicates something of the place the Republican candidate had won for himself in Southern hearts, even before he went to Elizabethton. The press of the hour has accurately described the warmth of the feeling and expression with which Mr. Hoover was received during his all too brief stay in the borderland. It savored of the respect and love entertained for him as a man, not the noisy greetings to a popular politician. The address was essentially nonpolitical, but Mr. Hoover surprised even his hearers, as also many of their friends in the North, by his recital, based upon official figures, of the unprecedented growth of the South in all lines of industry, commerce and education in the last seven years, and he made a legitimate appeal to them when he said: These results could never have been attained but for helpful cooperation and sound policies in lifetime, is the little match thrown carelessly on the floor. It is estimated that 500,000 matches are lighted in the United States every minute each one a fire hazard. The average match burns ' thirty seconds. Some one has said a birdseye view of a big crowd at night would reveal a match burning every second somewhere in the crowd. Millions upon millions of dollars are lost annually through fires, 98 per cent of which could probably be avoided. This is something to bear in mind every time you throw away a lighted match or cigarette. HAY FEVER AND WEEDS. THE CITY Council of Denver recently passed a Hay Fever bill which provides that all property owners must cut the weeds on their property before July 15th of each year, to reduce pollination, which causes hay fever. Should the property owner fail the bill provides that the city perform the work and levy a special assessment against same. Salt Lake City also has many hay fever sufferers. If such a step would bring them any relief whatever it surely should be taken. Besides making the city more healthful it would add greatly to its beauty. more crime. Every criminal who gets by without paying the price for the wrong he has committed is a great inducement to every other criminal at large to take a chance. One of the big reasons why Canada, England v, and other foreign countries do not have as much ' crime as the United States is because justice is meted out quickly and effectively. Consequently, the criminally inclined do not feel quite so am- bitious to take a chance. It is too great. THE FIRST step towards being wise is to realize how foolish we are. GREAT MEN feel it their duty, to be a friend to mankind. If it were not so they could not endure the slander which is frequently heaped upon them. .... IT IS HARD to explain why so many men use their intelligence to such poor advantage. THE WORST thing about wisdom is that can only be acquired on the installment plan. it LOS ANGELES is always first in everything. She even had snow before Salt Lake did this year. BEING STEWED takes the wrinkles out of a prune, but it puts em in the old boys. Arkansas Democrat. THE FOX' HAS PAID. AT LAST the Fox has paid the death penalty for the atrocious crime he committed almost a year ago. The wonder is why action has been so long delayed. While there is life there is always hope and Hickman had hope, almost to the last, that he would not have to pay the supreme penalty for his crime. It is a good thing it is over. This criminal has held the stage too long, watched by all the criminals of the land to see what steps would be taken concerning him. Long delayed court trials, delayed sentences and delayed punishment is causing more and the national government, and change of these policies can only bring distress and disaster. This statement in itself renders somewhat ironic the announcement in the newspapers this morning that his Democratic opponent is preparing a speech on the tariff, and that he will seek to hold the votes which are destined to slip away from him on that issue, with a pledge that the tariff policy of the Republican administration shall be perpetuated. No less than four times Mr. Hoover adverted to these policies, each time in relation to some particular development or accomplishment As never of the American people. before, said Mr. Hoover, does the keeping of our economic machine in tune depend upon, wise policies in the administrative side of the Government. It was upon the human side, however, that Mr. Hoovers appearance in the South made its great appeal; one which, in his reference to prohibition, produced a tremendous emotional effect upon his great audience. The purpose of the Eighteenth Amendment is to protect the American home, said the Republican candidate. Oh, please say it again, cried one dignified old gentleman, and fervent Amens came from the women. A sacred obligation is imposed on the President to secure its honest en EXCURSIONISTS do not find Sunday the day of rest it used to be owing to increasing demands for first aid and the ambulance. MANY Europeans rejoice in estimates of Uncle Sams prosperity, especially those who do not believe it should be necessary to hasten in meeting the claims of a creditor who doesnt real- ly need the money. THE CAMPAIGN animal trainers find both the elephant and the donkey inclined to roam away from the boundaries assigned by political naturalists as normal habitat. forcement, he went on, and to eliminate the abuses which have grown up around it; I wish it to succeed. That is the answer to the charge that Mr. Hoover has not made himself clear on the liquor question; A noteworthy feature of the address was the candidates announced opposition to the further spread of bureaucracy and government intervention, two points upon which it has been argued against him that he would seek to extend both. It is our tradition, he said, that the forces of business and commerce will prosper if let alone by the Government, but owing to the complexion of modern life, the relations of government to national prosperity have become more and more intimate, regardless of what we think. We are profoundly impressed by Mr. Hoovers adjuration relative to this condition: All this places a greater strain upon the flexibility of our Government, and should give us deep concern over every expression of its authority, lest we overburden it to the breaking point. That is Mr. Hoovers answer to the Socialistic doctrines of his opponent. Boston Evening Transcript. A GROUP at Florence, Ala., pelted a political speaker with ieggs. Well, when you come to think of it, that is one way to get rid of farm surplus. COOLIDGE ECONOMY MAY ERASE DEFICIT. PRESIDENT COOLIDGE advised callers that savings effected by the various government budgets, together with increased receipts, indicated that the budget will be balanced before next June. The President warned, hovrever, that in order to avoid a deficit, it will be necessary for Congress to exercise care in appropriating funds this winter. President Coolidge has been advised by the shipping board that pa sage of the new marine bill last winter has stimulated ship building. Members of the board stated that eighteen new ships are now building or will be built within the near DONT MAKE HIM RESIGN. I have been reading Mr. Raskobs letter to you. Dont do anything to make him resign. He is too valuable to us. If Raskob should quit, a Den ocrat might be appointed to suceed him. Telegram received by Chairman Work from Representative William R. Wood of Indiana, chairman of the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee. |