Show THE BED RED 0 property loss worth goes up in smoke every year franklin il wentworth of boston asserted in a recent address in san francisco he urged operation cooperation by local organizations of citizens to eliminate tire fire hazards which were enormously reducing the national wealth wentworth who is secretary of the national fire protection assoria tion said that in the first tour four months ot of this year there had been a loss ot of 12 00 P but that be tore fore the end ot of 1921 there would be consigned to the ash heap property valued at a quarter ot of a billion dollars he ile said there are optimists in america who state that we are reducing the tire fire waste because this average figure ot of now represents inflated values there Is little comfort in that academic reflection the present housing situation is too desperate for us to be so complacent over it every fire today is a crime against the whole people a crime for which we should not withhold punishment every community to day tor for its own preservation should bring swift legal reprisals against the person who has had a preventable f fire ire |