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Show Getting After the Carelota Citizen. The farmer is held liable for damage dam-age If he builds a lire and permits It to spread to his neighbor's land ; railroad rail-road companies have been held liable for damage done by the tire spreading spread-ing from their rights of way. Why not extend this liability to the man svith a basement full of rubbish, n d- feetive chimney or other known (Ire : hazard, which results in tire and In- j Jury to his neighbor? Why not com- pel him to reimburse the city for the ' expense of putting out the, fire caused I by bis carelessness? l'ennsylvanla has such a law. A number of cities j provide this penalty by ordinance. Th? large majority of lires are due j to carelessness, and there is no more ! effective way to cure such carelessness I than through the pocketboolc. Chi- cagu Dally News. j |