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Show Tobacco Finns Asked I ; to Aid Forest Work J An element of public service will be .Injected in tobacco advertisements If j ideas advocated by. Forcstj Inspector ;J E. Scott of the' forest service of-, i i flees in this city are accepted, It is 'stated. ' ! ! Because of tho fact that a number! of fires are due to careless smokers. Mr. Scott suggested to the forester at j Washington tnat the co-operation of :the large tobacco manufacturing com-! com-! panics be enlisted to assist in a cam-. ! paign against forest fires. The idea 'is that the tobacco manufacturers em-Iploy em-Iploy In their advertisement, forestt service slogans regarding the bonefits of carefulness on the pnrt of smokers smok-ers when they are In the woods. The matter was taken up by Secretary Sec-retary of Agriculture E. T. Meredith and has been placed before seven different dif-ferent tobacco manufacturing companies compa-nies of tno cast. No decision as to whether or not the manufacturers will accept the suggestion has yet been received, but It Is expected that tho Idea will be accepted. nn |