' zt EVENING LEDGERPHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, JtJLY 17, 1917 . - j.w.w' rt W ' TUMW & .tKSWBRMI THE CAUSE OF ACCIDENTS 111 A REVIEW OF THE MANY ACCIDENTS WHICH HAVE OCCURRED IN THIS CITY DURING THE LAST FEW YEARS FINDS THEIR ORIGIN DUE PRINCIPALLY TO ONE OR THE OTHER OF FOUR MAIN CAUSES: 1. UNBUE HASTE 2. THOUGHTLESSNESS 3. CARELESSNESS 4. DRUNKENNESS In many cases "negligence" has been attributed as the cause; many accidents have also . occurred which seemed unavoidable, but generally it is found that the victim was to blame. In practically every case observance of simple safety rules would have acted as a preventive. UNDUE HASTE Under this head comes the pedestrian hurrying to pass in front of a moving train, street car or automobile. An arm, a leg and oftentimes a life is the sacrifice paid for the attempt to, save a moment's time. In the shop is found UNDUE HASTE in stepping from a moving elevator, or attempting to fix a belt or make a slight adjustment of moving machinery. A moment's wait after the whistle has blown is better than a hasty rush for the time-clock. There's plenty of time and you are less liable to injury. NO EMPLOYER ASKS YOU TO TAKE A CHANCE WITH A MOVING ELEVATOR OR MACHINERY. "MORE HASTE, LESS SPEED.'.' There is always time to stop at the curb to see if the street is clear. If you miss your car there will be another along in a few minutes. THE IMPORTANCE OF TEMPERANCE 1 As more and more things are done by machinery, as trolley cars supplant horse cars, as implements of greater precision and refinement takethe place of cruder ones, as the speed at which machinery is run is increased, as the intensity with which people work becomes greater, necessity of having a clear head during hours of labor becomes imperative and every condition that sur rounds modern business life necessitates sobriety on the part of the worker. ' Mffm 111 " m fif XL & (m m IP wmfim 81 WsKM si I V 4 9 Injuries to the drinking man heal slowly. The sober man thinks before he acts. Alcohol makes a man act before he thinks. Insurance records show.that drink shortens life eleven per cent. Ex-Governor Foss, of Massachusetts, who is one of the country's largest employers, attributes forty per cent of all industrial accidents to liquor. Alcoholism renders the workman less active and skill ful, and adds to the possibility of accident. It is necessary that he should enter upon his work with a clear mind and a mastery of himself that he can never have if addicted to the use of strong liquors. Safety and Health of the public improve by lessen ing the use of alcohol. Workers who frequent drinking places going to or coming from work are rapidly being replaced by non drinking men. Many employers have adopted the above policy, and notices have been bulletined. Temperance reduces Accidents. BEAR THESE THINGS IN MIND AS YOU GO ABOUT YOUR DAILY DUTIES ;"- ,-.---"qsgHi? s-. v. w&x4nw fnw ;vi?ri:Mj'i3?-2isaafcaifiii mmimmimmtmi- hiiump iiph.j :rJS5WWS3wSWHitIM-aX mmMmmmwiimmBm mmiihSWmmm x?i$ m-'M This campaign is supported in the interest of humanity by the following Manufacturing Interests, Financial Institutions, Public Service Corporations, Insurance Companies, Firms and Individuals: The Pennsylvania Railroad Company The Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co. The Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co. The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co. The Corn Exchange National Bank of Phila. Insurance Company of North America Philadelphia National League Ball Club New York Shipbuilding Corporation The S. S. White Dental Mfff. Co. Champion Blower & Forge Co. Thos. Wolstenholme Sons & Co., Inc. Henry Bower Chemical Mfg. Co. Otto Eisenlohr & Bros., Inc. (Cinco) Samuel T. Bodine, Pres. U. G. I. Co. The Baldwin Locomotive Works Empire Tire & Rubber Corporation Empire Steel & Iron Company Midvale Steel & Ordnance Co. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company New Standard Hardware Works Traylor Engineering & Mfg. to. Traylor Shipbuilding Corporation Trenton, Bristol & Phila. St. Ry. Co. (The Edwin H. Fitler Co. (Phila. Cordagi Co.) Royal Ascott Knitting Mills Co., Inc. The Pennsylvania Co. for Insurances on Lives and Granting Annuities The Home Life Insurance Co. of America, Philadelphia, Pa. Basil S. Walsh, Pres. Central Market Street Co. Proprietors of Victoria. Globe, Ruby, Princess. Savoy, Market Street and Auditorium Theatres Mass. Employees Insurance Assoc. Bethlehem Steel Company John Lucas & Co., Inc. American Bridge Co. J. S. Wentz Co. Alan Wood Iron & Steel Co. Sauquoit Silk Mfg. Co. Philadelphia Electric Co. Atlantic Refining Co. Lukens Steel Co. David Lupton's Sons Co. Nagle Steel Co. Aberfoyle Mfg. Co. Ballinger & Perrot Bernstein Mfg. Co. First National Bank of Phila. Abrasive Company Crew-Levick Co. The Bank of North America Slaymaker Lock Co. Freihofer Baking Co. L. G. Graff & Son Quaker City Cab Co Alexander Brothers W. Atlee Burpee & Co. Louis J. Kolb J. E. Caldwell & Co. Ingersoll-Rand Co. Norfolk & Western Railway A. F. Bornot Bro. Co. D. G. Dery John B. Stetson Co. Glasgow Iron Co. Pooley Furniture Co., Inc. Antonio Roig & Langsdorf Union National Bank John Gribbel Robert K. Cassatt Harrisons, Inc. Charles E. Hires & Co. Pure Oil Company Delaware State College Union Paving Co. New Jersey Zinc Company' Chas. J. Webb & Co. Clyde S. Adams Bailey, Banks & Biddle Co. H. W. Butterworth & Sons Co. Keystone Type Foundry John A. Rigg William Amcr Co. M. B. Laubach Co. American Engineering Co. A. T. Baker & Co. Standard Steel Works Co. Whitall-Tatum Company Joseph Stokes Rubber Co. The Franklin Baker Co. The Brown Instrument Co. Commercial Coal Mining Co. Abram Cox Stove Co. Watson Malohe & Sons Susquehanna Coal Co. Stephen F. Whitman & Son Link-Belt Co. The Miller Lock Co. Isaac Hathaway Francis John T. Dyer Quarry Co. Electric Service Supplies Co. John R. Evans & Co. Ford & Kendig Co. The Hess-Bright Mfg. Co. Moore & White Co. Pioneer Suspender Co. Sun Shipbuilding Co. F. G. Vogt & Sons, Inc. Geo. D. Wctherill & Co., Inc. The John C. Winston Co. Parkesburg Iron Co. William M. Lloyd Co. Royal Electrotype Co. Commercial Truck -Co. of America Baker, Ayling & Young Standard Roller Bearing Co. Wm. Steele & Sons Co. The Reliance Insurance Co. Scofield Engineering Co. C. J. Matthews & Co. Coatesville Boiler Works Horace T. Potts & Co. Penn1 Worsted Co. Nicetown Plate Washer Co. Merchant & Evans Co. John Lang Paper Co. D.'H. McGookin&Co. Armstrong Cork Co. Farr & Bailey Mfg. Co. John J. Felin & Co., Inc. Wm. G. Davidson & Co., Inc. ; Logan Trust Co. ! C. R. Carver Co. , . Armstrong & Latta Co. Autocar Company Philadelphia Paper Mfg. Co. Graham, Parsons & Co. Wills-Jones Co. Elder & Jenks ' Thomas II. Wilson, Inc. II. B. Underwood Co. W. H. Sylvester & Sons Supplee Milk Co. Scott-Powell Dairies Jonathan May & Sons W. W. Lindsay & Co. Breyer Ice Cream Co. Abbotts Alderney Dairies Kctterlinus Litho. Mfg. Co. . Felton, Sibley : Co., Inc. Concordia Silk Hosiery Co., Inc. Penn Paper & Stock Co. J. H. Weil & Co. Frank Samuel Frank C. Roberts & Co. , American Baptist Publication Society Estate Geo. Pabst ' -. F. T. Chandler 4 De Haven & Townsend ' Harbison's Dairies Geo. B. Newton Coal Co. k'i . . yxt.? -: w iv . ' 4- ik 'S 1 j i j.. 7k- READ EACH OF THE ARTICLES TO COME '-..-.?. RPiWhWiV- - v '-"ii. WMM smm -X . W
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