Bisbee Daily Review

UNCLE SAM PLANS TO SHOW SAFETY FIRST BENEFITS TO NATION
Success of Recent Mines Exposition Suggests to Government Advantage of Dispatching Train on Tour.

WASHINGTON, March 25. - The Safety First Exposition, which was held in Washington recently and which depicted what the Federal Government is doing in the saving of life and property, may soon be brought to the doorsteps of every citizen in the United States.

The exposition was of such far-reaching educational value and created so much public interest that Secretary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane conceived the idea that the rest of the country ought, if possible, to be given the opportunity of seeing it. He accordingly wrote a letter to Daniel Willard, President of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, requesting the free use of a complete train for that purpose. President Willard responded immediately and offered to furnish an all steel train of any necessary number of cars to transport the exhibits. The railroad also agreed to haul this train free of charge over the entire length of its line, stopping a sufficient length of time in each city or town to enable the people to inspect thoroughly the various exhibits.

It has been tentatively agreed that this train will be in Washington by May 1, and that it will be equipped as rapidly as possible and sent on its way. An itinerary will be arranged without delay. It is the plan of Secretary Lane that upon the completion of this itinerary the other prominent railroads of the country will be asked to extend similar favors over their lines and in this way he hopes that everyone in the country sufficiently interested will be able to see the exhibits.

The exposition held in Washington originated with the Bureau of Mines and through the encouragement of Secretary Lane spread to all the other departments until twenty-seven Federal bureaus were represented, as well as the American Red Cross and the police department of the District of Columbia.

"I am of the opinion that such a moving exposition will be of great educational advantage to the country," said Secretary Lane today. "The exposition as I saw it was a revelation as to the extent of the Federal Government's activities along the lines of life saving and property saving. That it created great popular interest was evinced by the fact that in the very busy city of Washington, having manifold other interests, the exposition attracted more than 35,000 persons during the week.

"Best of all, this moving exposition will give the people of the interior towns and cities an opportunity to see and understand what the Federal Government is doing in places remote. For instance, the work of the Public Health Service, Treasury Department, in guarding the gateways of the Republic against epidemics of diseases sent us from foreign shores and the stamping out of these diseases on the threshold of the country; the work of the Coast Guard Service, Treasury Department, in saving life at sea, making the ocean lanes safe for travel; the Navigation Bureau, Commerce Department, with its extensive system of wireless which has already saved thousands of lives on shipwrecked vessels; the Forest Service's plan, Department of Agriculture, of fighting forest fires and preserving millions of dollars of natural resources to the nation; the methods used by the Bureau of Mines, Interior Department, in rescuing entombed miners from terrible death; and the safety methods of the Interstate Commerce Commission which have so signially reduced the deaths among trainmen.

"In addition there is the safety first work of the Army and Navy Departments, in sanitation and the stamping out of the typhoid fever in the Army and Navy.

"These are but a few of the many interesting activities of the Federal Government that the people will be privileged to see and learn about. Altogether it will be a rare opportunity for the average citizen of the United States and will give him a better and a clearer idea of what a great and humanitarian country he lives in."