Needless Loss of Life

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Aug 8, 1916

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 43, No. 31.

Needless Loss of Life

It is estimated by the Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C., that 75,000 persons are accidentally killed in the United States every year, and it is further estimated that not less than 2,000,000 persons are accidentally injured in this country each year. Most of these accidental deaths and injuries are attributed to some preventable cause. Haste and inattention are responsible for a great many of them. Secretary of the Interior Lane has equipped a special train of twelve cars to visit every state with exhibits to show how life is lost or menaced, and how it may be preserved.

Men are well-nigh furious in their rush for gain and for pleasure. It is a disease deeply rooted, and spreading throughout the social body of the world. It is a disease, too, that is one of the significant signs of our times. Unless the disease itself is remedied, there is no prospect but that things will continue to grow worse and worse in these lines.