of dynamite in the colder camps. Nitroglycerin may be ab- 

 sorbed through the hands, causing severe headaches to the 

 men who use it. 



Those who have never seen a lumber camp have yet had 

 vividly impressed upon them by graphic stories the hardships 

 to which the log drivers are exposed, the great personal dan- 

 ger to the river drivers in the excitement of freeing jammed 

 logs, when a single slip may mean the crushing out of life be- 

 tween the heavy logs or drowning in the water below them. 

 Nor does the danger end with the logging, for the saw-mills, 

 with their powerful and sharp-edged machinery, add their 

 quota to the number of yearly accidents. 



Recognizing, as we must, the hazards, dangers and accidents 

 in the lumber industry, our desire is naturally aroused to do 

 something in the way of prevention and in extending to the 

 lumbermen the knowledge of first aid. 



I note in the Washington law for workmen's compensation, 

 which is a sort of State insurance, the employers of labor 

 paying the premium, that if statistics show an undue number 

 of accidents among the employes of any given company be- 

 cause of poor or careless management, the rate charged that 

 company is increased. It seems to me this law should also be 

 made to work the other way, so that any company making a 

 good showing in the way of fewer accidents than may be 

 taken for the normal number, should have its rates corre- 

 spondingly reduced. Even if this is not done, the less that 

 has to be paid out in compensation by the State will have a 

 tendency to reduce the general rates paid by the companies. 



The Red Cross will gladly co-operate with the Bureau of 

 Forestry and the lumber companies in arranging for first aid 

 instructions. Conditions in lumber camps differ greatly from 

 those in mines, railroads and other industrial plants. There 

 can rarely be physicians resident in such close proximity to 

 lumber camps that their services for instruction can be easily 

 made available. For this reason, it would be advisable to se- 

 cure the entire time of a certain number of doctors for this 

 purpose. To make an experiment and we learn best by ex- 

 perience the Red Cross makes this proposal: Towards a 

 fund of $3,000 it will contribute $500, if a number of lumber 

 companies in a given locality will club together to raise the 



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