Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 171, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1914 — Rate of Railroad Mortality. [ARTICLE]

Rate of Railroad Mortality.

To show that railroad travel is not ao deadly as it is thought to he is not to say that it is not much more deadly than it ought to be; but certainly the railroads are entitled to the statistical proof of what they have- already done to lower the rate of mortality. That by the fairest possible statistical comparison the rate of mortality yens higher Th this country than iff Europe does not absolutely prove that the railroads are less zealous in this country to protect the lives of passengers. Owing to the differences in equipment it Is impossible for the European travelers to take the voluntary risks which American travelers take. Before a European train starts every passenger is tucked away in his apartment There is no such thing as a tardy one running to overtake his train. It might be argued, too, that the risk of travel increases faster than the distance, but that, of course, is an abstraction.