The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-02-12

while 1t has two or three times the
Cottonwood got the lions
share.
The Spirit Lake Beacon congratu-
l,trs the people of that town that, for
the first time in its history, the liquor,
traffic has ceased. Window, Jackson,
and Spirit Lake, among the surround
ing towns are now free from liquor sd
looms, and we are waiting anxiously
to hear the same of I.u Verne and Sib-
ley. (f course, we shall be charged
with 'exaggeration and all that if
we intimate that much Of this temper
ance effort and success is due to the
example of this community, but we in
innate it nevertheless: Here in Wor-
Ellington was the battle ground; here
the temperance people triunphed and
demonstrated the advantages of tenn
pe:ance SO clearly that all the sur
rounding communities are gradually
acknowledging it and doinc likewise.
CRfME
The recent report Of the Minnesota
Penitentiary furnishes one of the
strongest lectures we have read in favor
of Prohibition and Compulsory Ed
ucation. The time will come when the
State will claim that both of these are
necessary to its preservation and de-
velopment and will lay hold Of the Ii
quor traffic and Of ignorance as it does
Of Pestilence " Of any tlestruct We and
deadly visitation. The figures given
below show that Of the 134 convicts
now confined III the Minnesota. Peni-
Tertiary, 1ol were incorporate. The
proportion II Incorporate in the Ohio
Penitent;ary is nearly as great, about
600 out Of the 900 being Incorporate !:
Of the 1871 convicts now confined 1O1
were Incorporate and SO were temper
ate. One hundred and twe,. ty-fve use
tobacco and but nine do not. Twenty
seven of the number can neither read
nor write. Matrimony receives Il tell
ing advocacy in the fact that only
twenty-four Of the whole number are
married, the other one hundred and ten
being single. Fully one Il inbred of
the number are shown to he without
trades sev-nty-six of whom are class
ell us la|Mrers, and fifteen us farmers.
The other occupations are represented
us follows: Bakers, 3 {; BARRIERS 3;
blacksmitlls. 3 ; stone,Il;lslls, 8; mould
ers, 2; boOkbinderS, ?; printers, 2:
veterinary, 2; s|oenlakers, 2; artist,
nlaclinist, l /; carpenter, l !; engineer. l:
druggist, !; merchant, /; clerk,
sailor, :: cook L; gardener, l; tailor.
|; forgenan, accountant, i; agent,
!; gIassllower, /; cooper, /; teacher,
l.; groom. l.
The moral is obvious, and there can
be little doubt that with the trades in
which the convicts are instructed du-
ring their terms, TRY go forth in many
cases better equipped for life than
when they entered. The Warde,,
makes this commentary, which. is per-
tinent in this connection
II am we'll aware that at the present
time, when crimes are 80 frequent.
that there IS strong Keeling against
comvicts, but there is Il fact in connec-
ton with this matter worthy of our
consideration. 1t is this-that a large
per cent. of those sent MP here during
the past year are young men, some
mere boys, and for short terms. They
hive generally been addicted to i,,tem-
perauce and their education sadly neg
lected, although the most of them claim
that they can read and write, yet their
education is extremely limited. OF
course there are exceptions, but intem-
perance and ignorance are the two pri-
mary causes that bring men to this
prison. While here they are strictly
temperate, and we are eldeavoring to
give them an education sufficient to
enable them to do business for them
selves.