The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-12-05

Int' ami ha. ACCOMPLISHED |
IN appropriated to his
enterprise | a., r.t
he time was in the
waters all over Tie
hshcS, turn;S hing
Ol the year che ~
jcrS Of CUR l,cGl..r
|n cXi iau>iC.i ia;
now above tide
i;uai experiment
thus cA!aus.
|w years nIa,tc to
FMcn$ivc SUNNY
W,ailvc Criuicu.
nDnucnt, AMI ia
but the tcathlng Of actual cXpctf(l
several of the States the people are n0NI~l
the rich fruits Of their Efforts in this direction
Is Il constant and never failing supply OF this
most inyigoratin,: food. which they iiul free to
their hands, c.Vwiiug ~. their streams a:,I nv
ers. l reeomncnd a careful consideration OF The
Fish CommissionSrls Eerort am the establish
,mcnt of ibis sQssfprise UPON Il wider and
.Ermer, foundation.
TESTEXTIANY.
1t will be scca from The rcrul, or the *urcr.
ilendcnt Of the Pctitcntiary that the comvic.s
Ralu,bcr Gl0; OF these 800 have been hircl on;
to private individuals and to railroad. and other
corporations, leaving about go constantly con.
Encd IN the rci!:irnIiary. With these cynvi,is
not Hired uUt under the supervision Of the So
rcrntcndeni, whose zeal and lathtulnrss in the
discharge of his various duties cannot be too
highly cunnrmdci the rcutrnt:aly grounds
aii prnvcrty have been greatly improvci-thc
wal! cXlGalci $40 feet AMI sevcla! large n"crs.
sary and commolious buildings erected q LARGE
amount Of brick manufactured aiii other indus.
tries inaUgUraicl.
Tine money vuue OF these Improvements aud
buildings cannot be less than Sli,OuD. besides
,lhvr work done On STATE House grounds u.L
elsewhere. Tie discipline Of TIE institution is
without objection, anl the health of the convicis
better than it has been for years, and is now as
goo" ~ that Of any portion Of Ia" 20. lc in the
sane community.
The practice" IF hiring ou tic couvict, to any
and MI parties Ir any and AL ru,r. e., as an.
th"ri2cl under recent legislation, has not hrcl in
operation long enough 10 cnah!r u 20 form !.
CVrrcc; opinion "a Tie wisIi.:. ut this Inirv.
Elsewhere IitiS practice has given great Gis,,!;-
i''Nction. and understand that in some of our
SISTER States the laws permitting il. after trial
nave been repeated In somc "f ,lc Counties
in which the conyicts have hrcn hired in tbs
state complaints have been made, and The grand
.UrleS IN one on more fihc%c Counties have pre-
scented the lrActIc" "S &a evil IL las been oh
lccicd 10 ON tAc ground HAT the conyiclS have
not beer sufficiently guarded ami that heir labor
comes IN competition with The labor OF Ihc cou,.-
Try. In my last Message | rccolmmcn lc! that
t!i:a Labor or portion If it should lie utilized
outside of the PCn:!cniiary walls in works Of a
HuaSi-puhlic nature AMI in the DEVELOPMENT Of
our resources: and while ,tuc consideration
shuGli he given to the opinion of the Grand iu-
rics referred 10, | must say that have seen rs
YET no sufficient reason TO change my opinion on
That subject, and before this policy j. abandoned
] think it should be given a thorough trial
he evils complained of, growing out of the
absence OF proper guarding. can Dc rcmcdicd,
and do not ihin!. that the labor Of the country
is abundant rs TO Lc seriously affected by the
competition referred to. At all events, Ill, =
convicis should he made in som. way to support
themselves, and the people thereby and to that
extent relieved f!ola taxation. And unit, some
Tcmuncratiu- industries can hc established III.
side Of the rcricn,iary in which all Tic ccmyic;
can lie employed, the alternative is presented
either TO hire portion Of them ont OF to sup.
port them in il!cmcSs FROM the public treasury
which would require an annual approximation
nearly double that at present made OF the two,
the !ormcr course, in my iud gmC!t. is the best.
The reports u the Board Of Directors. The
SurrriTj cnicnt and others connected with the
institution will be before yon, and to these re-
PORTS refer you for further information, cqlin.
your attention SIcCiaily to t!.c wants uf dis
iIst''iioh stated aud the rrccoulci!,!Hi.ui' .ui'4 - .; lc
Ihcrcin. In addition, would rccrmmcni tha,
the law in relation to hiring convicts be amen
drl 50 10 make it criminal u,cnav, viii. y
PENALTY sufficiently high to enforce prompt COIN
con"!iAmcc, for any contractor to rcli;sc TO re
turn c"nvicts To the pcnitcniidry upon the ter
In:Eaiion Of the coM,rac, and upon The order
al the Board. Ii,:s is important 50 rs 10
give ihc Board that complete control over the
conyics which their proper protection aHi
proper security demands. it il also Important
- cui,!!, lie Board to mcc; that .y-ir1m,ih.H,y
which thair relation TO this institution Imposes
upon ihcm and which is expected at ii cir