The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-01-08

o. In legislating upon these subjects prevention
BnOulu receive attention az we'll as punishment
ana cure; and, therefore, large attention should
be given 10 the care Of dependent and neglected
mostly recruited
AT present from twelve TO fifteen hundred chill.
dren are constantly remaining In our county in.
hrms -ies surrounded by influences which cannot
De Otherwise than communicating and debasing.
Many thousands more outside are waits upon the
community, without proper care or cnlture: and
ior lhese every principle Of economy az well as
humanity, demands the guardian care Of the
State.
II is true, our laws permit two or more counties
70 unite in providing for such children; but this
permission, for the most part ia neglected.
would, therefore, recommend that the law be 80
amended that when childrens homes are not pro.
vided within specified time in the near future,
that each county thus derellCt shall be required
to send all children remaining In It's lnHrmary to
the nearest Children's home, where they can be
properly provided for, and that the expenses of
such provision be paid by the county from which
they come.
OHIO PENITENTIARY.
desire to ask your special attention to the re.
port OF the Board NJ Directors and Wardens Of the
Penltentiary, l refer TO 1t with pleasure having
confidence that Its management has been grand
success not only financially but in other respects
IL Will be remembered referred In my last an.
uuhl mehbhk6 10 the IACJ tnaE the expenditures
during the year were Sl7 $3.50 more than the re.
ceiph. then showed that this deficit occurred
under former management and previous to its
being under the present Board OF Directors.
may now add that the deficit for this year has
been S3,7l6 "a, thus showing that from the com
mencement ofthe present management relative
increase In the receipts, and reduction In the
expenditures Had II II not been for the very low
price o; labor this excess would have been much
greater. Recently however, the price OF labor
has not only largely increased, but there ia
very active demand for 1t and at much higher
prices.
la the report of the Warden to the Board OF Di.
rectOTs you will perceive carefully prepared
statement OF the expenses per capita the past five
to- while In 1S79-the year just Closed-only Sll208
This reduction is in some measure attributable to
decline In the articles Of fsuslenance, but is more
largely due to the close and economical manage
mont OF It's officers. 1t will be observed also that
quite large amount of labor has been done for
the State In the various Improvements which have
been made, which, when computed by the day
amounts to SlS.35O50. But to my mind a much
greater work has been accomplished than In the
saving Of few thousand dollars. l alude to the
general management OF the institution. The
"ducking tub dungeon" and thumb screw
are all things Of the past The institution is being
run without resort to any such extreme measures
In fact there is bat little punishment of any kind
resorted to, and fatter myself that better order
aud discipline have never been in the prison than
at present. and the conduct Of the pritoners, as
result never better The sanitary condition is
also very good.