The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-11-22
CcnvicG Labor.
Frolo The Southern lndus!rics.l

IIVHihlIG IOI IhC 'tllV'hI VI iHS PVHI
tertiary from NASHVILLE, Itappcars to us
. most favorable opportunity Ion saying
something on the subject Of convict la
Dor.
To criticise the system of jurics, find
ing criminals only guilty enough for the
judges 10 sentence 10 greater or less
Term Of imprisonment Is NOT our object
but instead We wish ~ solve the prob
lem Vi what to dJ with these miscrcants
when sentenced 10 confinement, without
infringing On tie rights Of Iaw-abldhg
c.iilons. They cannot be kept III abaO-
lutte ldlcne-s, yet the question arises, Is
there any reason Why they should be
taught trades, and the result Of their Ia
Dor in cheap ware. be- thrown upon the
market 10 compete with similar oues,
produced by mechanics "ho have learn
ed their trades with It view I'll providing
I Themselves aud families win comtora-
bic ii?ires?
/ Or b. it iu.t tia. the labor Of these
c.uyic- be utilized On the iarm, or in
| iuoa, IT, tho d..umCut OF that class Of
. oui people who ia.s iyrlunatc lhan the
mechanic must ioilow one Of those ayo.
cations for Il jIycihoodl
EwpHatloIiy $50 answer 10 to both
these questions. The labor Of conyicls
costs ,.. f.culalor in il not more than
iltyccn@ per day, while the respectable
citizen cannot support himself on double
that amount. Ici the convict at fifty
cents, after 70 couple 81 years in one Of
the many workshops of the prison, be-.
comes quite is expert mechanic as the
one ut liberty WHO las passed much
more time at learning the trade, be-
cause the time Of the one Is the property
Of the lessee, and every second Of it IL
made available. Hence in ouc-half the
time that The casy-going apprentice
passes at it the ,Uic sill be- learned.
with uch corps o.. Weil-traiucd ar
tsau-, the prison lessee has only to
adopt any branch or manufacture to ut
once mouopoillc tie market with It's
products. ior instance, wagons and
farm implements, manufactured AT the
prison, whore three or four hundred
convict have become skilled mechanics,
what work hops in the land can COM
pete apnlu,l them 2 The one paying iif
~ cents and the other three dollars per
dag each lor tLoir workmen, and the
cheapest labor working from early dawn
Ill might, against the others work of
ten hours Yer day, and that not under
the iasb, a. wc may .ay of the conyicts.
lAc result il more work from one than
the other, aud il everything else Was
equal the difference in cost Of labor
alone would be an enormous profit. At.
the pcnllcnilary ia Nashville wagons
are maao a slccaity, and rs q result Of
The above fact. 10 builders ia the conu-I
try can compete against them, and our
farmers must either purchase their wag- |
ons Of that monopol y orpay IN advance
prcc to some one else. Men who have |
the loa.cs Oh prisons become at once not
DuIy 'aulocrats' over the convicts, but
II the consumer, ul their fabrics, be-
cause they flood the coupiry win tbcm
and the consumer is forced f. unr,Lasc
S,;t - m;,h .,mr
any other articles manufactured in prls-
ms
Whore c,rv,r,s mo hired f. t,r,oor.
or ovur,. or ,,,prs ,Lo .,r'c ,L;nc,;nno
,r;.r rr., tbr sopn c,u.cq qLs cLoom
ur.sor Nh, hn,r and fine ohs,iuto cor
troll If il place. fine l...rcs in - nn.i,inn
IN undrrhjJ fine c,t,,cr l.borrr
IN nr,uc;,lc wc or, ,.r,.,l ,, u,o
.,.l,m. ,.t np|y bor,ns.ut H., ;,i,s,ino
H. honest r,r.ru,,,. ouJ I.L,rnTs Inn
.p ,c,,ppt T., ,Lr i,u,o.,uI ,a.,, ,nn,,
lbc ro,nonn;,y The rrp.cnc. m tLc
midst Of II p1pulous civ IF fine yilos,
.cmr,optptiyrs Of fine ct.s.nooIg nf ~.
.icly is d,aroJiuo. !, lnwar. tbe osr
,olr Of ,,r,rr and rc.r..,aLiI,,r anJ
or These rcp.ons olnn, .hnuII +, JiN
'' WIS
If mon and women must Lo n,,;.boaI
,, i,,,,.,n,,.,t l'.,,ar ,,,nl.t :. L.,
,o.n iLo, ,,nI5o ,r,an ,.naJ ,';n ~ W
,ly, uI,,'incr t.r ir'''a,.I, ,', ,'',, ~, ~,
,,l a., tL., oI,,, u'.n, 49, , '',''' =; ~
.o,opoti,;,r 0,ih ,Lrm os' ,,n,l,.am, -, ~.
ncrrhgulahlr warc. W.ril ,i, "",' i 80 W.
N. H., ,r.n ,".,, ' .,;,I ' I ~ ' I
.arp orJ r;,l.r r.r,,,. nm I ',' r ,,'o''
..rl g,,;.n.o, ,.iII ,n,nro ;,, Ii',' - o''