The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-08

~ ahhhAtoiy W ucf tutcIcSt 10 TtSutue. Il
verify believe. also. that the lessees will
make under the lease from 81 500, 900 to So, :.
O0O,0O0, clear profit within the next ten
years; and, If they can do this, why not the
state? Let us look at some figures which
were submitted the other day by Senator
Traylor. and each item was put down in
accordance with Superintendent Goree's
report for the years 1880 and 1882;
EXPRESSES OF ONE CONVICT
l5 yards WOODEN goods at 80 cents Or. 1850.
rs yards cotton goods at.io cents Or, 1850 o. "
pair Shoes at 81 rs IT, 1850. p aD...... SO
pair socks at rs cents (R. 1850, p. 2D..,. 30
Pro rata pay Of guards and sergeanS
Medicine per year per man R. 1850, p. 25j 50
Stationery, ammunition etc (R. 1850. p. 25) %
Tobacco regular rations, tR 1880, p, 25), so
Tobacco extra, (R. 1850 p. 25) ,..";..,. 40
Pro rata OF bedding for guards and con-
Pro rata expense Of state officers ......... rs
Discharge money and transportation (R -
Rceaptnres tR, 1881 n. 'iiss'.,.'i, 50
Clothing TO discharged aud purdoned R
1851, y. 81. Observation-Disclosures. IL
S9l OF
One convict ut ZIG per month for one
year. ,n.,,.,.,,,.....,,... ,sl92 90
Profit per capita per annum to lcssees
Estimated profits to the state upon the fore
going basis IN case OF resumption for fifteen
years:
500 convic,s In walls self supporting.
oanita ner annum WV p,on' e"0'' p'' a Of. ots
2,7lb cOnvicts for fifteen years. ....,.. BIB 90
Deduct amonnt TO be paid by lcssees Of $4,000
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Leaving GEAR pronl over lease S or. ;sSlSs 40
nr roh w hsrs V S 'e same easlS' INC
so, convie,s IN walls scf snnnoriln;r-- nv "''N''
a,ioS convicts on farms al net profit of
tlOi per annum per caplta for one
year.. .............."".."s 2i270a
2lu5 convieis ioi Yen year.; ,.'''.''.''' 2'4zo2O
De s,aars "n'o''i' vi ie"s' 'o' 'eu soo,ofo
nsdnnt corrvina conyjicts for '-V''V'V
eirht wears. .',.',..,.,. 20l0O)
- 100000
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Leaving profit over the lease Of; .s2O27O20
New, IS III not strange that Wneh INC state
resumed control OF the penllentiaries under
Governor Huooaru's admiliislratlon, that
institution pal9 saQ,oVo yearly ABOVE ex-
penses, anu Wneii ~ , ms o neen leased out
since at the rate OF alVO,oV per annum,
tnat we should nov DC content 10 TAKE only
$zoWo a year Inc hauulln sentimental
Ivy tnat urges ,hat 10 money should be
maze 6y the state out OF the states con.
victs, nave no patience wlth' provided
that these convlcts pc treated only az the
law contemplates, what is the sentence
that 10 imposed on tneM when sent
TO the institution That they shall
be put to hard labor But while this
labor Should be performed by them TO the
best Interests and good OF the state and
themselves, yet, IL any pront is TO arise rs
result, then the state should have the
heneiit. They should not be put up to the
highest bidder, like 80 many cattle, to go
INTO the hands OF men who take, the, con-
tract Tor profit solely, and, under the abom-
lnabie system, will work tine last one of
N'e,n 10 tnelr very utmost tension, while,
he same reason, stinting them in food,
CO. plng, ETC., TN order that that profit
,,,itht swell TO the heaviest proportions.
Nor have / any patience with that dema-
Soeioal cry that this convict labor comes
constantly and necessarily in contact with
Tree labor.
The past season every hand that could be
fAynd and couxed towork was offered splen-
didNremuneration by the planters, who, for
lack OF suinciehcy OF labor, saw thousands
OF bales OF cotton so to waste upon the
stalks in the fields. No man, woman or
child, who could perform the simple effort
OF picking the staple, was deprived of one
hours work upon our farms. / concede,
however, that this Is not true of convict la.
Dor on railway construction, etc, as thous.
ands Of our annual influx OF immigrants,
and OF our present population as well. are
adapted Tor and seek just such employ
ment.
But it is commended that Texas
is not in condition TO resume. II not now,
when. in the name of common sense will
she ever be? She resumed in 1877, on $50.
600, and scarcely any machinery on hand,
and yet made profit of $4,000 per annum
more than the lease gave the state, as
stated above Atpresent We have s., 900.
600 In the treasury. Surely, then, il with
the $l50,0O0 appropriated ny the l7th lepis.
lature, with a quantity OF machinery on
hand, with the $4,000 more proposed To-
be given to the lessees to buy additional
machinery, with the buildings in good
condition, the state ought to be able TO re.
sumo, IL ever. But 1t is argued that
tho state cannot baAdlc the
business as an individual can. The history
we have Just alluded to does not bear ont
the inference that she will lose any money
by resumption, while the experience of AZ.
kansas and other states, POSTPONED once
precisely as we are now, proves The profit IN
Sccrue, II the state can secure an efficient
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