The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-23

must either neglect WAT So - r,o,iired a
as a financial manager or "ha' .,'esstreat- D
OF him as custodian OF cohfIe'Si r., one case /,
ment should be reiOfnSlui! ,..aI,ad nv bir-
the defieiency can only be snppEeu w - % h
I'M, NJ Lars ,,nenso persons coihpeteus :,
snoeriutend he manufacturing az ~ rs- I,
msnis. in The other, the prisoners a. ,bsir i
ceiv, thai 6ersoRal supervision Nlyn ~. ii
s,ias W 81 he welfare of society ue y
u uesn in'e'y Na an The whole intelligent y
s.r,'n,an, ~ onr country is opposed 70 "
manassmen, ii mercantile affairs py lue
s,ste n il believed that they are NO.
wisely and economically administered "
| indiyldualso or private corporatlons' !
KyprRTrNcsoF OTHER STATES, 49,, !;
Hon 4. ID Pikbury, late superlnhseih,iEr ,
ent of New York state prisohs'shu p,o oa1ss5l
the most accomplished anu su' S,sias
prison manage IN the uu.nu ~ sv.'
says III regard 70 the puohc a''o"'' -
tenn: IT., 4, ,,,,r st,te
risons SAlsbe certain 10 end in los 10
he state itwouId be next to lmpossple
10 find men b take charge OF them, gu
hjnIng the orlities OF a successful F'soh
MANAGER an, the business capacity .Gces-
snrv 40 manage successfully, not mteIy
single greaf industry, but varfty Oh
smaller ones and If such men ce'iu ne
sn,',,J ,r;.,,, enterprlse would Off them |
la oraater Inducements than culi be |
oiIe,ed to a rrison warden. Tho state OF
New York mi sufficient experiere Oh the !
system In M, losses resulting iroS us man
ntacture of ION at Clinton and lne al oing
Sing on stat account, to war; IL against
reD .ting the costly experlmAt III Tue
t future" a.. ..,,o ~
The specia commission toithe state oil
Connecticut report The great INDUSTRY
: lat Thcmaston Mainc) has been wagon,
, making andwhcn this committee visited
/ the prison many we're storedlh lol's wne!e
, they had lain for years, dolnS auly ohiy III
been remorsa Warden Tolman occupied
. his Mace an Investigating committee had
t pricked the bubble, and shown That
4 The boasted financial success was but an ar
ranpement oil iNres without foundation IN
fact: that instcad of repol yea yearly
. profit, the staleVas loser 10 the amount
d Of nearly $l00,W,' .,
i Again this c0gmssIon says II regard 10
:, the Wisconsin 3lte prison:
"Ihe priwv u Wisconsin WIS, PRIOR 10
/. 1877. MANAGED Al public account, ana was
II considered u lstui success, NJ Cordier,
e when warden, 5ported that 10 conYicts
We're earning Il 20 per day; Subsequently
/. in IS7S. the Neh warden, II, NJ. Smith,
3 saws in his Nport; 10 OF minds the
!. Observation-Disclosures of W prison has
:. proved a lalus and the stat, would have
/, been $l3 ,535I better Off lIancially had
d the shops in tie prison been iosed and the
% prisoners couihed in idlenssi therefore,
from. the mat careful esma'e We car
Is make, we are Greed to the uWelcome Goa.
10 Clusion, that II the shops ho not been re
! y A. Al, A
IL oncrs kent without labor 0any KIND, INT
is state would hive been bder off, iinan
"a cjaily. by at Vkst $50 600 anually.'"
A Mr.. John s Perry, of 'ew York, wh'
If has given mush time an( attention to 1
10 thorough Investigation 4 this subject
d says: ut & iavdte theory o
G. some of the oppnents of thu
pr system u contrting convlc
o. labor, that 1he PRISONS should be EN-
q ployed on Public aCcour that is, the stat
/. should become manucturer, and thu
Ia enter into oompetitionwith its own peo
IN Pile. ,,,.
no the Justice ofsuch a preceding, Il sutlicien
nd answer may be found n the archives g
or our own state relatine,o prisons. Thos
v will show that million of public none
ct have been expended dung the past thirty
or five years in abortlv attempts TO mar
l.. uiacture iron nails, me, marble. MAJ
nd bic dust, ETC.. etc. 1tse have all bee
q. abandoned"
o, This ISL; a A i6i9S!6
Jr theg -nhVU Ntcn emploM both on contrlC
50 and on stats account. he records give th
us names OF large numhof contractors 10
to almost every variety GEork, of whom bu
H. one or two now remaiH Many have laiec
. while Others have abariOucd the system Il
IL Improbable. On state ECouut the convict
nj nave been emP.Oyol in the manutat
III tire OF nails, IN quarrying an
III WORKING marble, ID burning lime
rs manufacturing burr mill-stOnes, brush,
nc and tools, laundying shirts, and in som
re other brNnches Of labor Ii is fair to a.
% sumo shat they we've all Improbable, Il
10 they have been abandoned, notwithstanding
-, the large outlay made from time TO time, b
the state, for Quarres, mines, woodland
% machinery and other facilities for conduc
H. ing these respective industries In regar
In 10 the manufacture Of iron and nails, IL
10 well-known that the state sank millions
X CLINTON prison from 1914 to 1877, in th
T. attempt TO conduct this work The stat
was ieeced at every step, from the conceI
vt tloh OF the enterprise down to the sale
s. I'm thus conducting a manufacturer
u, business by the state there was always
~ loss eilher nom inCapaclty on the part
= from the nature of the cas-,
A. and thus must it always bein
!. such enterprises carried on BY a state 20,
ii ernment. 1t cannot be expected that
l. man who has special fitness for tho dutie
D. OF II warden, should have either the skill c
Is !he ume 10 make success OF manutaCtu
L ing, winch requires the undivided though
~ anu attention OF men OF large experience
|" as wen as the inspiration of hope for pc
!, sohai profit 1t may be said that compt
q tent man might be employed to conduct til
u business under the supervision OF tn
:, warden, ana this would Mt first sight appea
u reasonable; but experience has shown thu
) .heTe are 700 many opportunities for leal
age, ana Tor unprlncipled men to prey upo
the state, when it undertakes to carry o
g the business OF private citizen Be TIL
y as IL may, however, the state of New Yor
q found 1t Improbable to continue manufa,
turing, and, Therefore, to u great extent
saorlnceu the plants that had been provide
/ at such q fearful cost.
= AS an illustration of the difference |
Iue results between a manufacturing bus
ness, conducted by the state, and by an II
dlyidual, l will mention, that while til
q former conducted the business, withor
c cost for rent or labor, and with only the e,
. pensc OF leedingIand caring for the convict
$ II lost money; while the latter, though sui
! leottoaytarly rfnt the state of 81, OCO, an
l iolhe vicssltudksin the cost of citizen labo
y sad to nein Ee enjoyment ofprosperitl
u 10 manufacturing business can be suI
veSSlui with c1A1lct labor, unless base
y upon the IolloNIms clements;
: ISL a PHOSPHORUS business and tho
9uehiy esta6liS led reputation for the pr'
Sd. Ample Japial and credit.
'oj. a comp lele knowledge OF the bus
y ness IN All its tNehils
"lth, The SIX 10 Orgauise and system
ati2c, and to uye This knowledge to the be
9th. An eyp that allows nothing to c
cape ITS noticf, coupled with economy
= the smallest II iems
Few manu- SatlpreB combine these re,
u'sitoS, and hcpw hopeless to expect to fin
hem IN PRISON. officials. Let the state
New York assume the business OF either I
, It's successful prison contractors, and loss
certain to FOLLOW; il hn ever been thus, an
will l.,,,lVl,.l 49,