The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-03-19

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they have q fair share Of book learning
and self'control in the use.Of lntOxl'
canta, Crime has advanced TO higher
plane than lifty years ago, and the sue
Cessful and habitual criminal must not
only be the pOssessOr Of cool head and
firm nerves, but have q considerable do
gree OF intelligence and education. II
we look for the causes that lead to q
criminal career, ending In q cell In the
Penltentiary, tho figures Of this able
report are eloquent and convincing 1t
| Ia not hard drinkine-nOt Ignorance,
hut ldleness that Ia the parent Of great
| proportion of the wrong doing, This
table Ia complied from the exhibit or
the industrial relations Of the b7i prls'
Oners received the last year:
Never anprenliced TO trade, de,,,,,,,,u,,,",r"'''sf
Apprentu,d and Ahhconned d'u,'''''''''''''''''' "a
MI Spprsnced 1 pat served four jsas al aado 20
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At the close OF the year there were
| TAI persons In confinement In the Peni'
tentiary, and the proportions of tho
above table hold good TO the whole
number, that 10 four-iiIths never learn
cd q trade and less than one'flfth had
industrial learning, which generally
means a fair start In life Of honesty,
industry and usefulness,
The educational statistics show that
400 could, and 70 could not, read and
write; 4S2 had attended school and 9s
had not.
The statistics as TO lntemperance are
also striking, The sober and moderate
drinkers" count up 357, the occasion
ally lntoxicant' l9l, and the intemDer-
ate 40.
30 we have these relative percentages
az to the many causes that lead young
men TO an honest or Vicious life;
Learned a trade, 10 per cent OF the con
ylcls; having no trade, 81 per cent Not
able to read and write, II per cent? able
to read and write, SO per cent. Temper
ate, 03 per cent, OF the cOnvlcts; "ocra-
siOnally. intoxicated or iutemperate," 81
per cent,
Idleness and a lack Of individual
training are the potent and weeping
causes that lead TO an evil life that llnds
its almost certain outcome In the State
prison. Ignorance holds but trilllng
relation to this cause, and while intem'
perance ls more potent force, yet " is
only secondary one. The lesson OF
these figures IL that the formation OF In
dustrIous habits aud the acquisition Of
a trade ia about the best send-oif that
can be given boy for q start In the
world, They imply the cultivation OF
habits Of sObrlety, and q reach out for
educational advantages.
The apprentice system, owing to va
rlety of causes, and largely because OF
changes introduced In mechanical In
dnstrles by labor saving machinery and
the rules Of trades unions, is almost q
thing Of the past. We do not appear TO
DO prepared In this country-being q
peculiar people-for Industrial edu'
cation as on annex to our common
school system. That part OF our ma
tional and State gloriacation being
largely devoted to the production OF
masculine clerks and feminine teachers,
Of which II Is putting II very mildly to
say tho market is largely oyefstocked.
But the figures we have cited above
demonstrate as plainly as sunlight the
ne Of industrial training and educa'
tion TO stem the Increasing tide Of
crime, and rescue young men from the
pitfalls that await them when they 90
out into the world. Education alone
will not do II. Habits Of temperance
alone will not do II. That the prison
abundantly establish, here and
But habits OF industry and
resources OF livell.
hood and competence within the skill
of ones hands-will do II, for in most
cases II implies sobriety as well as q
certain grade Of education.