Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-07
4 pERSIcIoUs SYSTEM SHOWN UP.
How Convict Labor Operates Outside Of
Prison walls.

Ito,. conv,rt Iolor Ouerates Outside of
Poison walis.
sueo,ni oorrespopdeuce Of tho Gazette,
/ W. po,.r ny Ntorch a az n
80 49, -, 49, 49,, .,.a
poil'lp on tne part VI 'ne s'a'e W loou 'lo
country with myriads OF c0nVlcts, thus
erowding out OF employment Tie nun
dreds Of honest, Woodworking laborers
of the laudY We of Robertson county
fail 10 see IL in that llnht. for we recop
nlze the Injustice of the system. Tik
present co1yict-lease syst1m is doing
more 10 cripple business and retard en-.
terprlse In Hearne and Robertson county
than half dozen consecutive crop fail
ures could possibly effect Let us have
a new deck and a square deal. and give
our people the instice they deserve -
Seeing the above from the Hearne pa.
per, the writer interviewed Mr.. w. g.,
Easterwood, who has recently removed
from Robertson county aud engaged in
mercantile pursuits I'm wills Point. Mr.
Eastorwood is an old citizen of Robertson
county. an observing and very intelli,rcnt
gentleman. and his calling rave him
abundant opportunity 10 ret n fair in.
sight into Tho present system of utlllzing
convict labor outside the walls IIe has
DrEn KnUWn 10 Inc writer Tor QlOnt !
twelve wears and his statements NAV he
relied npon Ms being fair and imnartiaI
= Waiyinp tbe oiestion and ans,vor
style of lnicrvlew Mr. pasterwoodia |
nnd state,nents NAV be snmmad |
IN thus;
ttAs,,o,,. ,,r, o,,,..,o tt.,., i,, 49,,
dent of Robertson county for pnmhor
of years and ob.ervation shows tbatcon-
Wet labor has been nm onerons aodgro
ING bnrden e,;or sincn n v,ns inonanratoJ
On the Rrnzos hottom farr,s most 80 fho
princinol nlantnra emniov cnn,ic,
labor evcIus,vciv Massrs Uonrn
Lewis Ruct Wntt Dick Wbi,cy
I'd. Wilson, II uearne and
win Hoarne cmnIovIng batyaon tha,n
nearly live hundred conyicts aI bIocls
Smnc of tbom arc sor,ino ,bst, ,n's,,3
md third trrms Esconas oro no, as (sa
1nent az fnrrorl, - - - 90.
innngh 10 insn,,a q i,oa,i,,I 49, ~ ~"
ess fear In tba hroasts 80 ,,i,, si'o 1a III
Ircn Convicts ,ybaSo ~ ,ar ,a',S snu Gnu
Ia rioht do,,,, Il, a., g.,,,,'',,,.
,nc in n hnndrcd ,no,'os "u,' 10y any at,i, io'
M Tho otha, hor5 i', en-, Suou vlI.acn.
.heir o,y,, coi"r ~ ,',,'ieau oenets Vi
,fIlrors a. ~ ,,a., - t 80 80 40 20 oiulV'nS
,rr,,to,, S,it ~ 800 1870 :" Noep INV rankS ol
moor nnfortnnato n.ra,, tu,oii i, ulgse
N" them ~ ,hni. I, nao,u"es Ny restrain
.hrovn arnnnd V ~ ,,D'aSi Wy influences
,ssociations tar ,I1 ~, n, co. 'n'li eniu.ceu
~ tha nv, ~ H. a, ,,> IiV 49, uusPelat,on
mo- sbnrt ~, the 49, .''i ~, Via' nun
~ ana 20 ''' iVPo VI ""iu' WIN put
,,Con',Io,s 80, shoe ..,.,,..,
.er led and cIothoJ p ,,.a s," aro oet'
shment IA NOT so borsh n i ',rnD,iy;, pun
nadc y, so, nV' S S.s n"iam, 'unsVies, are
,ears 20 soron "n NJ nav NV TWO OF tiree
vhnt yo,no ~ ~, ""u e, aia,' iaSe a,oue SHOWS
,is irecdoU, Wv. n, "tiasu Io"'''' piaccs on
,,onlv n soIao t'S w.,
10 mi" nerniciors iem aru pelng oene,teu
9Th bonna, IaI ~ sun W eonpet,tioh
'gec, " W. 49,, ,Spor, ana u mas hau me
ems, h anB "may many Sood clti-
lon. a. has '' i pauaGn,cu linulgra-
30 nercentnm. ~ s"NI ~ s3,uus