The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-17
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Personal Pointers.

CONTRACT LABOR.
The State Board of Supervision, in re.
porting on the State prison, discusses the
contract-labor problem at some length,
and concludes thus: This board is OF
opinion that the present contract with NJ
d. Wells & Co., Chicago, to pay so cents
a day FOR each prisoner and to employ
him in the manufacture of boots and
shoes should be allowed to continue till
the time of its expiration, or at least till
it is conclusively demonstrated that some
other method of employing convicts is
In all respects more satisfactory" The
board maintains that it is not possible to
employ convicts at any productive work
which is not in competition with some
one outside the prison walls, and ii holds
that the interest of the State in keeping
its convicts on productive work is Gos
different from that of individuals whe
compose the State. Continuing on this
subject, the board says: at is true that
theorists and interested parties condemn
any recognition of mere material consid.
erations in the discussion of this cues
ton on the part of the State as unworthy
of q great and enlightened common
wealth. But it is difficnlt to discover
wherein the interests Of State, material
or otherwise, are different from those OF
the people whose embodiment the Stats
is. If it be for the interests of the peo.
pie that persons who prey upon them.
contrary to their laws, that is, live Off
their substance, should be shut up in,
prison for that reason, does it not logic
ally follow that they should, during the
period of their restraint. be compelled
if possible, to earn their living? Does
the arrest and condemnation of man,
at large expense, for forcibly or STEALTH
~ living off society Immediately change.
his relations thereto, and entitle him to-,
support at society's expense SO long as he
is in prison? And must the State be
charged with being in small business if
1t adopts measures to remove the burden
from society's shoulders to his own? To-
ask these questions is to suggest their
only answer" The average population of
the prison for the biennial period just
closed was 446; for the previous one 40.
The board recommends the enactment of
law providing for indeterminate SEN
fences; also Thu; the central buildings and
cell-rooms be heated with steam Tho
net expense Of maintaining the prison in
1887 was $9, 045; for 1883 it was $l2, 1877.
The contract with Wells & Co. in the
fiscal year 1887 yielded the sum Of.
$50, 25S.l3, and in 1883 $4S, 906 9S, orr
500, l65. IL for the biennial period. Dur
ing the same period the net expenses of
The prison aggregated $120,O 40. The
report is signed by Charles Luling, James
Bintliff, Charles D. Parker. Nicholas
Smith and Lewis A. Proctor, members Of
the board.
The various State institutions have,
sent to the State Board of Supervisors.
Office their reports Of population for the.
month of December, from which is de-
duced the following:
STATE HOSPITAL FOR INSANE
Beginning of the month. 400
Admitted during the month. .............. 2S
IotaI; ....................S.. .5lS
&Discharged ......................t. 10
E!oped ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Or
Remaining at the end of the month 500
*Of those discharged, ten were sent home as
recovered.
NORTHERN HOSPITAL FOR INSANE.
Beginning OF the month. ....................63 GA
Admitted Observation-Disclosures. 80
Total: .........................663
: DIscharged Observation-Disclosures. 2S
o' '''--.'.'..-.--...... o.
Remaining at close of month. $50
%Ot those discharged ten were sent home as
recovered, and eight removed to county asy-
lums.
SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF.
Attendance. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1
SCHOOL FOR The BLIND.
EaUlSilutLC0 3d.
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL. FOR BOYS.
Beglnnlng OF month. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
End of month 3SIs
Highest number during month 38s
Lowest number during month. .....3T
STATE PRISON.
Beginning of month 496a
Close Of month. ..........,... 437
highest number during month ........4S 3s
Lowest number during month ...............435-
STATE PUBLIC SCHOOL.
Beginning of month 1q5
Returned from homes .......5 s.
Ao'o'i'' '..'.''. .ZI4
RACED out on trial IN homes. ............ l2s
returned to the county. Observation-Disclosures. 6,
Sent to School for the Blind NATURALIZATION. i
Leaving in home at end of month ...:....:aa3
William B. Sellick, who once con-
Quoted large business at Keno sha. died
at Menominee, Mich, aged g. In 1860
ne removed from Kenosha to Ahnapee.
md at one time owned nearly the whole
IF that town, his wealth being estimated
1t $25O,O00. He built the first Sturgeon
Bay sawmill, which he sold 20 c. M.
Charnley, and afterward built mill at.
Fish Creek. In the big Chicago fire of
S7l he lost several vessels, and then fol-
owed business reverses which did NOT
md until his entire property was swept
lWcy.