Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-03-14


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Mr. Wisweu of Ellsworth moved IL take
from rb,. table hjll an Act 10 amend rh4i,-
I'm I4a or lh, Public Laws of 49, rrlaf.
iu,r I, TN. eInfloyn+ut nf tl.. .nuyjrf. a,
TIN Maine State Prison AMI he moved fh,.
iuJrrInff.. pp>tnonalu.rlt If III. hin in con
rnrrant- win the Sanat. Mr. Wi.vrli
said that nm Ia thu. first hawai- lamar, =
=. ON. .ls. If indivi,I,al in -hf> stt,..
i,,r.. NOR. than th4ir fair shar.- ,f The. ,.x-
pau>-> of th. maintenance. of fh,. Maine.
STATE p-i.np Ipto rhat Tim. II "a tn.
cnstorn of An, rnanao,rS If ,h. nri.,u =,
.nIptoy all IF ia. lahnriuo con,irf. nf that
~.r{tt,rian III fyvo inIu>trie. w. mann
fa,.t,,r.,f ,arr;s.,... .rt ,f h,r,,..... a.l
slt,,.t tl,,. aptfr nur,h,r If NAL. laI,ri,,,,
e,t,,i.ts in thai ;p.ri,utinn ,x.re e,nnl,y,.,I
in ih.. manufacture, Of carriaoc. Tbs re-
suIt ga. thar ,.v.r, mechanic every MACK
smith every carriage p.int4 .y,.ry up-
bol.trrrr VERY n,r>nn in anv carria',,
nanufartnry In MI. state whn MAJ bear
iu., H.. r,r,i,n ~ ruhli,. hnr,l..ns anJ ~,
hy mean, or his labor VA. ...Liu,r Nh Nam
or.hlA Sunnnrt f,r himself and family
came iutn direct connection uffh convict
i.b.r in the Main. stat. Prism In th,
l..,i.l,,ur4nf 1ss- after - .,r,.ar d,,l ~
consideration and after a rr..t deal If in.
y4~tigati,n the LEGISLATURE pa>>,.I a bin
which 4, fonud in chapt..r l4q. Public Law,
81 l..7 and ,av, simply that no more than
tarnty Der cent. Of all the male cunvicf~ in
the Maine state Prison Shall be endowed
At any time in any one industry or IN the
manufacture of any one kind Of goods II
was prov idcd that it should not go into ef-
feet until the first day of January ISIS
The Intention of this bill was simply that
there should he a diversity Of labor among
the conyictS in that institution, that the
whole force Of l52 convicts should not be
al work building carriages to be sent out
over this State with the larger towns in ri
VARY ana competition with the carriage
manufacturer of the State, that are giving
employment 10 the better class of mechan-
ic> and laborers III their different trade,
The managers of the State Prison, a. they
were obliged TO do, made arrangements to
carry ont the provisions Of the act Of the
legislature Of l,s1 and in their report they
show that there were employed Of all the
male convlct> IN the State Prison, IN the
department IT,,
now almost every male convict with the
exception of twenty per cent engaged IN
other pursuits are I'D the carriage manu-
factory In the manufacture OF harnesses
the last year under the provision Of this
act there were employed lss5 per cent
and IN the two new industries which the
legislature Of 1887 put into that ln>tltu-
ton, in the manufacture Of furniture l.
50 per cent and in the manufacture of