Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-04-03
The FarmeEs, Petltion spurnea.

voiced by themselves individually and
through their institute and sraugea, that
the cost OF feeding jail birds should be
brought down 20 ousthing near what it
costs to feed the average law-abiding
wcrkingman.
1--WE farmers and taxpayers assem-
bled, said Diamond State Grange No. q,
In session at Stanton on March 7sh, edo
not think it COSTS the people engaged in
farming the sum of Is cents per day for
living expenses; therefore, resolved, that
we, the Diamond State Grange No. 2, do
recommend 10 your body the importance
OF reducing the cost Of feeding the pris-
oners in our county jail to that sum-"
Blk members Of the levy court say by
their votes that no matter IL the farmers
cannot afford TO pay 10 cents per day for
their own living, they shall continue TO
pay the sheriff 80 cents per day for feed.
ing thieves, wife heaters and other Grim
inal and lazy yagabonds. saveuth
member, Mr.. Roberts, was willing to
compromise on 90 cents per day.
win the farmers of Diamond Stats
Grange look favoringly and encoprsg-
tnsly upon the candidacy of aay of these
men for future public service?
On Saturday wesk the Farmers Instl.
tute of New Castle county endorsed oy
unanimous vote 'the present movement
80 have the prisoners board at New
Castle reduced from 80 to 20 cents per
day." Seven members OF the levy court
have apurned this endorsement Tbouzh
the county has deos CT 1868 900 and
the Taxpayers are clamogius for retrsnoh-
Tnent, they Insi { that the sheriff she'll still
be allowed $4,000 per year for running
ais boarding house.
On March 9Th Pomona Grange, i, ges-
sion Of Newark, resolved TO heartily en-
dorse the course which the paolIc press
Ia pnrsuing In its advocacy Of measures
looking to reform Ia our county ana
local government. Six members of the
levy court mockinaly say by their votes
mo reform this year"
On February 7th the grand Jury Of this
county submitted its annual rsport, end o
sensible and practical report it was That
grand jury said;
The jail usually contains almost IA many
Migrants commonly callsi "tramps." al
legitimate prisoners; without theii pres
snce We think 1t would be enpIe for tha
sneeds OF the county for year.
since these trAmps csuse, and will con-
itinue TO cause this condition, we think thu
best solution of the question at present
practicable would be the erection OF a
building a. moderate expense, adjacent
TO stone quarry aud near comDsttns lines
OF railroads, wheTo not only framps. mt
prisoners for short terms, could be sent and
compelled to work. II costs the peopIe OF
Nav uestls county. yearly, more than
$4,000 60 feed the imprisoned tramps.
A Careful calculation was made bya former
trustee OF the poor to ascertain the az.
pense Of maintaining the inmates on the
lcounty almshouse aud insane Asylumi IL
embraces much more than the food fur.
nished, as quotations from his latter OF the
an inst, 10 reply to our iGquiry, will show.
THE cost OF food, medicine, ice. fuel for
cooking purposes, soaps, SC, fot washinE
Hnd cleansing food for cattle and horses
nanures, repairs OF carriages and farm i'm.
plements and harness, advertising aud
printing, wages of superintendent, ms,rou
aud OF all other employees excepting the
visiting physician and enrinners for the
nine months beginning April 27th, 1887.
snd ending February 25th, 1888 amounted
70 Sl6,SO0. Tue number o. nnhnls furnished
during the same period was 46T ,G29, making
the average cost OF each meal 6l cents.
assuming tnat all the aforementioned
items entered into the cost Of meals.
Had the cost OF medicines. tina wapea al
Nmploye7, the maintenance Of horses and
carriages not lFAd for farm purposes bssn
lett ont OF the above statement, the cost
per meal would not have axr.edeJ Al
isents."
calculation made b7 tho senrotar7 of
'SAe sans board, 1T our request, proved the
accuracy OF tins contents uf In Vbpyp
quoted letter Some credit wnuld bnys
been glveu tor the products az the fam.
Dad not the meals Oesn CHARGED with so
Macy temS n3r properly cagrgeaJI4 to
tnat account, and hlrdsusl them more
heavily thai the profits Of lna farm wound
nave relieved, All supplies we've flr-
nlshed BY competing bidders, aud Ia
ltion. S~''
For many years the prisoners NJ View
Ohstle nave bean furnished board b7 con.
tract with tho sneri1, VINO nov receives fof
each inmate 30 cent? per day for boa.d Il one
We think II open composition Tor feeding
thefe prisoners WGs adpp}pd, the cau4ty
would save one. half OF the present expense
In Chester county, Pa, lis coUnty ,omtgis,
eionar's last report states the e5st TO be
10 eanrs for each conyict's board per dgy,
Only Tuesday wesk ths grand Jury Of
the city and county of New YORK. il oas
OF the most Vahem ent protesia.l5as eve,
made by any judicial body, arraigned the
administration or the sheriff. ndise thefa
as "'mercaonry, slovenly nld Wholly ir
decent" ''publio scandal and infarny :, y
''nost degrading ana Gontamptibls,r ''a1
utter perversion OF public interests d
personal gain" and muub more OF The
same kind. One of the leading news.
papers OF that city speaks Of "shs con-
federated gang of oorrup,iooisls aud e..
tortioners and blaekmsilars in cfa.t
being dragged forth, nsoS and crou, from
their hiding pacGs and held 10 to uu5ila
shame aud detsstsHan." We rsaf OF t4I,
acsthing arrEisnment at this 5isaaot
and say to ourselves that NsR YORK cit
politica must have gotten pretty llg
before such abuses could beaom,
posslbis. Yet when we cptne to { xamine hi,
bioodcurdling Indictment. we Hnd among
the counts set forth therein; "Slrg0tt OF
prisoner1 confined in L1dlov 5.e5st i4il
sn civil process for 1852, S7gI5 80.
Support Of prisoners in county iii las
1853, 100000" We do not know nos
many prisoners we're oontDsd ii
either of these isils, but "a do finc
tbs grand jury OF The I3ss popuioat
county In america placsr5ing a. ex
iGSiiyustc en- annual allowance OF s,t1 8Df