Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-11-07


turc " folk thu. harasscd.
We will suppose. for Illustration, boy 1
has been hunted down and got within the |
school hoarl jurisdiction. II q single nh |
sence be recorded against him he comes |
under all the possibilities Of tho law.
The usual course l.. Ia case he makes a
little more thln half time-t hnt d, six
out ot ten nttcudauces. two per day, or ten
per week, h.ing the reckoning -nnd u
warning having bcou served Tor every
abseuce, the moitcBor father. aud usually
the former, "a summoned before q police
magistrate Tie visitor" IL practically
the prosecutor flr the board. lie makes
oath to the boys presence aud lab.
scnce." n the mother answers the sum.
mons and eaters n good defense. the BOY
may get on with a rtprmaud, but be- is
permanently thereafter under court cspl0u.
age. N % breach Df attendance now oorurs,
second summons Is Issued against the
mother. aud iIrc-tho lowest btlng "a shil.
lng-is mover escaped. Al the sltue time
the superintendent NJ the national school
loarl il present. who, whether the child is
from parish or board school. viii recon.
ntul his commitment 20 1n i.Iu.tHll
fohool. and never Tor % term N Ices than
three years H. commitment is sentence
90 one ~ three conditions or grades oil in.
dustrial school prison lifei
1. To The TruAnt school. for boys aud g.is.
Tor three years term. 10 which case ttnvui.
prit % chalsi by "Nlsifufi" 90 aud from the
school where De rpmalut crttHI1 hours of
each DAY aui receives DE- iu,si. bot 800 cloth.
Ing, md sleeps at home. Tho parents are com.
palloi t1 iay guc sailing YeF week Into tho In
dustrit school fund.
2. 10 the intermediate ihdnf'rai school. Tor
buys only, where h. u committed 90 tho aT. ~
slGtuou, sh1aid ho BE- sentenced at Tho neu uf
hvc Here tho lad il 10 Absolute confinement,
and bis parents urr compiled 10 pay tfom two
shlllinys w two shilings aud ispcncr per week
into the funds and.
o. 10 the industflai school proper. Tor 10th
eeAca. under nvr yrnff' sentence. The par.
cnts must pay the sams sum weekly as 10 tho
intermediate fund. They may visit tholr chill.
dr,n once every three months, but the latter
are mover liberated until hually discharged.
On sentence to the Trusnt school the
child belong, 10 the law from = In the
morning until nj night. Il remains uu.
/ der precisely the same home conditions
/ that made IT, attendance ~ b0apl school,
| before commitment, haieiul or impossible.
I The parental adherence u tho system Is
[ Intensified. and Ia most eases the efforts Of
both the child aud lts parents TO avoid tn
! "yisitor's" clutches are rcloublcd. Any
adequate description Of the disgusting aud
| brutal scenes witnessed "a the morning
"ronnd mp" u these children from among
| lowly homes would MI every page Of this
| paper. II the child now attends the TruHut
school regularly. without the use NJ force
| In slx months time II IL permitted 10 re-
turn 10 the elementary school during tho
remainder ~ It. sentence, tue authorities
/ regulating IT, conduct until u has reached
| the aye % fourteen years hut n single
iufrattion secures H. return 10 the Truuut
school regime.
n the child becomes inoorriglhlo under
this treatment II " brought before mag,
isirats aud sentenced direct to the "ordi.
nary" Induttrial school, placed In nh.o.
lutte confinement aud II compelled 60 labor
like any other orimipal, che boys at wool.
choppIng aud making brush and seuuIt
mats, and the girls nj knitting course
stockings aud making coarse skirts This
Il called putting the child away" and .
regarded as an achievement by the school
visitors and authorities Occasionally a
boy or girl IL licensed out to service. but
these licenses must be- removed, on good
behavior. every three mouths, aud they
are rcyokable by the Industrial school
board committee instead oi by magis.
trate.
The food Of these children Il A. nearly
upon a starvation basis ~ eau 10 adjusted
by expert keepers. II comprises break.
fast Of bread aud trcacle, or bread mill.
aud porgldge. u dinner Of pea soup and
bread, boiled rice aud bread. or "scouse'
"a stewed scrap meat aud potato hodge
podgel, on rare occasions only; aud a sup
per 81 cocoa, bread aud trcnclc, or milk
bread aud trcaeic. They arc also furnished
with prayers" three times each da.
4 trick o. the authorities Is 20 discharge
n child, whose term Of sentence docs not
reach 10 the e1mpulsoryHgc limit, month
previous % expiration of sentence term.
THIS throws Il hick into tue compulsory
elementary status under court espionage.
At the nrst dercleilon, II IL resentcuccd
20 another thrue or i've years term. Thcrl
are many Instances where children have
thus been compelled To serve two prison
terms before they were fourteen years Of
age; and Il these wise authorities ate sun
clcntly alert, a third term, AS an "ineor
rgibe," eau easily be- administered.
In the meantime police mag stra,cl
are busy lnlng parents and sentencing
) them for nonpayment Of ices and lne,
Whatever the fees may have been In thi
elementary school, they arc far larger aitel
the child has become prisoner. They az,
not paid, as a rule, because they cannot b,
paid. They are allowed to run up a.
y, two or three pounds sum. Then the ON
I, lers, who now dog the parents and VIII
~ Y called collecting eonatables," bocuu
no srHnts for the payment Of about tei
~ suugs Ia cash aud two shilliugs pc
~ We When found, the father or mothe
~ t Instantly pay u por the court orde
by a city constable follows. The
"a wv lo, Il In jail until the amount Is paid
!" md oil at the rate NJ one pouni
iol 'a0n 'eek's durance. believe tina
''gg ,he $50 bus ruined more homes Rnl
~ hN'n'" In England than ever IN
!" run, 80 Intelligent English socin
" Soonup lt,a. TO wonder why III
~ nrsNn y, V n,b antry is gradually disap
us ne i,.i I,r,ie education bill passei
ron ~ TRANSPORTATION parliament with sucl
OF n h'Nn MA En,,li. Vt hill for Tree edu
can Ia ,'iYen "A prnnt opyernmnnt has merl
OF ner capita 81 AtiondF shlilhRs yea
dor mentary standards. ch1lnis 70 WI ".
,nv sisted education" meAs 'hipli AZ "a
en-. assists In the matter of. A.n " onI
-, pence per week point, va ~, ~
ivy additional lees, GU the fuionu sn"., W
asst, he Forthcoming, under pcilT bbs,s, mus
iido nowlse limits, affects or u, nhu y \
ong hating among scholars or " tne eht
.ens persecutlon OF parents, nor iiPliiinA IVY
JJI. degree mobiles the luhutnAn y hlsn' W
t'iJ has made possible or neeessarynl w 4, ",
NV lsh Ragged Schools" mn
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