The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-09-14


Ia. psurcEassa = single sack. Nor did any
wareh0ase or banking 6rm Or commission
merchant o. ustddIsmaa. - sueD. secure
any sacks. Tie Mathoif Bros. / don :
know :. al. TIE Scaw2bach~rs. Mr.
Jones. inafyldu3ls engaged ia banking
opesatsons in Walla " ala and eitsxrns in
tie n1arcaanaiss Business hare al par-
chased sacks on application and under
eerslaeatton a. 70 residences and require
meat. Whenevsr any suspicious arose
ss 20 the good faith Of these pur-
ehssers al inquiry possible was mace
Without q single exception these APP
pgiesnss have been found 20 be en-
gagged in szcking wheat: nearly every
one Of tasefa Is the owner Of . farm, aud
al Of them had purchased more or less
wheat from farmers compelled by neess-
s8ty 20 sell il before harvest Because
these men had purchased this wheat, and
because shey needed SACKS with which 20
shlp IL TO market, could the state deny
them the righs that Is accorded every
other citizen who might have gram 20
sack7 In more than one instance. ] am
assured. the purchaser Of the growing
wheat made his investment at an ultimate
loss
At no time has il been impossible for
any farmer. or any citizen appearing under
Proper certincation, 10 purchase sacks AZ
the peaitensiary warehouse, and 20 10
commission house, and TO No banking
establishment aud 10 no middiemen has
q consignment or delivery OF sacks been
made during the present year.
When | assumed the position Of warden
fhe Inte mill was producing about 10000
sacks year. With the same convict labor
at command, and with the same materials. Il
have increased that yield 70 :. 900, 900 sacks.
When the iufe bag trust or syndicate, or
whatever you choose 10 call IL, made its
spportionment Of sacks 70 the several
farming sections of the Pacific Northwest,
II calculated that the productive capacity
OF the Walia Walla jnte miii would not ex-
coed 10000 SACKS. The consequence has
been that. owing TO the increased product
of !. 800, go SACKS the syndicate overloaded
the market. and the effect OF the increased
industry AZ the jute mill under the pres
eut administration has been 20 reduce
the price OF SACKS to cost For spot
cash Calcutta sacks can be bought today
At cents, while ours sell at 6,s. The
Washington sacks are superior. OF course,
being of better fiber and containing one
ounce more material. The syndicate can
not recover from the effect of this compe-
tstion. inasmuch as insurance and ware
housing sor a year. until another season
onens, could not DO less than cent per
sack. Tney are, therefore. willing now to
underscll the residue Of stock at the peni-
Tertiary y cent per sack.
THE PRISON - OPEN TO INSPECTION.
second-When citizen, whether in pri-
yate or public life, is open to the charge
OF aagrant violation of law and theft, it
becomes some ones duty 10 prosecute him.
| challenge the Telegraph-which as n
newspaper has a great. and | regret to
think, irresponsible advantage in assailing
the character OF an individuaI--either
through any reputable attorney il may en-
gage. through its editor or its CORE
spondent. TO visit the penitentiary and
investigate the management of that
institution. with any other disinter-
ested person IN the state as q COM
panion. When the correspondent of
the Telegraph went to Walia Walla
l CHANGED 10 meet him one day and in :
vited him to visit the penitentiary. The
official records. the system of discipline,
the entire establishment were at his dis
posal for investigation. lie did not choose
to avail himself OF that invitation. Per-
haps some nice sense OF the deiicaey of his
mission dissuaded him from doing so.
Guerrilla warfare was never carried on in
an open field. The horse and buggy al
legged TO have been purchased at an exor-
bitant figure are there 10 be inspected at
any time; 80 are the wonderful steers that
are cows.
TREATMENT OF TIRE PRISONERS.
Third Respecting the treatment OF
prisoners. | think the prisoners them Sc YES,
well as every person familiar with their
previous condition. will testify that they
have never been 80 we'll treated as now.
When took chargs-and make
this statement with no desire 10
disparage the administration of my
predecessor there was an abso'-
lutte want of discipline about
the institution. only the vestige
of decorum and obedience was discover
able among the guards: responsibility was
distributed and ineffective. authority vas
ia contempt aud the prisoners were in
patched and ragged clothes. Those OF
them who were considered dangerous or
hardened criminals were shut up in the
tanks 'for keeps" The miider class we're
worked in the iate mill. The system had
TO DO changed. but the transformation
could not be made with fairy's wand or
q homiiy on good manners. The severity
of military discipline had TO be invoked.
make no apology for this. save to refer
any fair-minded citizen of the state OF
Washington 10 the alteration made in the
moral and physical condition of the con-
viets. the enlarged productive capacity
the institution, and its betterment in all
particulars. The internal control of the
institution has neen left entirely 10 Depnty
Warden John A. Cameron, a con-
scisntions and fearless young man.
who WAS born and reared in
Walla WAlla county, and who has been
connected with the institution ten years.
While he has acted under my general in
stvgctions. I know nothing of the Greene
case. related to the Telegraph correspond
snt BY Thomas Dorrscott 1 am quite sat
isted. however. that whatever Mr. Cam
sron did vas done deservedIy, and for
necessary effect As the story runs
Greene was taken oaf Of the tank snd tied
in the prison yard. While not familiar
with the facis | can saFmsse the cause OF
this severity. as similar treatment has
been Administered more than once in pen
itent'srjes. Undoubtedly Greene was
mutinous, and for that reason confined in
his cell. Previously ugly conyicts were
put In the "bsacS hole. No man has been
50 punished during nv term. lie is sim
Ply shut up in his part OF the tank, as
was done with half the cenvicts previously.
1 Undoubtedly he yetlcd and carried %,
and while tAe other conv3cts should have
been allowed 80 sleep to prepare for their
ncIg days sork he Vas hammeriug on the