New Ulm review., 1895-10-16
Warden Nolfer attended the Prison
at Denver. and read a paper on

Warden Wolfer attended the Prison
congress at Denver. and read s paper on
The Parole System ii Penitentia1iies.'' &
The warden Of the Minnesota penitentll-
ary IS one Of the best officials il The
country, and the Saltwater inst is
Ias well managed as any II the world.
The parole system has been ii operation
in the st. Cloud refcrmatory ever since
the institution was founded and the plar,
was adopted for penitentiary inmates
two years ago. It is found to work well,
and certainly aids the unfo ortunates IN
starting on q better life. The. paroled
|conYictis released several months before
his term expires, with the provision that
he will obey the rules the prison mana
gers prescribe. he is found emplo yment
by the agent Of the prison board, and If
he is industrious, sober and honest he
finds many friends to help him, as the
prison authorities make it a point to en-
list the assistance Of men in all parts Of
the state. There are many cases whore
the parole system has resulted in direct
ing men into honest paths of life, and
perhaps remove them from the criminal
ranks. If the conditions Of the parole
are violated before its termination the
man is returned to prison and has to
serve out his term. There is every in
centive for the paroled man to lead q
good life.-Little Falls Transcript.
Many men who are giving the subject
of a ship canal to connect the lakes and
the Atlantic lukewarm appreciation are
only affected by the prospective influence
which such an improvement may have
upon the lake traffic itself. They have
not got SO far as to consider the effect
which it may have upon the entire sub
ject of transportation, rail as well as
otherwise, from the West to the East.
Senator Window, who once represented
the State of Minnesota liz the senate Of
the United States to the lasting honor
and welfare of the state, IN a report made
to that body, expressed the exact re-
[ation which improved waterways bear
To the immense railway interests Of the
country, and the salutary influence they
nave upon the whole subject. Speaking
only of the Erie canal and the influence
t exerted, mere trife, when pared
With the vast utility and .infue ,e.of a
hip canal between the lakes md the
ca, he said: "You would d: tless be
urprised, Mr.. President. if old YOU
hat the little ditch which I. ~ sthrough
our state holds in check ana regulates |
early every leading railroad east of the
Mississippi river, and that it exerts
1arked influence on the cost of tran
portation over all the country, extending
rom the interior of the Gulf States to
he St. Lawrence river, and from the
'reat plains Of the eastern foot hills of
he Rocky mountains to the Atlantic
'cean. And yet such is the fact" It is
n that light, which this gigantic modern
in navigation proposes, in
which we must consider it, and not as a
mere enterprise to advantage any single
ection of the country. Such aninfuence
will reach into every quarter of the ma
ion and though it may never be measur-
ID in terms, it will be unm1stakably felt
wherever our interstate commerce may
extend or develop itself.-St. Paul |
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