Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-09
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LATEST NEWS.
Chicago Dealers Oppose Peach Grow
ers' Plans-Bishop Gillespie Does
Not Approve of the Management of
the State Reformatory.
Prefer Small Baskets for Frnit.

Prefer Small Baskets for Fruit.
Chicago fruit dealers are strongly OPP
posed to the shipment of Michigan fruit,
especially peaches. in bushel baskets.
This plan was suggested at the convention
offMichigan fruit growers held in Grand
Rapids recently. There are many rea-
sons advanced by Chicago dealers why
the change would not be of benefit to the
market. The city trade demands a small
basket, the one-fifth bushel size being the
favorite. A large proportion of the fruit
Is reshipped to remote Western and North
western points The decay and loss are
not SO great when the shipment is made
in the smaller baskets. "Of course ii is
cheaper for them" said VI. George, No.
~ South Water street, ITO ship the fruit
in larger baskets: the carriage is less and
the freight is less. But four-tifths of our
trade demands the small-sized baskets.
The Michigan convention recommends
small baskets for distant shipment. As
for that, We ship TO points more distant
than they do. And large per cent. of
the fruit billed to us is reshipped by us
to points as far West rs Omaha and even
farther. The majority of the city trade,
which demands the cream OF the crop,
wants the fruit in 'iifth-sized' baskets.
NJ. Barker. of No. 93 South Water street,
was also opposed to the bushel basket
plan. I'VE have fifty calls for the fifth
size basket where we have one call for
the bushei size" said he. "Then heat
generates more rapidly in the larger sized
baskets and decay follows more quickly.
We want some large, but more smaller
baskets" G.. w. Linn, of Linn < Son,
No. 100 South Water street, said I'VE
want the smaller sized baskets or we
don't want any" Joseph Spies, of No.
101 South Water street. was the only
dealer who said he did not care how the
fruit is shipped. I'VE can sell anything
they ship" he said, 'and ii is their busi-
ness how they ship it,
State House of Correction Criticised.
Bishop Gillespie, Of Grand Rapids,
chairman Of the State Board of Correc-
tons and Charities, is not altogether sat
isfied with the way things are managed
at the State House of Correction and the
Jackson prison. He considers the school
room at the State House of Correction
too small for the $50 inmates, as well as
too poorly heated and lighted, and thinks
the prison should be provided with a bet
ter hospital, the present one being located
over the dining room. He asserts that
the institution is not true to its name as
II reformatory. Instead of being confined
Ia the young and first offenders, as origin
ally intended, men old in years and in
crime are sent there. These men debase
those men less experienced in wickedness.
Better facilities for educational and moral
and religious training should be provided.
The officers should he fully in sympathy
with the moral restoration of the inmates.
Tobacco should be excluded, and a careful
supervision exercised over the contents of
the newspapers placed in the hands of the
inmates, so that the movements of former
companions i'm crime may be lost sight
of. Bishop Gillespie in reporting his
observations at Jackson, says the recent
outbreaks there do not necessarily reflect
on the management, as they occur in all
prisons. Safety is to be secured only by
the grading system, arrangements for
which will soon be perfected. The more
mcnacing class will then be subjected to
stricter discipline. Safety is to be found
only in separation. Most convicts are
peaceable, except when stirred up by
vicious associates. Bishop Gillespie
hopes that in time the indeterminate sen
tence will be adopted. The parole sys-
TEN is classed as step in the right direc-
ton.