The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-19

punishment equally brutal THE congress
would exert it's influence TO good purpose
II II took advantage OF its session in South
ern states to recommend that all negro
public schools be mainly manual training
and trade schools
Ny main contention is probably by this
time sufficiently plain. as well as the char
acter Of the evidence that supports 1t.
Nearly all the able bodied and mature must
trust TO manual and clerical labor for
their support. unskilled labor is precarI-
/ GUS ana to many quite as irksoine RS
! crime; skilled labor Is lees precarious and
very much more attractive TO the c1mpe-
tent. One means Of diminishing crane is
to swell the ranks OF skilled and thiu the
ranks OF unskiliei l.soor.
The same contention may be put In an
othe1 form. Al present are familiar with
/ the efficiency OF the Elniira system IA
curing crime Although the reformatory
deals with men from 10 to 30 years Cd.
whose criminal tendencies are well de-
velopcd, To the point OF being all but 'habi-
tual. and although IL Is much hampr red by
unWse legislation, especially by the de-
terminate sentence, the authorizes esti-
mate on well considered grourds. that are
fully stated, that from ~ 10 ~ per cent
OF their criminals are probably reformed !.
ana no longer constitute 4 menace 10 So
Z ciety- Remembering that physical and
trade training Is largely responsible tor
ih's gratifying result. what | suggest. not
Tor The first time It need not be said. Is
That what has been so effective for cure
SHOULD With proper notifications. be used
for iF-r ton OF crime. In addition 10 the
ronsi'"s. iots reviewed others to be. uen-,
houeA presently. render 1t probable that
such treatment viii be a more effective
preventive tLan it has been a cure There
are strong reasons for holding that physi-
cal ami manual training is more beneh ial
u begun when the child is Is or than IL
POSTPONED I'll be is II to say nothing Of
20 years OF age
Aud here tho nature OF my suggestion
must be more fully stated. For it may
very naturally be asked, how IS 1T pos
slble 80 separate The children II Grim
maj tendencies from other children? To
which the provisional answer is that all
negroes need the training suggested. and
lhat l. is possible to make a beginning
WIN them And II the question is pressed
with regard 10 white children the answer
Is mat no such complication need be
asked u must DO admltted.ind oi asserted
that II is impracticable. that it is not nee
e"sary aud IL uuwse 20 limit the training
10 chhren with criminal leaning II is
impracticahle because no one Is clrnpctcuf
any selection would be guilty OF unwar-
rauttd lnclusious and exclusions pesidos
owing 20 the principle of selection tbe
schools would be looked on " IN aversion.
aud many who needed them most womb
cyade att. ndance And finally. both he.
cause trade schools are expensive mud bo.
cause attendance must bn made cam.
pulsory within certain limits tn enter
prise should be undertaken hy the state
as an integral part OF rhc public school
system. This is quite 10 sible az nirh,
be shown from an examination of the man.
val training schools row I'm success sf,,l ore.
ration.
And now let ne suggest I'm a. few words
AS possible why think il wise and In
fact. necessary. to give physical and linda
trimming to all children not only 10 tbe
children OF the slums hut IN van. ,.,,tl,r",,
and TO mine
Race history and animal historv tho
stages through which the human rsca AMI
It's animal progenitors hnye nnssed nro
ar more familiar 10 MS. strange a. il NAV
seem, than are the history ana dnyoItn''
ment stages of the children of to1sy i,
the former history each stags sir,tchas
over long period and is So fuIl NJ Inni'
dent AID typical behavior thot wa ,',,
SO unfortunate as 10 bnve lost aj r,.nri
OF any stngp In tho dovoio,r,o,,, - III