Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-12-07

The Necessity for a System of Keep
ing States Convicts Employed
Thoroughly Reviewed.
Element of Competition With the
Free Laborer Also Thoroughly
Discussed.
Special to Times Republican.


Dies Mones, Dec. 7At a convention
of county sheriffs held in this city yes
terday Judge Kline, Of the board OF
control, delivered an address upon corr
Wet labor. After reciting the repeated
legislation bearing upon8ttle subject the
judge presented a long argument. In
which7he discussed the following three
propositions: First the prcpriety of re-
squirings convicts To labor: second, COM
petition OF such labor. and third what
is the best system Of employing the la
Dor OF convicts?
Few persons Will now be found to adj
vucate the maintenance Of convicts in
idleness. Even those who most loudly
protest against the employment OF con-
yicts in certain Industries. said the
speaker, are always ready With sug-
gestions us 10 how they may be ems
ployed in Ways in which they insist the
product Of their labor Will not compete
in the open market with free labor.
From an economic Standpoint no one
can successfully argue in favor of en-
forced ideness for these people Why
should the criminal Who must be legally
restrained be kept in isIleness? Why
should the tax payer suppo,t conyicts
While they do nothine Why. even,
should tire laboring man bs deuded
with the idea that he is benefited by Sc
curing Legislation To prevent the convict
from being a producer, ard thereby add
10 his already heavy burdens by i'm
would result in requiring diligeiii. hon
est laboring men 10 assist in snppqrt-
ing the less diligent and the criminal IN
al.ness. Many laboiile men have very
incorrect opinions touching this qiies-
ton. These opinions. ! ann sorry 70 say.
slia famed into convictions BY schenling
Politicians.
Although ii man IS confined for 4
etin4e. still tbs state has no moraa right
iolsa eoaiinr him as 70 utneGs ~ M
itire bis health. II is yell known that
confinement in idleness lands 70 unsettie
.he mind, and in many casss lsads tosiIi-
sanity.
Hence. from the Standpoint Of good
morals, economies and pubic policy, all
'eonvicts a BILE 10 do so should be required
10 l4,er during their period Of coniine-
inent
ON competition the judge said;
%l'le chief argument addueed against
convict Dor, whetffep on the contract
or pics piice Ilan. is that Il enters into
eonse,itian With free labor. Il is an
eaSv matter iosdeaIonstrate freni statis-
,i,s. which evafy one Viii ceiarede fslia-
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