The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-15
PRISON LABOR CONTRACT
ASSIGNED TO THEIR SUCCESSORS
BY TARBOX, sCHLIEK s. CO.,
OF ST. PAUL
HAS FOUR YEARS YET TO RU1
Terms of the Contract and What
the State Gets Out of the Ar
rangement as 1t
Stands.

SALTWATER, MINI, July 14.-(Spe-
cial. 1.-The sale of the business of Tar
box, Schliek & Co., of st. Paul. and the
Union Shoe and Leather company of this
city, to w. B. and w. G. Jordan, will, In
all probability, have no effect upon the
contract formerly held with J. B. Tar
box for the employment of convicts at
the prison. According to the reports Of
parties interested in the matter the con-
tract will be or has been assigned to
the purchasers of the business.
The Contract under which prison labor
is employed is dated the Goth day Of Sep
TENDER, 1896, and is for the period of
eight years, Sundays and legal holidays
excepted. 1t calls for not less than 200
Of the able bodied Inmates of the institu-
ton, not limiting, however. the number
of inmates of said prison which the war
den and board of managers may deem
advisable to work making binding Irvine.
The party or parties holding the con-
tract are given permission to use the
shops and to employ superintendent,
cutters and instructors, not convicts, to
prepare the material and to instruct the
prisoners In doing the work in a skillful
and proper manner. The contract calls
for the so called "piece price PLAN" in
vogue In many similar institutions. and
the price to be paid is according to the
following schedule:
For all unlined shoes finished during
each month during the first three years
of the contract cents per pair for all
lined shoes, 10 cents per pair; for all
welt shoes, u cents per pair, for all
boots, Il cents per pair. For the next
two years following: For all unlined
shoes, cents per pair; lined shoes, IL
cents per pair; welt shoes, 1S cents per
pair, and boots 10 cents per pair. For
the last three years of the contract
the price to be paid Is for all unlined
shoes cents per pair; lined shoes, II
cents per pair; welt shoes, ID cents per
pair. and for all boots, IA cents per
pair.
The holder of the contract represents
that according to its terms the average
for each man will be from so to 60 cents
per day, according to the prices paid,
and If at any time the earnings shall be
less than that amount the holder or hold
ers of the contract must increase the
percentage of the daily earnings of each
man to the earnings agreed upon.
All claims due the prison by the Union
Shoe and Leather company, or by J. B..
Tarbox, have been paid, and the business
in the prison factory is now under the
personal supervision of the purchasers
of the business. A large number of con-
victs are employed, together with many
citizens, many Of whom have established
homes in this city. The average amount
paid to the state for the employment Of
convicts Is somewhat in excess of $1,000
and varies according to the number Of
convicts employed.
The committee in charge of the ar
engagements for the street fair to be given
IN Saltwater in September met at the
club rooms Friday night and discussed
the matter at considerable length 1t
was finally decided to hold a fair and
carnival on the dates originally selected,
and the finance committee will begin The
work of soliciting tomorrow. All pre-
vious fairs have been grand successes.
and, Notwithstanding the fact that crops
are poor throughout the county, the fair
association looks for a bigger success
this year than ever before.
The Frontenac departed yesterday with
a half-raft of logs for Laird, Horton &
Co., and a half-raft for the Empire Lum-
Der company, Winona. The CLANCY
Lamb cleared with logs for G. Lamb &
Sons, Clinton, To-
The bankers and railroad employees
played a game Of ball at the ball grounds
Friday evening, and the bankers won by
score of IA to Il. Each team has won
game, and the deciding game OF the
series will be played some day this week.
The Wolf Brewing company's ball team
is looking for an exciting game Of ball
today The Gluek Brewing company
team. of Minneapolis. will be here, and
that it will be a hard game is evident.
The county board Of equalization meets
at the court house tomorrow but mas
much as the city books are not yet ready
the county board will probably adjourn
to later date.
Work on the Voligny cold stor-
age warehouse will be commenced to-
morrow morning.
Mrs J. p Masterman left yesterday
for Lake City, Mimi, to spend Sunday
with Col and Mrs Reeve.
Mrs. j. o. Holen and daughter spent
the week with relatives and friends at
New Jim and Sleepy Eye.
Marcellus Lavallee and wife have re-
turned from an extended visit with rela-
tives in Illinois.
Felix Gagne, of Cass Lake, spent few
days. with his mother in this city the past
week.
Mrs. W. S. Conrad entertained the Mar