The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-01
MANAGEMENT OF CONVICTS State Department Submits a Report.
 INCREASE IN REVENUE Successful Administration of the Present Board. Condition of states .Prisoners Shows General Improvement.-Presid Carmichael Reviews Work of Himself and Asso- ciates.

His report for the three months just closed was yesterday submitted t9 AcIIng Guxernor Cunningnam py Pres- ioent ]. M. Carmicnaei, or the state Board of Convice inspectors. covering precisely the operations of the depart ment during rne quarter and reviewing generaiiy the results of convict man. agement during the. past four years.
 Besides reporting an amelioration of the status Of the states convicts. Judge Carmicnaei was pleased to note that the system has continued in the last quarter to bring healtny profits into the State Treasury.
 For the five months expiring yester- day the net receipts of the Depart ment amounted to $116,633.27. This does not include s5l,0o0 of earnings now due but not yet paid into the treasury.
 Receipts During Four Years. As the second term of president Carmichael and Associate Inspectors Thomas Bradford and Shirley Bragg ended yesterday, Judge Carmichael took occasion to refer in his report to the work of the administration in the four years. The aggregate gross receipts for the last four years and | ING lHOhtuS nave pccu SlyfVO, SofsVGs The net profits realized by the ad- ministration have been $sl2.151.77. Attention Is called to the fact that I current contracts for the hire of con- victs call, as a rule. for higher prices than any in the past. Principally all | the classes of labor are represented | in the numerous contracts.
 The general purpose of the admin istration has been to gradually bring all the convicts under the immediate control and management of the Con- vict Depart neat. This purpose has been accomplished from year to year so well that now mora than four -fifths l of all the convicts are under the direct care of the Department
 | As result of this policy the mor- tality rate among the convicts has been manifestly diminished and finan. cial profit have been realized. Manufacture of Gotten. | The .quarLer mas been marked by a beginning of the operation of the ! States lotion mill at Spelgner. This mill now in operation was started again about two months ago after hay. ing been shut down July 1, 1903, or account of the prevailing high cottor prices. The hope is expressed thai | the mill will not only furnish employ ment to some seventy women and chil dren convicts at Speigner but that dividend will soon be realized on tn, investment. The cJt'on raised on tn, l convict farms is being spun by tn, mill. It is the intention of the Boart to direct the manufacture of sufficien cotton to guarantee the clothing of al the convicts.
 An excellent feature of the Alabama convict system Is a telephone lin, which connect the office of the depart ment at the capitol with Prisons No I on the Tallapoosa river, No. 1 al
 Wetumpka and No. at Speigner.
 Report Of President.
 The report of President Carmichae Il Is in full as follows:
 Hon. R. M. Cunningham,
 Governor of Alabama,
 Montgomery, Alabama | Dear Sfr--ComplyiRg with SectioY 44S9 Of the Code of Alabama, I beg tC submit my quarterly report, and a. | this is the last day of the term ot omce for the second term of the pres. ent inspectors, I trust I may be par. doned for submitting in my report, z resume of the operations of the Depart. ment. over which I have had the honor 10 preside for the last four years,
 The condition of the convicts at this time, I may say. Is good The weather has been usually vehement nevertheless. our people have not sui. fered as severely from sickness in con. sequence of it, as might have been req sonably expected.
 The mortality within the last three months, has been light, and we have nad no epidemic except perhaps in some instances severe colds.
 My associates upon the Board. Hons shirley Bragg and Thomas Bradford nave discharged during the quarter, the usual duties of inspecting the several prisons. giving medical attention to ana chasing the convicts. attending the meetings of the Board, and counselinp With the President when necessary The President has been constantly en gagged during the quarter in dischare. ing the multifarious duties of of1ce work, daily coming up for considera. ton.
 l Condition of Prisoners. The purpose of the present man. agement, determined upon soon after their incumbepcy. to bring all the con- victs under the immediate control and management of the Convict Depart- ment has been carried steadily for fard, until now more than four-fifths of all the convicts are under the care of the Department. If this policy ,s continued for few months longer. all