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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-01
QUESTION OF WAGES.

"Of course. 10 carry out your idea higher prices
would have to be paid for State work"
Certainly; and there is the rub. The present
prices are rfdiculously low A few men are get
ting rich st the expense of the State; but how
are we going TO get more without running foul
of the labor organizations? %
Have you considered any definite plans?'
There are several that have presented them
selves to my mind; but I cannot say that I have
decided on any one as the best. I have thought
that an excellent plan would be to have the
State fix a minimum price for its labor, based on
the wages of labor in the open market and turn
over the convicts to the highest bidder above
that price That would add greatly to the
States income but there would still be the law
prohibiting the employment of more than one
hundred men in industry. Therefore. why
not adopt the Iowa plan of concentrating on one
industry? Let the State cCnfine itself 10 the
manufacture Of one article, such shoes. for
instance and put all the men it could on that
industry Il would then pay contractors to bid
for the States labor and TO go into business on a
large scale with convicts for workmen. We
should have some lively competition among the
contractors then, and the State would get some
returns
or. best of although I confess do not
see how the labor unions are going to be made
TO take my view, and the labor unions, I think,
are going to have the most to say about this-let
the State be its own contractor. That seams
bold proposition, and it is, and I expect it to
raise an uprOar in labor circles. but when you
look al it calmly it is entirely reasonable.
''NeW-Jersey is obliged by law TO stamp
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FARM AND ROAD WORK.

Mr.. Wight would put an end to at least part
Of these evils by a system of labor in the county
1ails. 1t is impracticable TO extend the system
of contract labor to them, as the terms of the
inmates are too short. BY the time man has
become proficient enough at his occupation to
make his labor valuable his term is ended and
he is discharged But farm work and road work
might very well be carried on. Farm work of
course offers a solution for only part Of the
year. Road work can be carried on much longer
and when il can no longer be done there are
plenty of odd jobs Of cleaning up Mr. Wight
would have the cOnviCts break the roads through
the snowdrifts in the winter time. And he has
no squeamishness about the ball and chain. If
& man commits a crime let him suffer for it, he
says. The jails are not places of rest and en-
joynent.
But of no less Importance is the unsanitary
and infammabe condition of the iaiIs The
sanitary, or rather the lack of sanitary condi-
items is indesCri5able, while as for fire precau-
lions, the jails are nothing more nor less than
fretraps. The average rural county jail is any
where from twenty-five to fifty years old. and
many date back to the Revolution They may
be valuable as historical relics. but 1aiIs their
day has long since passed. They have brick or
stone walls but the interior construction is
mostly of wood In many instances the cells
have wooden partitions and wooden doors.
Bunks and floors of wood. the corridors are
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-01
--latest Legal Crochet Is
Affording Police Pretext
for Not Breaking Up
Illegal Resorts.

lice it fnterferes with them only to the extent Of
compelling them to do little detective work Per
hans # * this which has angered Mr. McAdoo.
Instead Of simply breaking into a house on hear
ss, the captain or inspector must send men SO
disguised that they will what IS being done in
side If Main clothes men OF the department can
NOT get Tie needed evidence. outside citizens may
he enDlovad There IS "A special fund esta bisiled
by the department for just such a purpose. This
done the detectives tell what they have seen to II
magistrate vino If convinced that gambling is
being conducted. Issues warrant. Like an IN
limited railroad ticket the warTaHt is good until it
Is used so that the police being armed with it
NAV wait the hest opportunity available for raid
Most OF the injunctions Of which the police com
plain have been issued by Judge Gaynor. In eN-
planning why lie believed in thus eRjoinins the
police the Judge said recently:
The notion Of any police official that he may
20 about smashing in houses ana ClHppiIs people
without evidence or warrant simply because he
s1Isnecfs them WoUid have To- be deemed insane An
a free government if IL did not arise out OF lgno-
rance or a bad motive
N would be we'll II the police authorities should
bresLr mo and smash the Interior OF OF
- U.s. u-frb mob violence, for every one
,oI5 rber perceive the enOrnity Of their offense
II would not be any greater. however. than their
Iaxese t-asnass against the houses and persons Of
the weak and Jininhuent!iI - -. - D..
II seems TO be longer known 10 many II not
,,ls, ~ a. ~ citizens of New-York thar officer
Who {s in fact committing wrongful trespass
upon an individual need not % submitted 10. but
r-is,~ N be contrary be lawfully resisted The
as though he were private person whenever
1'0Ics o6iraTs are suffered or taught ~ ignorant
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-01

persons put over them to think that they are above
the law and may go about interfering with the
torton, corruption and blackmaii upon the
community are sure 10 follow. Such result Is in
If an officer does not know that felony such as
pool selling has in fact been committed. the only
trate for a warrant. The magistrate then becomes
the judge al the facts Of whather the crime has
been committed, and issues or refuses the warrant
That an injunction does not really hinder the
police who earnestly want to get after the gam
biers is shown by the way Acting Captain Russell
bagged alleged poolroom recently not far from
lower Broadway. An establishment at No as
CauaI-st. obtained an injunction the plea that
il was an advertising agency For several months
the agency" did such fourshing business that
the stairs could hardly accommodate the crowds
OF patrons. When Acting Captain Russell. how
ever took command Of the precinct. he vas in
structed from Headquarters to get evidence con-
corning 10. 3i5 He sent some queer cops" 20
the place but, in spite OF their DISCUSSES they
were recognized. and their ruse failed Then he
employed private citizen by the name Of Charles
Schwartz who said he had the OF the place
and could get any amount of evidence The Joo
was given to him. and the evidence placed before
Magistrate McAvoy. who Immediately issued
warrant.
Being armed with the warrant the police were
free of the injunction, and on August 81 they
bounced on the place. An agile policeman. who
squeezed in between the ceiling and two massive
partitions opened the door at the street on the in
side and the rest or the bluecoats were admitted
They found sixty-three men inside. including
schwartz who picked out five men employees.
In the room we're various kinds OF racing para
phernaIa.
Another instance which proves what the police
ca, do II they only have mind to IS afforded b.
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Le Boutilner Brothers
Vest Tu,enty-ffird Street,

bring about A distinct reform. The whole coun-
ty Jail system is wrong, according to penoio-
gists Here you will find herded together en-
tirelv innocent men, detained as witnesses. boys
from ten to sixteen years old. accused of some
slight nisdemeanor and awaiting trial; men Of
mature age, also awaiting trial. and, under the
law. presumed innocent until they are proved
guilty; practfsed offenders, serving sentences,
and vomen-wonen held night, perhaps
to he released the next day with profuse apollo
gies and, in the mean time. thrown into foul
dungeon with women Of the lowest order.
verita Bile schools of crime are the average
county jails. The inmates. who sleep from two
to half dozen in a cell. meet in the daytime in
a common hall The boys and young men. as yet
innocent or at most only on the threshold of
crime come under the influence of old Offenders
and learn all the tricks Of the trade and to look
up to and admire the professional criminal In
a short time they are fairly apprentiCed to the
craft, and if released from the present charge,
are soon again behind the bars.
Al night the county jail in a rural community
IS often the scene of wild carousal The in
mates are permitted to send out for what they
want to eat and drink. There is card game in
progress, the fiddler of the countryside comes in
and next there is dance. Confinement in
rural county Jail is not q hardship. but boon
TO many prisoners. They seek il as an asylum,
meals day. plenty of amusement and warm
and sheltered place to sleep every night-whO
would not choose this to the lee side of a snow
drift in january
In the counties Of New-York the system has
advanced further vet. Here the Sheriff is paid
in fees and has allowance of so much d day
for the keep of every prisoner. Frequently he
farms this privilege out. retaining himself the
royalty. without the trouble of caring for the
men supposedly under his charge. 1t is to his in
terest to have many prisoners, and he viii give
a tramp 50 to have good time, that at the
end of his carouse the tramp viii be rounded
up and. sentenced for three or four months II
is 2 rO0
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PURPOSE OF PRISONS.

Prisons are not Instituted for commercial
purposes The primary purpose is to punish
crime and reform the Individual They are the
hnalty Of our criminal Jurisprudence. and if you
carried the term 'seIf-sustaining' to its ulti-
mate conclusion they would be obliged to sup
port the courts and all the officers of the law
So We cannot reasonably say TO make the pris-
ons entirely self-supporring, but each one should
be csiied on to pay its own particular expenses,
anG it is unreasonable not TO demand this Of
them. In asking this. and in taking any prac-
teal means TO bring this end about. I do not
think that honest labor will be injured but that
on the contrary. il will be benefited by having
the matntena ace Of the convict's family taken
from the shoulders Of honest labor and put
where It belongs-on the convict
In this connection Mr.. Wight may find inter
esting the experience of New-Tork in the palmy
days of contract labor in this State. There are
six penitentiaries in Network that stand as
monuments to the old contract labor system.
Four Of them have now descended to the posi-
ton of county jatls and are a heavy burden on
the taxpayers The reason is that with the
BOLTON of contract labor there ceased to be
inmates for the penitentiaries.
In the days Of contract labor, contractors and
so-caIled officers of justice were all in the same
ring. The contractors rounded up the men. the
sherifTs arrested them trumped-Up charges
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a captain raided a place in order that an injurc-
ton might he obtained. and he replied: I would
like TO get hold Of a captain who raded place FOR
such purpose.
Had Mr.. McAdoc not taken six long weeks for his
vacation. returning then only 70 depart shortly al
terward for another trip to Montreal. he might
have got hold OF n few such captains. The fact
has become notorious that certain police officials
have advised poolroom keepers to get tnjunctons
so that they (the police could this pretext for
leaving the resorts alone. Il IS also said that
fake" raids have been made for the very purpose
Of afordng gamblers the opportunity Of getting in
functions against further interference.
Yet ar any rate, Mr. McAdoo might have dis
covered that an Injunction does in fact inter
fere with the police = they really want 10 do their
duty While he was away 4 CT his men proved
couciusiveIy tEat they coaId detect gambling and
run IT down successfully in spite Of injunction.
Had Mr.. McAdoo also had talk with some of the
5,5pes whose injunctions he complains of he might
have gained considerable knowledge thereby. and
indeed might have praised rather than condemned
the bench.
The chief reason for the courts issuing injunc
tio7e ~ those VINO the police say gamblers is
n nreveUt blacknaH and extortion- Crooked cap
tairs if Inrestraired able 20 exact evies from
,oolroor7s and similar establishments under threat
- s,,,s,t and spectacular raids. Or they can
nut place out of business by stationing an officer
~ rbe door 10 prevent customers from entering
~ aqatn to hush complaints they make fake
raids on place that IS paying for protection let
.t,, the ,roprletor have a tip in advance of their
,,,,rg so that only few stool pigeons will be
found whom no court will convict The Alien
rIace in 6th-aye was raided the other day for
The eghtyffth time and get the place Is stiii said
to be doing business.
When an Injunction Is Issued against t4s 20
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The police Of this city have discovered a new
excuse fdr falling 70 close gambling houses. This
time they Do not attempt to ehirk responsibility
by saying the department is too small and that
more p2trolner Should be appointed TO detect
crime Such argument. they seem 10 real
.ze. i getting stale. Neither do they blame lie
albany legislature for interference, as they haze
done 50 often. when charged with negIccting their
duty By TO hook or crook can they use the State
government on this occasion shield themselves.
The courts are tie objects % police attack NJ the
present TINE. It IS the Judiciary. according TO
William Ncadoo. tie Murphy Police Commits
sionsr which IS preventing che bluecoats from get
ting after the gamblers. Poolroorn keepers are
procuring intunctlons from Judges Ia says which
prohibit his men from raiding the houses without
= warrant from standing II 'front.' q the doors
and Eaoo1g customers away To q Itch these gam
blcrs. Afr. MeAdoo adds, the police must first get
Evidence sscretl,. and. bringing this evidence be-
fo-e a rs gfs-rate. get q warrant All this takes
tI-.c tro2cle and expense
The ta5urc>lons caused Nj. McAdoo such anxiety
that lie ordered his subordinates to prepare conf
llete list Of alleged poolrooms which are protected
il this way, and ne learned that there were forty
such places in Manhattan and more than sixty in
ice entire city. Then lie exclaimed
NO wonder TIE Police Department is hand-
capped These ir5coctons constitute the greatest
obstacle we have 70 cor tend against. Why should
Inc courts Interfere The police confident that
many o. tie places from which they are restrained
y Injunction running poolrooms- I have
before ne now fearful letter from a father. who
tells that his IS being ruined by playing
the Races in place where the, police are enjoined
from interfering The -umber OF these places is
increasing every DAY In some cases IN order 10
obtain the necessary evidence the police have
setn coaxed- ard msled into premature raid"
III. sIcAdgo Egs ASKED II Ia rad ever heard that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-01
CONvICTs EARNED OUT.

Under present conditions the convicts are
farmed out 10 the highest bidder, the contracts
now in force bringing in six cents an hour
nan 10 the State. But the State is not allowed
n exercise its discretion about the number Of
men 50 farmed out Il IS limited by law to not
more than one hundred men 10 a given industry
50 that convict labor does not come into too ac-
tive competition with honest labor There are
seven industries. all told-the making Of mats
and mattings. trousers and Wristbands. shoes.
brushes. sacks, blocks and brooms-at which
57S men are employed in Trenton. The State
furnishes the shops. men and power. The con-
tractors supply the machinery and instructors
The men are required TO work nine hours day
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-01

LonE island Sound and which f2T years ne -,
considered worse than useless. has sUaasillS -
ON q plarkatat lie value. and the oS3tef'i"ii az ANS
ing cooS harvest from tnetr cap 49,.
TIC perfV-inkIe has become Vai4@otr leta--7 -.
co4fjsb never before known 20 De an ei,lcIIs- L-s
80 = iiLfr m them Their tender ans are now
.irN'I -tf7.,-,s 1Drsef for Mr. Gods table and
e,,or ts tonrh body part OF the peClUinkls = TOW
1Oubed by the cod IN PleL1t''''- ~
ring clans e. ,,=ezt, v-as o,fv r~-
"a, t5fscNvare5 by the Eastern uShernen. y 70
M 6e4- wondering why the ash did not take nnid
ns' - ,sfal halt As there are few or no PERI.
,,,,ltfez in the Eastern waters the fishermen q
49, rs,yfor, are now sending tO the west enc or mo
S,1,,d FOR periwnkIes, which are shipped East y
The barrel .--..-,. -F,,te-L a r,-~.
.aif water snail IN fact, the shell OF which runs
$500 "a minute size I'M to seven and eight inches u
is1e4h The part of the body which projects from
- sheU nropsr protected with thin. trans pa
eIT T lte-ns end the body is tough while the tail
vriTrin the shell is soft am tender.
Parjvrinkles feed upon the oysters. and Tor tbs
ali that have been caught for many years nave
been boiled 90 death together with the starusn and
rha drills the other oyster pests and then THROW y
into the Sound again, A successful industry =
now promised in the wholesale capture OF the
'winkle' fer bait
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-01
SPEAKS FROM EXPERIENCE.

NJ Wight was an active minister for many
Years before he became Commissioner of Char
g-ies and Correction and he speaks from eX-
r,arie7Ce in saying that the Convicts' families
become charges on the community In the years
OF his ministry he had many such cases come
under his personal notice. Il was this that
turned his attention 70 the question Of convict
IA Dor when Governor Stokes called him to Tren-
TOT last spring and offered him the office he
nov fills. This naturally brought up the sub
ject of the maintenance Of the prisons.
NeE-Jersey has Two great penal institutions
where an attempt is made TO utilize the labor OF
the inmates; the reforTnatory Al Railway and the
state prison at Trenton Railway is place for
first offenders. between sixteen and thirty years
old. serving indetermiuate sentences. So far,
al the work of the prisoners has been expended
on improving the institution.
Railway is a graft you know said Mr..
Wight Some one with pull sold the land
TO the State. and ever since the state has been
putting It in condition L is getting fairly
habitable now. The convicts have put about
500 0G0 worth Of Improvements on the place"
II Is AT Trenton. where the men are sentenced
for specific terms. that Mr.. Wight wants to
make his experiment. Trenton prison has an
average Of 1.2G0 inmates and costs approx
r1ately $4,000 a year 10 maintain. Its re-
ceIpts from all sources VIII be in the neighbor-
hood Of $4,000 year OF these. some $4,000
comes from contract labor, q ridiculously small
sum, in the opinion Of Mr.. Wight.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-01
81 the Same Time Contributing
Something TO Support
I heir Wives.

-T have no sentiment Of sympathy with crlnl-
,-sfz EXCEPT as to certain fundamental rights
If nan. would not see them hurt or injustice
,5o-e them. but there is too much of feeling IN
o,,e of our state institutions that these fellows
&c che guests Of the State. and too much can
-o+ he done for them. II some Of these 'philah-
-,.;e+s, had their way we would he building
additions here and wings there and uphoisterlhs
,ho cells till the treasury would be MIXED dry
~ e,-A-v criminal in the State Of New-JerSey
would have his private wet nurse In my oplh-
a. +bare Is no reason why these fellows should
-. he seIf-supporting instead Of constant eA-
rense 70 the State"
Tins explicitly and emphatically did the rev
GORGE r. Wight. State Commissioner OF mar
ties and Correction of New-Jersey' STATE ms
-,osi-iop on the convict labor question IN ms
Sc IN the State House at Trenton the other
day ,-,,,
.--ba-a are various reasons why the crlIlllll01
should be Eelf-supporJing, he con1lilu7u'
my are the penal institutions great eAp
- +be state which should be carried by theF
inmates. but indirectly another heaNS
g nronab+ or the state through the fanliies
:. -. o,icts. and these families are, also, SUD
.ao+e5 n great hardship and privatlon' VI
-o,,-se rr,ere IS 4 large class Of professional
s-,i-a1s me-, who make their living ny crime
b,,, Won lake the majority Of the inmates u
--ieons erd YOU will fnd that they are WHAT
90 he called accidental criminals. Now IN
.,-e-sza American middle class family, the
re helms "a support the family, either by her
,,o,l, ~ home o. by outside work and If she
has nut upon her. in addition the burden OF the
husbands part. It becomes TOO much and the
family becomes first a charge upon the friends
snd then upon the community
Nv contention is that the convict should ne
made N nav for his own maintenance and sup
ro4f his family"
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; Reasons

There are others
Why your purchases of China and
Glass should he made at the worlds
greatest China and Glass store.
FIRST:-It is conceded that we
carry the largest. most varied and
complete assortment of China and
Glass of any retail store in the
world. As an example. 40 differ
ent STYLES of Gold. Plain and En-
graved Tableware. 35 different
patterns of Cut and Rock Crystal
Glassware. 50 different STYLES of
English Dinnerware. $50 differ
ent patterns and styles of French.
English and German Dinnerware,
Etc. Etc.
SECOND-Our prices for the same
style and quality of Goods invari-
ably average
ia Less Than Elsewhere
THIRD:-Our store service, includ-
ING selling, delivering, ETC., is all
that YOU could expect from a first
class store.
1t IS such special values as noted be-
low that will make our store espe-
ciallv attractive the following week.
BAVARlAN DINNER SETS There are
AT $500 REDUCED several very
FROM S24.00. dainty pat
terms in these sets. One with viO-
let decoration. another with green
rocco border and pink flowers; all
having gold edges and gold traced
handles.
LIMOGES CHINA SETS There are
AT $500. several very
dainty. pretty flower decorations,
with gold traced handles. Prices
reduced from $500 to $1,000.
LIMOGES SETS Several entirely new
AT $3.50 assortments in flower
decorations with FURNISHED gold
handles.
BAVARIAN OPEN STOCK Very dainty
DINNER SET. assorted
flower decorations in Bavarian
China Dinner Sets with dainty gold
lace border. 100 pieces complete.
S22.95. You may select in any
quantity desired at the same rate.
LIMOGES CHINA DINNER This is an
SET AT 1925. open stock
finest Limoges China, with black
kew border on gold. hair brown lace
work extending toward the centre
of the plate: gold PIN line of shout
der. 100 pieces. S88.25, or select
in open stock as desired at the same
rate.
ENGLISH CHINA You may make your
DINNER SETS. selection from fifty
English China Dinner Sets rang
ing. in price downward from
S543.35 for a magnificent English
Cauldron set in cream body with
heavy acid etched border decora-
ton
SPECIAL SALE An attractive feature
OF PLATES. of this weeks sale
will be several hundred dozen plates
in assorted decorations, sizes, etc,
selling at 25e.. &c., 75c. and Sl.OO
each.
West 2lst and West I'D SITS,
Near Sixth Ave, n. Y.
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and the justices sentenced them to terms long
enough to put them in the penitentiaries. There
the contractors worked them at rs cents day.
and everybody got his share except the poor con-
vict, who did not know why he was arrested
and the State The Kings County Penitentiary
in that time used to pay $4,000 or $4,000
month above expenses. But since contract Labor
was abolished the penitentiary population of
New-York State has fallen off about two-thirds
and four of the six penitentiaries stand largely
empty.