The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-16

and require your Investigation and
 remedial legislation. keep of man in chains to anyone who expects to make money from the
 economy of it, or the saving of It. IS
 wrong in principle and IS ooilsed ,H serious abuses Besides being the ob. ject of cupidity in the making Of ] money it also excites the disposition
 of making more money. The State very wisely took the care of the con- victs in it's own hands when hiring
 them out because 1t was found by ex. lperience that serious abuses by not I giving the proper fod and good care were the result
 The report of the convict inspectors,
 pr. Bragg. chairman, shows this to De the case and why should the State con | tinue to practice out of date methods of farming out the care of prisoners of the State at so much per diem, when
 has almost, without exception. been abused. A man in jail Is in the GUS ftody of the State and humanity de- mands that he should have reasonable care. suggest laws making 1t part
 of the States duty to feed its own | prisoners, and also suggest law to | have State inspector of the 5ails of
 the State. I think this would be in
 the interest of both humanity and
 economy.
 The Youthful Offender.
 l The State has rightfully proposed to
 divide the two, that is, the adult and youthful convict. The first step in this
 school at East Lake. The work accom- plished by the ladies with what sub
 scriptions they could get from the pub | lie and the meagre help from the coun- | the success, of this work, bounded in as l 1t has been by its meagreness of funds,
 is best attested by inspection of same.
 strongly recommend that sufhciency of the general fund by diverted to the upbuilding and enlarging of facilities for the care, not only of those there. | but whatever of other number there may be necessary to be sent, to Keep ences around these boys at the begin ming of their life. giving them every l opportunity that the State can furnish
 for reformation. As long as we rec is destructive even in our home life. how much more so must 1t be in the l chained or convict life; and if we in | our homes recognize the importance of higher is the duty of the State to sepa- rate these boys and give them the best influence rather than the worst? I strongly recommend sufficient ap- propriation to secure dormitories and facilities for the keep of all the youth full criminals and 1t will in the end, if there be anything in the axioms of life, be much more economic and upbuilding to the State, speaking on surface grounds alone, than to let them go on with the associations of adult and hardened convicts of the State.
 Manufactures.
 It is evident that the tariff, as a policy of the United States Government, is here to stay. It.is also evident that
 Alabama, being largely agricultural,
 has not shared in this species of pa- 4V.rr hot4 ertx vaxy he fLrsxfw ernment. As matter of State policy, we should give our people the oppor- tunities for versatile employment, and should give our State a chance to share l in that great wealth made by other States in the manufacturing of goods
 of every destription, particularly that of cotton.
 At 10 cents a pound our farmers their lands and labor, and this wealth stays within the State The average amount per pound which the manufac- turer makes is 12 to Is cents per pound:
 we could more than double the value | of the pounds of cotton raised in the State by manufacturing 1t in the State. If the State could manufacture every pound of cotton that 1t grows, giving that much additional employment to the citizens of the Stae, and that much additional wealth and value to the
 economies of the State, it would be a Is now one of the largest owners of timber lands and iron and coal lands If we could but get an equitable ad- justment of the freight rates within
 the State so as to encourage the build ing of industries, which use crude ma- terial, it would tend more than any thing else to increase the wealth of the
 State, and to increase the citizenship of the State, securing that diversifca~ tion of interests that the United States Government encourages by its tariff system, and the State. in following the policy of the Government, perforce
 would best secure 1t by adopting the same lines.
 Child Labor.
 There is quite a development of cot ton mills and mining interests in the
 State, and in both of these, particularly the former. boys and girls of tender age can be used. The best interest of the State demands that there should be vision of their employment
 On the farm and in other outdoor work a continuance of labor is impossi- ble on account of the vicissitudes of the weather. I suggest, therefore, that you introduce a graduated limitation of age,
 and also some method with regard to the introduction of compulsory educa-
 tion; thus, not only breaking into the possible continuity of indeer door but also giving the advantages of educa- tion. At the same time, I will caution you that a great many people have
 gone to the mills to work because they
 have found by experience that they can earn more money and do better there than they can elsewhere, and in large families they can better take care Of themselves with their earning capcaity there than elsewhere, and it is a very serious matter for the State to assume ! the guardianship as to how and when