Arizona republican., 1907-01-23

1t involved asking Congress to permit US to still
further increase Territorial Indebtedness which already
beyond the per cent limit As have suggested elsewhere,
this is bad policy Again an expedure of s400OOO 90 if it were
necessary, could be easily made by small levy Five
cents year for the two years would have created
greater fund than S400G000.
End The act limited the expenditure for "immovsbc
property" TO 81 100000 The Board deemed S4OOOOO
wholly inadequate the proper improvement Of the prison.
And it did not to that there any necessity for
proprey in expenditure Of s3600OOO FOR movable
property.
3rd The title of the Territory to the land upon which
the prison located conditional The condition 81
our title the continual maintenance of the prison upon that
particular site The Territory ought never be bound TO main
tain public institution at any given locality all
No anticipate the exgenees that might arise make
1T wholly inexpedient to maintain public institution az
particular paceand indeed the Legislature of the Territory
not legally bind it. But if title taken based upon
such condition, and if thereafter good or compelling
suggest removal the Territory would lose all that
might have invested in the construction of buildings and
fixtures upon the ground.
invite your especial attention the report the Super
nenden only conditions reported the recon-
mendations there made by him.
THE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL
Under the provisions of act of the Twentythrd Leg
slature the management of the Industrial School taken
by the Territorial Board Of Control the lst day Of
July, 1905 Under the former law managed by Board
of Trustees For the fiscal years the net cost of administration
was:
In 1906 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Il 361 IS
The gross in each year aggregated about the
S22954l9 IN 1905, and S22404O1 19O6the be-
ing arrived at by subtracng from the gross cost the
received from the several counties Of
therefombut in the last fiscal year there large
crease Of the number of inmates
In 1905 the average number of inmates IS
In 1906 the average number ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thus the net cost per capita of inmates 1905 S5S26O
while the number of inmates increased 30 per cent.
The school has been conducted economically possible
with proper regard for the needs of the inmates The a
areny high cost per capita of maintenance there compared
with the Asylum for the Insane the Territorial Prison
such comparison ought properly to be made readily
planned when consider that the number of officers and
employees in proportion to inmates is necessarily much higher
at the Benson School than at either of the other institutions
Two employees, women at Benson made necessary be-
cause of the four girls there The two employees
would be ample for to 10 times many girl inmates there
are there, while attendant would be sufficient
for the And to degree but to the degree
this true OF attendants for the boys The number Of inmates
could be increased two three fold without
in the necessary salary and wage expenditure That expend
ure therefore, constitutes much larger proportion Of the cost
of maintenance there than either of the other institutions
mentioned and of the comparative per capita
cost Of maintenance.
While the management is excellent the administration Of
this institution necessarily unsatisfactory and in my opinion
must always remain long is attempted maintain
it at its present location and with its present facilities
Its location hillside in the environs of Benson The
ground about is naturally sterile and there facilities
for an adequate water supply to embelh make attractive
fairly useful the ground if it sterile
The building badly designed for the purpose for
which it used-indeed Of the opinion that
not designed for that purpose at all. Nor that it
regard to future demands without mourning greater than
would provide for proper construction entirely.
With the small number of inmates at this school imprac
cabe to apply to great extent those methods for their
treatment and discipline that prevalent modern in
situations of like kind and the number larger there
would not be for their accommodation 1t already
crowded. which in itself bad from every point of view While
to be regretted that there fathers and mothers
the Territory who lost to only their Of duty
but every of shame that their children be taken
from them and committed to such Institution for the chill
dren sake and in the hope that they may become better
citizens than their parents Is not to be expected that the
number will, with increasing population, grow less
Provision for their proper care, discipline and education
already inadequate and the immediate future requires further
provision.
1t particularly desirable that provision be made
ST
for fitting the inmates for honorable employment in the
future well give them elementary education There
should be adopted and practed rules of reward and promotion
for good conduct and penalties and reduction for bad conduct
To do this there should be classification of the and
consequently facilities for their different housing and other
treatment all of which is practically impossible the school
it is
manual training department would be excellent but
again met with difficulties One solution, it
is to abandon the present site and buildings 1t quite pos
sbe that the building there could be put public
private and would not be complete loss to the Territory
site should then be found with least 100 of land and