The Washington herald., 1909-02-22
Criminals and Migrants.

. EditcT The Wsshingtcr Herald
+ Why not send the professional criminals
and lazy. idle vagrants who are living
either upon society in general or upon
/ the hard earnings Of some poor washer
woman 10 the Philippines OF down %
! Panama 10 dig the canal? The jsils are
( crowded with criminals, who grow fat
upon food furnished by the taxpayers-
and. like the drones in hive. they do no
work. only with their jaws. In the alleys
and around low saloons may be seen 6
class that foolish women toll night and
day 10 keep the breath in their miser-
able bodies-and how much more profit
able would be their presence digging out
/ Culebra or stopping the holes in the
Gat5n dam.
Truly. they would enjoy the sugar cane
OF the Philippines. and smoke in peace
Manila tobacco, with the waves OF Old
Ocean smiling upon them. Instead OF
/ killing. contrary 20 Christ and the Ten
| Commandments, we could place these
bloody hearts aboard Of a transport and
send them 70 labor in the Isles OF the
Sea, and leave the good Lord to reward
them according TO their deeds. This
blessed country has not one road OF soil
that should be Travelled over by pro-
I ressionsl tramps. who glory IN their
shame-and IN reality. are only animals
on two legs. II we cannot ship them
away so that they viii no longer curse
society. then chain them in gangs. after
a shower bath. and let them shovel snow.
or dig IN the streets, as officers may d.
rect. We should no longer build houses
for their idle bodies 10 loaf and sleep in.
and then send them daily from door TO
door begging for something to eat Bread
lines should be abolished at once, and
every one given q chance 70 woTk-and
the vagrants forced TO work The truly
deserving among the unemployed should
be paid a certain rate q day-l0dgings
proviGed-and the city made daily more
beautiful by their labor An industrial
tax should be levied that would provide
funds 10 pay such workers. and this tax
should be assessed yearly and kept IN a
fund by itself. so that It might be avail
able in days OF panic and distress II
necessary gTanaTies might be estab-
lished. where poor women and children
could 90 and get their weekly allowance
OF. -four. II IS a burning shame that any
deserving one should suffer in a country
that God has enriched above all others.
If all our prisons were self-supporting.
how soon the yearly tide OF prisoners
would cease 20 flow through the gates.
In all first Offenses Of a minor character
the criminal should be placed upon pro-
baton and good behavior, and not ruined
forever by the association Of those who
hate the good and love evil. IN all cases
Of intoxicatiOn the saloon keeper or per
son furnishing the poison should be pun
ished, and the patrolman instructed TO
bring before the police justice the pro-
prietOF OF the saloon nearest the place
where the person was arrested. This
would very soon put an end TO public
drunkenness n every precinct women
should be notified that they would be
protected in reporting any saloon keeper
who robbed them through their husbands.
brothers. OF others of the money needed
for their support All losses Of money
through liquors or injury TO person or
property should be collected from the
dealer in such goods upon proof Saloons
should pay a license OF Sl.o0G. and open
al O'Clock a. m. and close Al O'Clock
2. NJ The iab0Ting man would then have
no excuse for ioafing about the streets