The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-01-08

two being at Quincy and one at
Ocala. The report about white wo-
men state convicts being sent out in
discriminatory with negro prisoners is
therefore a mistake. OF the total
number of prisoners handled during
1907 there were % deaths. OF these
five were killed in attempting to es-
! cape; one was killed by a falling
wall; % died natural deaths. 1t thus
appears that 1872 per cent. or 1925
in every 1000 die from natural causes.
| In most cases the prisoners died
from the effects Of diseases contract
ed prior TO entering the state prison
| This death rate is less than what it
| il in some Insurance companies, in
which, of course, they pick their
! members. I. 5. Census for 1900, Vol
! 3, Page IS, Registration area. L. s,
/ being that part In which the statis-
/ ties are based upon registration rec
! oTds," death rate is lis per 1000.
! The registration area embraces the
! New England states. New York. New
! Jersey. Michigan and the district of
/ Columbia. In the registration area,
! as a whole the death rate Of the ma
| tive white is about Is Per 1000 and
/ that OF the foreign white ABOUT 10 per
! 1oe0 less than that of the cOlOred."
! Then consider that a large per cent.
/ Of the prisoners are cOlOTed, and that
! The death rate from natural causes is
only 1925 per 1000.
With the Inconvenience necessarily
/ Incident to the camps used by the
! counties i'm building roads. there
! would be no such small death rate.
! Humanity would prevent long term
! ConVictS from being used permanently
/ in temporary camps. On page 301 of
! the admirable report of the commits
| siOner attention is called 10 the fact.
/ that eve stand solitary and alone in
/ easing women, black and white, for a
mCnied consideration" and taht we
again stand alone among the states in
leasing the aged. the decrepit, and the
young"
The commissioner recommends
| that some provision be made for the
detention of the women and the infim
/ on some farm. owned by the state. It
/ is TO be hoped that his recommended
/ ton may sooner or later prevail At
/ tentiCn is invited more particularly to
! the Convict Question. because it IS
! liable to be a subj ct Of legislative ac-
ton at the cCC2in~ session. As before
mentioned our state is very respCn-
! sivc TO any action taken by our neigh
J boring great stata Of Georgia. This
s,cta having recently acted on this
! oUh5"Cl, many Floridiaus mink that it
iii necessarily b. a subject of legis-
iativn enactment ~ our state. II is
s.. lr hoped tia the various news
DG1er wc1 Of J-s state viii read the
arir report OF ne commissioner Of
agriculture for IT, years 1905-06, or
/ ~ much. "a least, rs concerns the
subject Cf convict In discussing the
subject. they ought 10 make a distinc-
/ ti2a between the State system and the
county systems, as regards the man
agoncut Of rC0v.cts. There are many
who know very little about the ma
! terial facts on which their humani-
! tartan sentiments and sentimental
1 humanitarianism is based. The con-
ViCts are prisoners sentenced to hard
! labor as punishment. yet they are
/ wards Of the state and are human be-
: ingS There is not a member of the
! board who is not anxious 10 nave them
vCoperly treated. 1t is desirable that
! every member Of the next legislature
and at least some of the newspaper
men ana other public spirited citizens
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Much has been said about the state
. being IN honor bound 10 drain the
. Everglades. t-oriua received these
lands inoer 'hs act OF Congress, by
. which other states received theirs.
. our n''gh5oring state OF Alabama
. gave hers 10 ne" insane asylum. Iowa
/ gave hefS II heE counties. Cantor
ma sold hers. II is unknown 10 me
l. the oihcers Oh any oIher state
nave taken the position OF IN honor