Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1910-12-21

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pleasant.
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habltual drunksfds TIE fAsm coloay has
hes bssa tried. In Europe Il - proved .
succses, but In Amssics Il Il sin In a
experimental stags. Tbers 10 NO reason
Why ws shoaid not make thsss . succsss
for such mon, giving them out door iils,
healthy exercise and medical attention.
4. when, sooording 10 his record, . man
hes Demonstrated that 10 has ovsrmastsr-
ing criminal Or dsespsrssing tendencies,
be should b surgicaiiy treated % that he
cannot propagate his blood and kind.
Some other states are doing this already.
This II NO thsorstical fancy-ths sanity Of
II 10 bassd upon the moss commou peiu-
ciplss used In stock brssding The world
over, and IL 10 . duty TO the future. Unless
We want to 10 on psopasstine and sup
porting . dessnersts ciass thess thinss
should BE- done. But, u you, industrious
tax-psysrs, are willing to keep on paying
the police bills and feeding hundreds Of
able bodied idlers, It 10 your privilege.
After criminals record hes been found
out and the proper system for treatment
built upthe indeterminass sentence should
Be adopted for all Of those that are evil
denly menscs to good society, and the
whole matter OF their release from prison
made dependent upon their fitness for
citizenship. This throws the responsibility
for improvement upon the delinquent and
makes his love Of freedom . great force
for the betterment Of his conduct, - 1t
ought to be. Men that cannot show good
evidences Of reform should never be
allowed to 60 entirely free In society. By
such means we can gradually round up
the criminal and slowly exterminate the
blood with predominating criminal ten
denotes.
A still more constructive policy is 10 de-
velop agricultural, industrial and domes-
tic education so that our young people
may see the opportunity within the State
and DO able to take advantage OF them and
| find easy passage into steady and profit
able occupation that will support families
and provide the normal conditions for
happiness and citizenship.
Criminals and trsmps, paupers, ETC., are
best eliminated for the future by provid /,
ing the next generation with every posi-
bic means of normal and vitslized exist
| ence. Education, the machine shop and
the technical school, the scientific book
and the experimental farm have to large
extent taken the place OF the old appren-
ticeship and traditional farming.
Among the many things much needed
In this progressing age is schools Of en-
ginery. This is . gas engine age, and it
seems to me that 1t is the duty Of our
large city high schools to start depart
ments Of instruction in gas and electric
enginery, which should be open to all citi-
zens, especially in the evening. In the
cities there are hundreds of men, young
and old, who would like to get some prac-
tical instruction in this line. Where in
Mainecan young man learn gas en-
gineryf
| Every form OF degeneracy, crime,
poverty, insanity would be lessened by
more practical education, for there would
be q sounder economic basis for the exist
| ence OF self and family.
The next ten years ought to see q revi-
sion of the school system downwsrds--
down closer to the peoples needs and life.