The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-10-31

thirty men who are equipped
with the facilities for making
good clothing that fits well, anc
a suit Of white duck from thi.
factory is by no means bad look.
ing. The goods to be used foi
the winter clothing has a wool
filling, and will make comfort
able winter clothing. Their is
no reason why this clothing fac
tory should not be enlarged to
manufacture clothing for all the
states institutions where cloth
ing is provided by the state, and
It should also make all the quilts,
sheets. pillow cases, towels and
other cloth goods used by the
state. Such work would not
only save expenses to the state,
but would employ that many
more men and send them out of
the prison competent workmen.
Marked improvements have
also been made in the shoe fac
tory, where something over
twenty men are now employed,
turning out about a hundred
pair of shoes a day. By increas-
ing this force, three times the
mum Der Of shoes can as easily
be made without additional
overhead charges. The shoe
that was formerly made for the
prisoners was shown us, and by
the sid e of it the shoe that is
now made and worn. How the
men and women ever wore the
clumsy old shoes of former
days IS a mystery. The like
was never seen outside the pen
ltentiary and the convict camps.
Now they make a heavy, bat /
comfortable shoe for work and a 4
lighter shoe for the women and /
the discharged prisoners. The /
light shoes are good enough for
any ordinary wear, and the
heavy shoes good enough and
comfortable enough for working
men. The old shoes cost the
system about So. 90 a pair, while
he heavy shoes now made cost
about $l.40 The state prisons
ihould manufacture all the shoes
he state has to provide for it's
'ther institutions, and it is the
of the commissioners
md the Governor to have this
lone as soon as possible. The
bremen Of the shoe factory said
hat he could get good work out
f an intelligent convict in a
month and in two months could
make him a competent workman.
Every man employed this 4,
gay has an occupation at which
e can make a living when he
erves out his term. .
The same marked improve {
rent is noticeable in the ma
hine shops and foundry, the {
'agon factory and the furni- I
Ire factory. and in each of I
lese the men say there is some |
lcentive TO induce the highest
hciency on the part of the 8
risoners for even the lifetime {
len are hoping that some day I
ley may go forth from the 7
rison free. and able to care for q
lemselves. The man without o
1pe is the man who becomes {
ssperate and difficult to handle. n
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS G
While the improvements made
the past twenty months under {
e management of a prison {
have been even more S
an could have been expected O
lder existing conditions. and o
it'll conflicting opinions with c
ference to the management of n
'isoners. the commission form n
government for our prison il
stem is as yet largely expert 4
entail. Ii may be deemed {,
st after a thorough trial to a
ange the management back to Il
SUPPLEMENTARY. | hardly v
ink so, but this is possible. d
biologists say that we may ii
t expect the system to be e.
orking to greatest advantage 9,
r six or seven years after such Il
dical changes as Texas has Il
ade. So we may expect the I
,rk to be somewhat expert m
entail. at least as TO manage Ell