The chronicle=news., 1913-07-05
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Pogtlaad. Ore. July The oaiy
so,stioa ses The preslsa q eFios-
vhieh p ssliostsd 70 easa tAs oess.
try sig .bililoss Of dollsrs . yssr-is
the saseapAp1 sssteacs OF peoeattoa.
IL ths oRlALoe q NekAeae Cissasd.
LEI Chlcsso. who addressed the Gee.
uessl coslsssses On esisop Asssea
to1sy Ia posasssIos With tAs Wosh's
|chrisstaa cist,spsip cosfsSesss In
seasioA here. - sriss-, 80.
"ThG prispA u The ,rosasetlss usk
t,etweea .eivlljlasles asa sassssry."
Mr.. Cielaad Asserted. "were there
no priseps bow - sxisssses II Is Ia
eoueeivssle thst saiishtsasd society
vosId sdops sacA ~ assstsssl sad
usseiestiiic sysls0 for The treat
neut Of ~ dsfeetive ne0bcss.
"lt, u upquessiesably tsue that to
the psisos has bsea aasig1sa the
nost difficult aad tbs .AsN ia1ost.
aat task In oesasised soetsiy: vlz.
the prevention Of crime asd the re.
hahllilallee a tho criminal. Upoa
It's sucesss depssd % . lassv. deSyss
the. hsppinsss. coetea.eeat and psos-
perity of the astLoa. Il II expected
aaA required TO take the hereditary
criminal. ths pAyaiesl. 0sotsi aad
moral detective. The sdscated 6slis-
eusai. the iGaosant sad saIsssssd.
the eosviet whose oaly offense b his
poverty. and With the erudsst Of
equlpusest-for the oost cart soa-
less asd uavsatilased cells. Striped
suits and psrchasee . few ~ sorted
books-hapd these uasostuaales back
In few weeks Of few yesrs 10 30
ciety freed iro0 their hereditary
taints. healthy. useful citizens In
love with their country ssd It's laws.
The. iaTsesi siaSie Item Of coat
In every civiiissd satiea u now the
cost Of criae. Is .the Uaited. States
the invessoest. 10 .psisoss exceeds
five hundrsd million dollars. while
the annual cost Of maiutenance Il
upward Of two hundred nillIoa dol
lars. No scrurste estimate Of the
cost Of crime L. obtainsble. but u has
been placed By excellent authority ~
hish Al. SIX biilIoa dollars pct annuu,
for the United. states. = sun ter
timcs in excess Of the total COS, .ol
the Ooveraneat.. 10 twenty six ysars
the number Of honicides In tse Unis-
ca states has iscreassd over 20 pss
cent 10 proportIop 10 the popsiatios-
at hes built up prosessSoaal
criainsi class. II every coustry
there Is = large asd incssasing cIass
| Of professional criminals. practically
all Of whom have served ono OF moes
priaon terms. II 10 estimated that
the yearly earninss OF these crimia-
ais In the UaIted States exceeds eikSs
hundred million dollars. Every per-
son Is necessarily . school for crime
and In tho United States alone ap-
proximatsly SOC. 600 persoas Who arr
thus Imprisoned annually are given
. compulsory edacatIon In crime. ii
there were nc. jaiis there would be M
schools for crime. rsr-.
ut has Increased disease and pow
erty. The Creator did not intend
that may should live In .priaon. The
n. st deadly disease known 70 civil
ixation is tuberculosis. whose great
est aids arc dampncss. dafkness and
dirt, the special characteristics Of
most prisons. It Is insisted By ths
highest authorities that there r.
three times as much tuberculosis
among prisoners as among others
No estimate can be placed upon the
amount OF this, ditcase disseminat
by prison .made goods and discharge
1pfisoners. .r~s. r-
cit punishes the innocent az well
as the guilty The sreatest wrohs
committed today il the imprison'
ment Of the .bread-winner and the
sale by the State Of his labor TO pris.
on contractors, or its confiscation BY
the state !tiSlf. while the family 81
1.-THE convict is left TO suffer. Thi,
crime against innocent womanhood
and childhood is a. dissfaceful as II
is unnecessary. +.
''It does not reform the offender
Forty per cent of all prison gradu.
atea.. are again Imprisoned. many o'
them scores nf times. Betty offeoa'
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