Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-07-11
BULL MOOSE PARTY PLANK AP.
PEARS PLEASING TO RE-
DICTIONARIES.
INDUSTRIES At INSTITUTIONS
ARE sQUARELY OPPOSED
inebriate Hospital at Knoxville Would
BE Hit Hardest by Adoption Of Pro.
posal-Fort Madison, Anamosa and
Other Institutions Would Be Affected
and Inmates Lett in ldleness.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. July 11-Mayor Brown,
Of Fort Madison, and some Of the re-
dictionaries near the hospitals and re-
formatories probably will take great
pleasure in the new campaign issue
sought to be raised by the bull moose
state convention.
The platform adopted comes out
squarely for no industries at the state
institutions except for state con-
sumption"
The place where this would hit hard
est. If applied right now. would be at
Knoxville. There has been opposition
to having the inmates engage in in
dustry there. A good many Of the
inmates protested vigorously. This
week the state will let contract for
custodial building to care for those
who protest too strongly. The state is
making brick at Knoxville and the
brick must be sold in competition with
brick made by outsiders. 1t can not
be used. except in limited amount, for
state consumption only. 1t is sup
POScu was tfS main INDUSTRY
struck at by the bull moosers
Work at Other institutions.
But at Anamosa there has long
been carried on the stone crushing in
dustry. The crushed stone Is sold.
Some of it goes into road making.
Much of it is for paving foundation
and goes into buildings. A great deal
of it is said to go to Chicago. 1t is
now practically all handled as a COM
mercial proposition. The bull moose
platform strikes at that business.
At the hospitals for the insane var
ious forms of light industry are car
ried on from which the patients make
something on the side.
But also at Fort Madison the effort
has been made to give the inmates
something to do so that out of their
earnings their poor families may have
some partial support. To this end
the inmates are being used on farm
work, in clearing land, in road build
ing, in barn building, and various
forms of rough labor. The money
earned goes to the families Of the men.
There has been a great deal Of COM
plant about this.
Brown Grows Sarcastic.
Out of this desire to give the in
mates something to do grew the de-
nunciation of Mayor Brown, of Fort
Madison, In which he said:
Fort Madison is pink tea and sort
OF summer and winter resort for the
good for-nothings, where they have
music while they eat. half holidays. in
fact must all hilodays. baseball, band
concerts. lyceum bureaus, lawn ten
mis-. they have not as yet introduced
ping pong or fiddle de wink for the
dear creatures but doubtless they will
soon. No working man can enjoy half
the Injuries that the criminals do.
They are pampered and made fools of
and we taxpayers foot the bills. It is
time for the long haired reformer Of
Iowa to let up and give the common
people who pay the bills little con-
sheraton. The whole thing Is an out
rage on the taxpayers of the state, and
/ sincerely hope that they will rise in
their might and swat few of these
sissies that are running penal institu-
tions and cumming the convicts."
At this same time the legislature has
provided for establishing Industries at
as many Of the institutions as posi-
BILE, has arranged for new farm
where prisoners will not work for state
consumption only, and has required
that women's reformatory be estab-
lished. The action Of the bull moose
convention is the first rising of tax
payers in their might to swat few
OF the sissies, ETC. 1t is expected the
state candidates of the party will
make this a strong issue during the
year.