Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-10


is building large and spacious, where
every facility is furnished for com
plotting an education. even to the ad-
vanced courses and the professional
training. My chapel Is built plain
modest. but with an air of solemnity
and in which nothing that in any way
detracts that solemnity and where the
teaching o. Co.'s commandments and
OF pures, religion may be had without
hinurance or interference from any
source.
i have my industrial buildings dis
tributed around advanea geously where
all of the requirements Of the crafts
man can be found and where the work.
ers in wood. in iron, in clay produces,
and in the manufacture of machinery.
WOODEN goods, boots and shoes. the can
ming OF products raised on the farm
all with the idea OF furnishing employ
ment for the inmates consistent with
their tastes and desires. I have my
farm houses where the men have ad-
yanced to the degree of being trusted
TO live and comingle together like III
an culinary home. These farm houses
will accom- nodate from fifty to seven
tytive men. in fact the whole prison
consists OF buildings made OF two
stories and basement, where the mel
are classified and where they live as
much like at home as 1t is possible TO
make ii. Over each one OF these homes
have a superintendent and under him
are guards selected entirely by the in
mates of each group. by and with the
approval of the superintendent. who
do the work Of looking after the in
mates OF each group.
Would Leave Out Massive Walls.
in connection with the school |
would have a library, containing not
only the best works OF fiction but sci
entific and philosophic works, together
with the histories OF every race. OF
every nation and of every institution
that has played a part in the worlds
affairs In the reading room may be
found all religious periodicals. daily
and weekly papers. where the men who
have won the privilege. by their con-
due while in the Institution. Of going
there, may at leisure, for a time speci
fied, read study. Investigate TO their
hearts content.
y can not give you further details
OF my institution. but will leave il to
you 10 supply the natural appertan-
ances that would follow a conception
of such an institution.
There are 10 massive walls sur
rounding my institution. There is not
10 be found therein dungeons or un-
inviting cells. No man or woman wears
a garb tina, would Indicate they are
TO be ciassed as felons. No such things
as the iock-step or the continued ST.
lence is observed. Men and women
are directed 10 act naturally. and the
laws OF nature governing men and
women in their daily walks of life are
given fullest scope. Discipline of the
most orderly kind IS enforced. Dis
cipline. however, is not punishment
We teach discipline not By torture and
cruel methods but by a system of ac-
CURED confidence. and showing OF
The advantages of its observance. the
same as in the ordinary walks o. life
outside prison walls
Course Of Admission.
After describing the course of ad-
mission of the typical prisoner TO this
Z del institution. Colonel McConIogue
said:
He should be led to realize that his
stay in the institution depends upon
.AaS own SIlOi - ii!tit' mat
ing unreasonable will be demanded Of
him, that every opportunity win be
given him to make good. and that he
will be compensated for labor that he
may perform and that his loved ones,
whose hearts in anguish are wrung
by his misfortune should be cared for
by giving him every cent that he earns
above the cost which the state is put
rs tn, Vt nj atv,fa
ever he may work. while IN the insti-
tuition. there should be constantly
cast over his pathway the hope that
he may one day return to his friends
and be received by them with JOY and
qualification. All prisoners should be
admitted TO the institution on an equal
ity. The prison should he thoroughly
democratic and reduction from this
equality should be made only after
satisfactory proof that the prisoner has
and the privileges granted him.
THE sentence of the law which
brings the individual TO the prison
should be indeterminate The prison
authorities and the board appointed by
the state for that purpose should de-
termine when the prisoners should be
released. Many cases arise where a
prisoner might with credit to the state,
be paroled or discharged within a few
months after his incarceration. The
board OF parole or pardon ought to
have the power to NEE; every contin
gency that might arise SO that alb
solute justice and fairness be meted
out to the man who has fallen a victim
to the law. The state should ever
work and toll to conserve the resources
of the person. Every hour he has
faithfully worked should be paid for
and every dollar that he earns should
go to his credit and be placed by the
state where 1t can accumulate by adj
ding to the original amount the usual
rate Of interest"
Other details of parole and follow
UP were given. The chairman of the
Iowa board also took occasion to say
that there should be going to the
source that communicates the stream
Of humanity. I'VE are saying moth
ing" he said, about the dens OF in
EQUITY, the saloon, the gambling den
and the brothel, a trinity OF agencies
that are daily making wrecks of the
best manhood and womanhood of the
land and that is taxing the skill and
ingenuity and resources of tine state
to take care of them
Applewood Is the favorite material
for ordinary saw handles, and some
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