The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-03
NEW JERSEY MAKES
TWO BIG PROBLEMS
SOLVE EACH OTHER
Continued From Fourth Page.

labor would in itself put a different
spirit in them.
There is still another ny in the oint-
ment So tar as the present camp is
concerned. This is the confusion
which exists as to it's control. The
roads department, the state prison Ia e
Dor commission, ana the board If gov
errors of the penitentiary share the
responsibility. and therefore the au-
thority. While it Is evident that Col.
Stevens would like 10 have In" chance
10 conduct the experiment him self he
is quite willing To let somebody else
do II. lut he feels it absolutely es-
sential that the management If the
camp should he put under single
authority, which shall bc made re-
sponsible for il.
\ second camp is To be started near
Trenton. This seems To Indicate that
the state authorities feel that the cN-
pertinent is worth continuing. The
coming of winter win make little diff
ference in the regime at Don't Worry
Camp. Road work viii go On regular
~ y SlltlAtI Sllti is 10 ~ dualtu lb
the group of buildings, ami when the
weather is too severe the men viii
work there. making concrete ~ sts and
road markers.
Expenses Should be Less.
AS said before. the present balance
sheet Of Camp No. is not altogether
The cost of supervision
(by the road forcmcn) is not counted,
az that would be necessary in any
case. But the two actual cost items
pf maintenance and guards wages are,
$472.50 and $i40 making
i total of S912.50 a month. Against |
this, on the credit side. Is Labor of |
tWenty-thrcc men for twenty-five days !
at 81 a day, or Sj75 for the month. by
the number of men - fifty. |
which could he done by charging |
The clubhouse, this amount would be
raised To 1925 a month. But the Two |
additional guards would bring the cost
up to Il total of $1,055.5O. leaving the
balance still on the wrong side, while |
HE men would still be unpaid
II Col. Stevens and those who are
Interested in his plans succeed in put
ting them into effect, it is believed
hat not only will the camp be s"lf-
but that the men can DE
paid without cost To the state. This
would be a great achievement, ,spe-
sially when one considers that the
state has To keep them i'm amy case.
rhe financial aspect is n matter of in
.erest To the taXpaN ers of New j"rscy.
But the general public will perhaps he
more keenly curious as to the moral
outcome of the sclf-Eovernmcnt part
IF the scheme. II convicts can he
made not only To pay their way. but
also To- establish their own discipline
md to maintain it, new era in pen
,logy will have dawn.
1t would seem as If Col stevens bad |!
the productive cdpaC- ,
ty of ,he present camp i'm counting all
he labor at only 81 a day The car
penters, the chauffeur, the man who
was leading in the construction of the
offer dam, the men who we're sharp
ming and repairing tools n the camp
forge ehould, it would seem, have been
credited with a higher earning figure.
Certainly no one can claim that the
balance has been figured 90 optimis-
ically.
There is one other point in which !
he public is Interested. II must not
be thought that the men sent To thc ,
amp are promiscuous lot. They ,
ire chosen on the basis Of merit
There are hundreds of applicants ut
Trenton who want to be transferred
Ia Don't Worry camp. The chant" To
90 IL "a reward for good conduct. That !,
makes a picked group. But it also ,
'reates a better discipline in those at
the prison. 1t gives them somcthin{ TO
strive for. And somehow littl' "f /
he new spirit of the camp filters hack
~ the men in the cclls.--New York
Times.