The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-08-10
THE HUMiNITARIANS
A National Association that Helps Ex-
ConNicts. Light from Darkness

stands as the most glaringly obvious
throughout all the ages is the stead
fast indifference, and sometimes iror
contempt Of the public toward the ex
convict-the man leaving prison OF
having paid his legal debt, but whC
must answer to society for countless
years afterward for the crime Of being
an eX-convlct.
That--and that particularly Seems
TO have been the most damning fea.
ture Of crime. The crime, itself, did
not matter so much, nor the trial, nor
the guilt; il was because a man HAD
SERVED TIME IN A PRISON To be
an ex-convict was really worse than
being a convict 1t barred the way 10
reformation, friendship and employ
ment. All the avenues to commercial
and social rehabilitation were closed.
A few people may have felt that 1t
was probably all right for a man to
get out of Jail sometime, but he ought
to 90 and shake himself-he must not
monkey with Gods anointed-his was
an unsanctified existence, indeed!
But, happily, time has worked mar
velous changes, and where once the
ex-convict had to face his ignoble past
both coming and going he now re-
ceives warm encouragement in many
quarters-in those quarters where in
telligence and Christianity have found
place-a real sure-enough gladhand,
and best of all a CHANCE TO MAKE
GOOD!
The very latest and positively the
most firmly and thoroughly organized
movement yet to be launched for the
rebuilding of temporarily demolished
humanity is THE HUMANITARI-
ANS, a National Association which
has for a main object real, genuine
system for helping the man leaving
the prison to secure employment with
reliable firms at A MANS WAGE!
The organization is fathered by a.
Kansas prison official, and is incorpor
ated under the laws of Kansas.
The association has two hundred
and twenty-eight manufacturers, rail
roads, wholesale and retail business
houses, printing offices, lumber com
panies and other branches of business
located in "a states of the Union, will
ing to employ men returning to the
world after having completed their
sentences.
The following is a quotation from
The Square Deal, weekly paper pub
lished by the inmates of the Kansas
state prison at Lansing, which fur
nishes full details as to the organiza-
tons personnel and working prin-
ciples:
"The members of the National
Council will include such men as Gov
ernor Dunno of Illinois, Ex-Governor
Foss of Massachusetts, Governor Hunt
Of Arizona, Henry Ford, President
Ripley of the Santa Fe Railroad Sys-
tenn, Mr.. Chalmers of the Chalmers
Motor Company, Mr. WHY'S of the
Overland Motor Company, Mr.. James
Couzens, the Detroit multi-millionaire,
and many other men of affairs, equal
y strong and prominent. All these
gentlemen are deeply interested in the
men returning to the world from pris- ,
IN. They are not alone their employ
,rs, but their friends also. Friends to (
whom the man on parole or the dis ,
,harged prisoner may go to when he s
'eels himself slipping. He will get 7
ldvice and encouragement. And what :
S also of great value is the matter of s
wages These men will pay you a
FULL mans wages. The fact that
'ou come from prison makes no diff
erence. II you can deliver the goods l
,ou will get the wages.
prisoners in all the prisons in the
United States who become members I
re entitled to the services of the t
ssociation's EMPLOYMENT DE- T
'ARTMENT. They are also entitled /
0 every possible help and advice and
'uidance. And those who become a
1embers will also receive the associ A
tons official publication which will V
ontain much interesting reading of e
alue to the man behind the walls who Il
anxious to return to the world and
ECOME A MAN. All this will cost Ii
ne prisoner ONE DOLLAR A a
EAR" a.
The article goes on to say that the
trusts that il will be able
, secure enough members from the
risoners in the many prisons Of the
3rious states to assure the success Of
HE HUMANITARIANS.
1t may be possible to obtain further
formation before this issue gets te
trough the press and if it is Of an 81
teresting nature TO Vermonters We OF
i'll give it space further along in this 81
agazine, OF the August issue. VI