New Britain herald., 1916-06-15
Hiss Osborn Tells of Her
 Trip 10 Big Convention
Agent of Charity Organization Describes Rapid Strides Made All Over Nation in Charities and
 Correction Work.

1uucu DoCLeT Inau C0e ClVlllan pOpu- lation in other sections over run by war and told of pitiful conditions in Poland whose territory has been laid utterly waste by being fought over three times so far.
 Belgium, he stated, was by far bet ter off than the Polish provinces, be- | cause Belgium's plight came when the ] worlds sympathies were fresh. and now when our senses are sta ggered by the succession of war events, comes also sickening difficulty in get ting supplies to the Poles.
 Prosperity After War.
 Percy Alden M. P. of Mansfield House, London, thinks it Is impossible to predict the outcome of the war He told a fascinating story of measures taken by the British government to 1 protect the people from the advances in prices of food supplies; to provide l employment and to protect railroad and steamship lines He told of so- cfal legislation, which after tagging | for years went through with a rush: of the obliteration of party lines in the face of war conditions; of the practical disappearance of the crim- inal class since the war began; and of the aquakened conscience of the people. There is not a selfish man left in Europe today" he said, "and things have been accomplished that would have been inconceivable be- fore the war;
 What industrial conditions are likely to prevail in the United States when the war is over?" How will the influx of immigrants effect us?" were two vital subjects discussed. An
 
 General of Immigration, predicted that the end of the war would mark the beginning of an immense influx of immigrants that would glut the American labor market and make for a period of depression. He estimated that 10000 900 year would enter our ports later, and stated that already in spite of war conditions, 17,OOO came in January and 33,000 in March.
 T. Dorsey Forrest, a business man of Indianapolis contended that Flu ropean nations could not afford to lose workers and that if necessary they would resort to stringent meas ures to keep their citizens at home MT. Forrest thinks that people will be kept in Europe by tariff arrange ments and by the breaking up of large estates because of taxation so that peasant ownership will result
 Mrs, No Miss Osborn.
 After being mistaken once or twice for the wife of Thomas Mott Osborne (although that gentleman has been 8 widower for twenty years) your agent could be pardoned for an ex- tra interest in Osbornes address which was one of the big features of the
 toJ space was crowded when he told the l story of Auburn and Sing Sing which l is rousing men to deal with all pris- l oners in way to combine intelli- l gence and humanity with the best in terests of society in general. 1T don't believe in making heroes out of men in prison," he said, com menting on the fact that a baseball team from an Ohio prison was per mitted to play another team outside the prison walls for a benefit. That l practice tends to make heroes of the l players who go out and is sure to 1 result in trouble.' Sing Sing, he said 1 was first condemned in 1849, after 1 forty years of use. and had been con- 1 demned about once 8 year ever since. | After telling at great length about l the Prison Mutual Welfare league and
  of his experience as a volunteer con- vict, and said, T came out blazing with wrath against every respectable member of society whose ignorance and indifference were responsible for the brutal and imbecile system I found in operation, and not the least of the tortures I endured during 8 night l spent in the "cooler'' was the feeling that I should be haunted for the rest of my life by a sense of shame and guilt for my own share of the responsibility'
 Sing Sing prison proposes to es- tablish a laboratory for a rigid physi- cal and mental examination for every inmate,' said Judge Garvin of New l York City Court of Special Sessions. | "The police department of New York | city has recognized the need also and 1 has recently established a psychopa- thic clinic to which are sent all arrest ed persons who appear mentally de- | ranged.'
 These statements are directly in line with much of the discussion of the conference members. Most courts in large cities have mental specialists attached, and smaller cities are beginning to fall in line by using such specialists when occasion arises.
 There is no such thing as a self made man. said our friend Dr. Ora ham Taylor. i've are all social pro- ducts and inter-dependent." "Boys and girls in reformatories. said an other speaker, must not be placed there with the idea of punishment, but to correct physical defects and wrong ideals"
 "The cost of insanity in the United States would build a Panama canal every ten years'' said Dr. A1exander