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tributable to decrease in the num- Der of days which prisoners spent in jail. The decrease in prisoners is at tributed to three causes: prohibition. activity and promptness of courts dur ing the year and failure of the state to pay the feed bills promptly
 Mobile county has more prisoners serving sentences in the county jail than all other counties combined. It has long been the practice in Mobile county to send prisoners for minor off, lenses to terms in jail instead of fore ing them to serve hard labor sen tences.
 The report is probably the most com plete ever issued by the state prison inspection department. John D. Adams, chief clerk. must be given credit for preparing statistics showing almost ev cry feature of the departments work during the year. The report gives the costs of feeding prisoners in every county, total number of prisoners in jails during the year, their classes. ex- tracts from laws relating to the work of the prison inspection department and short reports on inspections of all county jails in the state, Much of this information was carried in a prelim- mary statement released for publica- tion in December.
 Total prisoners in jail during the last fiscal year were 24164 compared with 27.O42 for the fiscal year of 1915 Sheriffs' feed bills amounted to $16S,- 5o42O compared with $203.712.70 for 1915
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Retiring Inspector Says in Report It Is Legalized
 Graft for Sheriffs
NCULCATES GREED FOR ALMIGHTY DOLLAR
One Officer of State Puts Half of Proceeds in Pocket and Lets Con- tract for Sustenance of
 Men in Jails
By FRED H. GoRMLEY

Montgomery, March 5.-(SpeciaE) Declaring that the law giving tie sheriffs a fee for feeding prisoners has legalized graft instead of giving the prisoners the proper food, Dr. William H. Oates, state prison in- spector, took final rap at the fec system in his annual report of the state prison inspection department ar the fiscal year ending September 1916 which was issued Monday. pr. Oates will retire from office in April in favor of Dr. W. W. Dinsmore, who was elected by the state board of health last year. and this was his last opportunity officially to put before the people the conditions resulting from the fee system.
 'rrhe vile, pernicious. perverting fee system beggars description and my vocabulary is inadequate to describe it's deieterious and baneful effects, said Dr. Oates in his report, which was given to Governor Henderson. 'tt inculcates into the management of our jails greed for the almighty dollar persons are arrested because of tine dollar and shame to say, are ire ouently kept in captivity for months in steel cages for no other reason than the almighty dollar. The fee system IS diserace to Alabama
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DAMNABLE LAW

"The lew regulating the fees of the sheriffs for feeding prisoners in the jails in Alabama can be characterized by one word only--damnable. The law provides that the sheriffs shall be paid a fee for feeding prisoners. They are not paid money for having fed the prisoners; they are not advanced money with which to feed them, but are paid a few for the performance of an act
 (Sheriffs' fees follow: Sixty cents a day for each when number of pris- oners ranges from one to ten; 50 cents each for from 10 to 20; 40 cents each for from 20 to 40; 30 cents each for more than 40.)
 ''This law relating to the feeding of prisoners which the legislature un doubtedly intended to result in the prisoners being amply fed has result ed in some cases in starvation. It has legalized graft. It has made the fee site in the sheriff's office. A number of sheriffs have told me that for the feed bill the office of sheriff would not be worth anything to them.
 "In cases where 1t was deemed wise by this department to close jails be- cause of certain existing conditions. sheriffs have invoked the aid of pro bate judges to come to Montgomery and protest to the governor and in tercede that the jail be not closed so that the sheriff would not be deprived of his feed bill.
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BIG PROFITS
 "One sheriff has admitted that he made over $25,000 net profit on his feed bill alone in one year. Most of the sheriffs feed what they please to the prisoners; expend as little as pos sible, and put the remainder in thelr pockets.
 1.-TWO meals a day are served in all of the county jails of the state save 1, namely, Baldwin. Chiffon, Cleburne. Cullman DeKalb. Jackson, Jefferson Lawrence, Marion. Marshall and Mo bile
 Tn one county the sheriff puts half of the feed bill in his pocket, then gives the other half to a man to feed the prisoners and make such profit out of 1t as he can.
 'If, through indifference incompe- tency, ignorance or connivance on the part of officials, persons are compelled to remain in the jails of our state, I am clearly of the opinion that such length of time as they are kept in jail should apply on any sentence they may receive; more particularly is this true in reference to misdemeanants. This practice is in vogue in United States courts. As the law is today. a man can awaiting trial for some petty offense, and if convicted the year in jail counts for nothing on his sentence.
 'I am further of the opinion that persons accused of misdemeanors wha shall have been confined in jail for a period of six months should be all lowed freedom on their own recog- nizance."
 COST OF FEEDING LESS
 Dr. Oates called the governors at tention to the fact that the cost of feeding prisoners last year was $35,- 20SS0 less than the previous year, at
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tuita mercede. SimulandO Sulla
casa pi1 debit di quelli che esi-
SteSSerO realmente. Che non { We
rO che la infelice mOghe aSSaSSi-
nata era cOStretta tenere in ca
Sa due dOZZine di bOrdanti, per a.
limentare VIII di lui. Che non {
vero che, cauSa di gelOSia. la
martiriZzava col piu inumani
trattamenti, tirandOle calci nellO
StOmaco in period intereSSanti.
Che non e verO che attualmente
maltratta la SecOnda mOglie
che piu vOlte ha meSSO fuOri di
casa, dOpO averne. in POGO piu di
un meSe, dilapidata In dOte Otte-
nuta. con false preteSe miGac-
ce, da Nicola AlbaneSe, cOmpen-
SandolO pOScia con lettere d'inSul-
to e di accuse cOntrO fOnOrabilita
della madre di cOStui. Che non E
verO che ha ricattatO la Italian
COOPERATIVE Banking Assn per
400 dOllari; che ha truffatO Pa
Squale Teti poi 10 ha minacciato
d'arreStO; che ha truffatO grOS-
Sieri, venditOri di bevande pro-
prietarii di case: che non E verO
che e state ed z tuttavia una spia
auStriaca al damn dell'Itaha
che ha intaScatO il prezzO dell'in-
famia.
Qundo egi sara riuscito a pur-
garSi di lutte queste accuse di
moStruoSi delitti di mile attire
non memo gravi, Soltanto allora,
dopo Sette ami di acqua di So
lie, potra eSSere uammeSso mel
conSOIZio degi uomini.
LA RAGIONE
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la SOCIETA UNIONE
ABRUZ ZZESE

uno del pin forenu sodalizi italiani di
Philadelphia, che accogGe mel suo Sc
no $40 memb-i, di cu non memo di
ITO cittadini americani, nella Sua Sc
duta ordinaria del primo Iugio, af-
follatissima, udita Ia dettagliata reia-
zione del suo eN Presidente Sig. Ma
zareno MonUcelE ed discorsi di al
n soci autoreyoL;
Tenuto presente che il Cav. c. c. A.
Bald e suo fglio Vito. durante il pc
riodo di preparazione per il ricev-
.mento IN onore della Missione Italia
na. 81 compo-tarono inieEnamente Q
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LOGGIA DIR. PIETRO FARINATO
NumerO 721
I DUE ORDINI

Eccone un'altra delPOrdine In
dipendente. II farmacista Signor
Gennaro Tito Manlio, Grande Te-
soriere, solamente per aver fatto
gil elogi delPOrdine Figli d'Italia
in America, che spiego tutta la
Sua forza la sua grandezza nell
ia parata fattasi in occasione del
la venuta della Missione Itaiana
a Philadelphia, e state fatto ber-
sagliO al cOlpi innOcui del picco-
10 grande..
Una dichiarazione semplicissi-
ma, di un galantuomo che anna
il vero, ha fatto venire le traveg-
giole al capoccia degli Indipen-
denti Gennaro Tito Manlio, CO.
me nella santa InquisiziOne di
Spagna, e state punito con la de-
StituziOne della carica. Domeni-
ca, 8 corrente mese, verso lie 6 D.
m., senZa un invite di lette-
ra, senza neSSun proceSSo, il
Grande Concilio mando a ritira-
re la fascia. Sono cose delPaltro
monde da questo modo di pro-
cedere POrdine independents, in
una sola parola, puo defnirsi
IPOrdine del Disordine.
E possible al giorni d'oggi
che un vostro associate, sol per
che facente parte degli Indipen-
denti, non puo dare un suo giu-
dizio, non puo esprimere una sua
opinione?
Allora, di grazia, dove la vo-
stra independence, impudenti che
Siete?
La risposta l'ha ben data 10
stesso Tito Manlio nella sua let
terra di dimissioni ALA stampa.
Sc non per il suo giudizio e.
/ spresso in favore dell'Ordine, per
quail attire ragiom 81 e ricorso ad
una misura dragoniana all'ulti-
mo momento? Perche a Tito
Manlio non gil 81 e inviata una
comunicazione facendogli note
lie sue mancanze e lie decisioni del
Grande Concilio? E., o non e cor
rettezza d'una Istituzione che 81
rlSpetta mandare dele comunica-
zioni spiegare fatti avvenuti
dimostrando la causa che aveva
provocato il provvedimento ?
Questi punt di elementare edu-
cazlope non sono conosciuti dai
PROMINENT delPOrdine Indipen-
dente per la semplicissima ra-
glone che la Segreteria non tiene
disponibile carta, calamaio e pen
ne ed anche avendo questi uten-
sill, che sono nemici di tutti gli
ignoranti, diffcilmente Sc ne sa-
rebbero potuto servire, perche
non Sanno uSarli.
Con questo bel gesto la colonia
tutta 81 e viemmaggiormente
convinta del mezzi che usa il MIC
colo grande contro quegli uomini
che non sono proni al cenni. al
comandi del minuscolo dittatore.
L'atto autocrate delPex impie-
cato municipale ha mostrato
ancora una volta il meschino e
vendlcativo amino suooed Ma fat
to disgustare anche alcum e1oni
J fratelli delPOrd. del cinquecento.
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UNA PROTESTA DAL
PREBISTERO

Cambridge, Mass, Luglio
Egregio Signor Direttore,
\. Ringrazio colui che ha ayso la pre-
mura di spedirmi la Toce" fin
qui, dove sono per alcune anferenze.
Ho appreso cosi del movirento osti-
lie che 81 e initiate contro i Bald da-
gil Itaiani di PhiIadelpia, dopo la
partenza degH Inviati dltalia.
Sc fatti narrati sono del tutto We
ri, 10 aggiHngo allo sdsgno generate
a.che IL mio e rompo qgsI silenziO che
mi e state sempre caro-
Al banchetto della sera 1otai Passenza
di motif del migiiori e nj accorsi che
gil inviti erano stati stesi con igno-
bile parzialita. Non seppi allOra su
chi cadesse la resp0lsabilita ed il
biasimo, ne compress come in una oc-
casione di tanta im9ortanza non 81
fosse assorti di sopra al partiti ed al
le piccinerie d'anim0 ed al solito pet
tegolezzo coloniale come avrebbe fat
to chiunque fosse s.ato abituato a lar
ghe vedute ed a ss1.imenti di vero tia
liano. L'occasions 81 presento per u
nire non per diTidere i figli della
madre patria. ". avrebbe dovuto ta-
cere Ia gelosia e IA rivalita ed avrebbe
dovuto prevalere il bene pubblico al
gretto egoismo; ivi avrebbero dpvuto
aver parte eg1ae individui di ogni
tendenza religoSa, sociale pOlitica,
come 81 Sarebbs OsservatO in un'atmO-
sierra anerieana.
Sc II Bald avesse saputo approfit-
tare del mozeRto, avrebbe potuto su-
scitarsi un'5Hda di rispetto di sim
patia e eoninciare un movimento di
unione d forza, mentre al contrario
ha eccitato m'indignazione che certo
non gil giOyera a compiere impune-
mente a,.re rappresaglie piceole
vendette per Pavvenire.
Mi dUole che certe notizie mi siano
. pevenUta troppo tardi, altrimenti a.
yrei potuto servirmi dellopera di due
illustri membri del comitato appar-
tenent ala stessa grande Chiesa, che
rapprssento, per fare intervenire al
banchstto, dove fui, uomini di eguale
fede religiosa del Nitti e del Marco
NJ tanti altri fratelli italiani della
citta degni colt.
Cert fatti avvengono per spargere
luce, umilare o esaltare, o, per espri-
msrmi in un modo popolare: non ognt
male viene per nuocere.
Con profonda stima mi creda
Dev.mO suo
Rev. 7. Della CiOppa.
Chiesa dell'Emmanuello