The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-08-09

dents and nOnreSldentS, April 10
residents and nonresidents; May, A
residents and nonresident, total Of
| 1T residents and 5 nonresidents. Fig
ures for the first five months of 1922
show the death of 14S residents and
IA people from other states.
The commissioner has pledged local
committing magistrates that he will
support them in revoking licenses Of
speeders and reckless drivers. When
licenses are Cancelled on such charges
| Commissioner Dill has promised they
| will not be restored except on recon-
mendation of the official who imposed
| the sentence Of revocation.
Praise Penal Print Shops
Favorable comment on work being
carried on in the printing and engrav-
Ing departments at the state prison,
the Railway Reformatory and the
State Home for Boys at Jamesburg Is
contained in a report submitted to the
Union Printers League of New Jersey
at its state convention in Plainfield
and adopted by that organization.
The report was made by committee
which visited the institutions and In
| spected the work in each. 1t was COM
posed Of Chairman Harry W. Osgood,
Jersey City; Charles j. Smith, New
ark; Kenneth NJ Forbes, Hoboken;
R. d. Uhler, Railway, and Benjamin A.
Wilson, Trenton
Several recomm endations were
made by the committee and approved
by the convention One was that the
printing class at Railway follow the
example Of the boys home by issuing
a school publication. The league was
asked to indorse plans recommended
by the committee for cooperating
with Superintendent Frank Moore OF
Railway in the placement of paroled
men. Another recommendation in
dorsed related to arrangements being
made with Charles H. Clayton, super
visor of institutional industries fo- the
placement of paroled men from the
state prison The league also Endorsed
plans by which few properly quail
fed men from the state prison will
subscribe to printing lessons conduct
ed by The T. T. U.
Oppose Nonunion Instructors
The only suggestion in the report
savoring of criticism was that the
printing instructor and linotype opera
tor in the Railway Reformatory are
not members of the union. The COM
mittee suggested that. this matter be
referred to the Railway local.
The Railway Reformatory was the
first institution inspected. The work
was comprehensively described in the
committees report. In connection
with the subsequent visit to the Home
for Boys the report described the work
of Calvin E. Derrick, the superintend-
ent, as an outstanding feature.
"Mr. Derrick has introduced" said
the report, "a high standard of social
and educational training. The school
of manual arts takes the place of the
formal school. The pupil is brought
in contact with concrete materials and
taught the fundamental principles OF
mental discipline. The boys are tried
out on several prevocational subjects,
the final assignment being made with
a view to probable parole placement.
Boys Work Singled Out
1.-THE inspection of the manual train
ing shops was a revelation to the COM
mittee. We found specimens of boys
work of a quality that would rival
that of any public school in the state.
In the printing department especially
we found plenty Of evidence to prove
that these boys are receiving good,
sound instruction in the art preserva-
tive The Advance, their monthly
publication, gotten out entirely by the
boys, is real example of good crafts
manship. The work of these boys has
attracted considerable attention In
printing circles for some time, having
received several complimentary re-
views in recent numbers of the Inland
Printer. Another interesting feature
of the work in the print shop was the
quality of the linoleum block printing
exhibited.
"The New Jersey State Prison at
Trenton was the last place visited The
problems of this institution are better
understood when we take into consid-
Grafton the fact that more than 1900
men are crowded together in one city
block, where they must live, eat and
work. We found a well equipped
printing department in the state pris-
on. Two linotypes, one intertype,
three cylinder presses, ten platen
presses, ruling machine, paper cutter,
and other printing and binding ma
chinery. Considerable printing is done
in this plant At the time of our visit
they were printing registration books
for use in the public schools of the
state. Part of the plant is set aside
for educational purposes and part for
production purposes"
May Not Rebuild Stockton Span
Two members of the Centre Bridge
Delaware Bridge Company, owners of
the Stockton-Centre Bridge span, de-
molished by fire after being struck by