Southern good roads . s. Many havefines of about $ to work out, and this is only ashort term in the workhouse. With a poor class of con-victs, with a short term or small fine, it costs the Work-house department something to get the prisoner inshape for Working roads. But where a convict has sev-eral months to serve he makes a better convict, as higets accustomeded to the w:>rk. There is no good rea-son why the convicts cannot be treated as humanelywhile working on the road as working in the mines dig-ging coal, or under the contract system in the foundry,or other trades. The only advant
Southern good roads . s. Many havefines of about $ to work out, and this is only ashort term in the workhouse. With a poor class of con-victs, with a short term or small fine, it costs the Work-house department something to get the prisoner inshape for Working roads. But where a convict has sev-eral months to serve he makes a better convict, as higets accustomeded to the w:>rk. There is no good rea-son why the convicts cannot be treated as humanelywhile working on the road as working in the mines dig-ging coal, or under the contract system in the foundry,or other trades. The only advantage they could havein the walls is that perhaps they would learn a for the betterment of the state. I am convinced thatthis legislature should pass a law, and I believe it will,that will i-emove at least part of the convicts from com-petition with free labor. Tliis could be tried, and if it proved a success thenall oF the convicts at some future legislature could beremoved. February, 1915 SOUTHERN GOOD ROADS.
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