Southern good roads . he cost,either in cash or in convict labor. I was somewhat surprised tiiis morning- when youvoted down the resolution coudeuniing the use of con-vict lal)or in the mines and on the farms and in manu-facturing establishments. That resolutim. I think, wasall right, liecause it condennied the use of convict laborwhere the products of such labor were sold in compe-tition with free labor. Nothing was said in the reso-lution in the way of criticism of the use of canviets infarming, in mining, or in maiiufacturing, providingthe products are for the use of state institutions. Att
Southern good roads . he cost,either in cash or in convict labor. I was somewhat surprised tiiis morning- when youvoted down the resolution coudeuniing the use of con-vict lal)or in the mines and on the farms and in manu-facturing establishments. That resolutim. I think, wasall right, liecause it condennied the use of convict laborwhere the products of such labor were sold in compe-tition with free labor. Nothing was said in the reso-lution in the way of criticism of the use of canviets infarming, in mining, or in maiiufacturing, providingthe products are for the use of state institutions. Atthe present time there are a large number of convictsemployed by this state at Brushy ^Mountain in the statemine, and I am informed that these mines are being-operated at an actual loss to the state. Up to thepresent year, however, the mines have paid handsomereturns. These mines could probably be disposed of atwhat they are worth in the open market, and the con-victs could tlien lie jilaced upon the public roads where. Walterboi-o, S. C. A Tribute to Incompetency. A Second Hand Machine Cracked in Several Places, Bouglit For $ by the County. List Price of Same Machine Brand New is But $210. How the Tax Payers Can Get Soaked and Not Know U they ought to be. ^lany students of prisan reform havenow come to the conclusion that convicts ought to beused on works of internal improvement such as build-ing levies, public roads, etc. There is a certain class of long term prisoners whocannot safely be employed on public roads. Thesecould be utilized, however, in crushing i-ock for roadbuilding. There Mrc many counties in the westernpart of Tennessei where im materialsare available. Jl;idison county, for instance, has had t)secure material from the state of Illinois, shipping it12.) miles liy rail. A force of long-term convicts couldbe used to great advantage in a gravel pit, surroundedb> a stockade, in middle Tennessee, where there ispi; nty ci: gravel suitable for
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