Show WORK FOR CONVICTS U t the recant session of the iut rna nal prison InSOn N at t Budapest the ot of the disposition of oC ui oi i came in for tor 1 much discus discussion sion TuG Tho problem was recognized reco as 18 asu u grave grao one It was wes agreed that con cond ct d labor should not be allowed to tome ume Ime me into competition with free tr t labor labori tt i l the same samo time Idleness In hi prison is i looked upon as us entirely out of or the question Some employment lent must mU bo be bei I i for tor the convicts hut But what can they do that will give them h m steady employment and at the tune borne timo time k keep op thorn thom out of or the tr tree free field S K IL Baldwin or l orf if f sociology at Yale read a paper paper on on he Ito s et ct in n which he l a II 0 o oH H the ti th be used by b the government on works wor or rr Irrigation and and ge t t s or Baldwin send sand t the arid and aud d semiarid to o work orR on an great reservoirs and In other parts of the country he would have them re reclaim reclaim reclaim claim swamps and make it possible to bring more moro land under cultivation In states f tnt such as there is I a great eI l of arid land the tho men could be employed on tate state irrigation projects Would this be competition with free labor In a n sense ense it would Where arrangements arrn had been ien made mado for forthe forthe the Ule reclamation lon of ot land the use of con convict convict vict viet labor would undoubtedly deprive free frae laborers of ot employment On the theother theother theother other hand the tho could be done much morp mor or cheaply by the convicts and nd consequently q the land la 4 would cost the tho intending g settler less money Again work ork could be undertaken through the use of ot convict labor Jabor that t would be impossible if It the workmen Wad fiad to be paid money numey by Q the state or government gO The length of time it took to complete the project be of ot lit lIttIe littie tIe Importance for or there is always n sr un unfortunately fortunately a Do plentiful supply of con convict convict convict vict labor two t purposes pur i would woul be bi First First with the mew land t jer would be new homes for fOI honest settlers second tho the con convict convict vict would ouid be employed without serious detriment to the free worker In some ome states notably in South Car Carolina Carolina olina the convicts have for yours years been successfully employed on n the public highways As a result it is li paid aId to be bo a matter of time until South Car Carolina Carolina olina has i the eat best roads roada in the th United States Stat and the taxpayers tL will Ul never ver burden The question que tion of out outside side employment of this this character for tor forthe forthe the criminals is certainly worth the Ul at attention attention attention of legislators in other stated states u |