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Show ARIZONA SUCCESSFUL WITH CmWiGT LABOR Lamar Cobb, stato engineer of Arizona, Ari-zona, has recently made a roport on the experience with convict labor on roa.is in that state which is strongly in favor of the system. Two plans are being trie.l. One" of these is the honor system, which has been usert in Colorado and other western states. In the honor camp the convict wears no stripes or ! other distinguishing mark and is under j no restrictions not put upon free laborers labor-ers except in two respects, tho first that he must, be abed at a certain hour, ! and the second that he must not leave the camp without permission, and when i be has it he must not go farther than a mile. The single guard at this camp is really a night watchman and the j guardian of the clothes and equipment ; of the men. 8o far as this cmp is j concerned, it is run on the theory that t if a convict is worthy of being trusted ; he should be trusted to the fullest ex- j tent and be made responsible for his i actions. On one piece of road the cost i per convict per lav for everything connected with food, clothing, trans- : portation, medicine and camp super- vision was 7.7 cents. As some time was lost for Sundavs and had weather, ; the cost pr-r working day was $1.L'0. ' The food furnished was on a par with j that supplied in th(1 best free l&bnr ; amps. The idea that nnv kind of food is good ennueh f ir a prisoue- i found no f'Hvnr with the authorities, for thev Ih'M that they were feeding ! wor!uue-i who needed good food to do good work. The state also maintains t guarded eonvirt camps of the usual type, for it is belieied that while the outdoor work is beiiefi-unl to any eon- j vict in good health, it has not ret been I I demonstrated that the effect 'of such regular work on men of natural criminal tendencies developed by criminal living liv-ing warrants relaxing any of the restrictions re-strictions imposed by the courts on their liberty. |