Show SALE Of PRISON f Protest Filed Against Sale of Utah Convict Output in Califor California ia Recommendations 8 were submitted d to the state board of ot corrections at the state prison Monday by officials of ot- of th the Utah State Federation of ot Labor anti and the state committeemen committee- committee men of the Progressive Independent party against a published statement statement state state- I ment mont that the output of ot the prison factory factor was to b e be increased as S a contract pertaining to the disposal of that toot output had been agre agreed ct upon between the board of corrections and a n. Los JAR Angeles firm The protestants point out that if prison labor products from t tah are sold lold in outside states such sale will injure Injun fr free labor in those states statu and the sale will clear the wa way for greater greeter sales lee In Utah of products froth from prisons of ot other states stateR thereby thereby thereby there there- by free labor of or this state Following are the contentions contention of to the tho increased sale 1 We Ie art arA unalterably opposed to any form of prison labor that offers offers of ot- fers fer appreciable competition to outside outside out out- side fro free labor 2 If It somebody has hils to be Idle we prefer an idle convict to an idle citizen 3 We e approve of ot any form of or convict labor that does not Interfere interfere interfere inter Inter- fere with legitimate tree free labor 4 Wo We cannot condone the extension extensIon ex ex- tension of ot tho the factory activities on the theory that tile the people we are going to hur hurt are re Californians and not We e think such fluch transactions transactions transactions trans trans- actions short sighted immoral and unjust and believe It will subject us u to Justifiable JustiCiable retaliation 5 S. We urge ure that canyon canyon roadwork roadwork road roadwork work would supply a minimum of at competition with free tree labor 6 We believe bellevo the state bf br Utah should hould not con consider lder the money return return re return re- re turn arnod ta 1 by a n. convict as any suitable e criterion of ot proper prison mana management ment 7 1 We e believe bellave from published re reports reports reports re- re ports of or the California system of or employing convicts on road work that the same ran pan be adapted to Utah requirements with highly beneficial beneficial ben ben- results to both convicts and the state slate 8 8 We recommend to the board that the equipment at the prison factory bo l tlc sold at an early date and the factory discontinued feelIng feeling feel feel- ing as we do de that since there Isa is isa isa a constant recurrence of or this question ques ques- tion that dl disposing of or the machinery machinery machin machin- ery cry will remove the temptation to those who seek st-ele to extract private profit from front tho the sweat of or forced la la- la bor The above recommendations were submitted by Frank L. L Jensen In- In dependent committee man for Utah in behalf of oC his party and with the approval o of ot A. A P. P Goodmansen n and F. F O. O West Vest officials of ot the Utah State Federation Federation Federation Feder Feder- of bt Labor Ko No o action had been taken by the board on the Recommendation up until a n late hour Monday |