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Show Attorney General Takes- Issue With Supreme Court on Decision Forbidding Utah Prison Plant "Plans wem definitely outlined by the national convention of attorneys at-torneys general held In Mlnneapolle. Minn., that will correct exlatlng to the cost ths freight coat from Pittsburg hem, and one can readily aoe how such a system militates agalnat our faxmsrs and menufac- evua in tna matter or tne price oi gasoline without Injuring the Industry. Indus-try. " said Harvey H. fluff, attorney attor-ney general, who today returned from attending the national convention con-vention and who afterward attended attend-ed the annual meeting of the aover-elg aover-elg grand lodge J Odd Fellows at Cincinnati, O. 1 "Tho convention at Minneapolis also pledged anltad efforts to stamp out tha Iniquitous PtUasburg-Plue system, continued Attorney Wrt-oral Wrt-oral Cluff, -which rnVterlally affects the steel Industry In Utah. - "l also asade etudy of the penal Inatltutlone in Mlnneeota and have made eosne oomparloona with what we are doing in thle atate." In so doing be takes occasion to criticise the recent decision of the Utah au-preme au-preme court rwawrdtng the establishing estab-lishing of an Industry tn tha state prison. Said Attorney - Ueneral i Uuff: . - w Tes. T consl?r ws had a very profitable attorneys general convention. conven-tion. One of the Imporlsnt questions ques-tions discussed waa 'How may tha atates best unite with the federal government In a nationwide Inquiry In-quiry Into the price of gasoline, an then unitedly take such action a will correct exlatlng evlla without Injuring the Induetryr A plan was definitely outlined. Which we am all working on. FIGHTS STEEL BATE. "Wi also pledged our united efforts ef-forts to st snip out snd bill the Iniquitous 'Plttsburg-Plus system. It Is outrageous to think that If steal costs HO per ton at Plttaburg and he freight on -It Into the Middle West Is 120 per ton. making a total of $60 per ton, the manufacturing of pig Iron and eteel at Duluth, Minn., or Gary. Ind., must charge fas per ton, even though they ran produce It at ISO per ton. tha same aa It costs at Plttaburg. If the system sys-tem la allowed to continue whan our plant at Provo. Utah, geta to turning out pig Iron and steel, svsn though they can produce same at the aama coat as it Is produced In ' Pittsburg, It will be required to add mrers. "While In Mlnneaota I visited and made eome study of their panel Inatltutlone, and especially their stats prison at Stillwater. When I saw how that institution waa conducted and what It la doing In that otsts as compared with our state prison, and then" think that our aupreme court haa Just recent given, what seams to me to be a moat abeurdwand un-roaaonabie un-roaaonabie eowawticwon to the cota-traot cota-traot entered Into by the board of I corrections. ' whereby It prohibited j tha establishment, of a factory for the employment of the prisoners I In our .state prison. It makes me feel as though them Is something radically wrong, and you may say for me that 1 do not propose to pease striking at this wrong until It is righted, and a. radical change la brought about In? the matter of dealing with convlete In thla atate. Tt la a crime, nnt only fo the eitt-tens eitt-tens and taxpayers, but to ths prl sonera themselves, to keep them confined In Idleness. EVERY PRISONER WORKS. "Let me outline to yoa briefly what la being done In Minnesota. They have on an average of lluO prlaonere at the atate prleon. I Every man must work six days A week If he le able, and every man that works le paid a wage, running run-ning from ta cents to 91 per day, depending on the kind of work he doea. The payroll in the institution institu-tion la about 19000 per month. They hava a complete factory far the manufacture of farm machinery machin-ery and binding twine. In the twine factory 17 persons are employed em-ployed during the entire year. It lg eetlmated that the output will be twenty-three million pounds thle year. The machine factory la turning out binders, rakes and mowing machines. Inmates employed em-ployed receive a training In trades aurh aa molding, core makers, wood workers, machinists, binders, etc., that will enable them, when released. - to find employment as (Continued on page t.) ar Uka car of. Ha la folia taught that ha inuat work out hla own ealvalln. that ho must pay tha full penalty of tha lav. Tontraat thla. If you plea, with tha niannar In which wi haa-41a haa-41a our prlaon, appropriating, aa wa do, armind liBO.ao every two jreare of tha taipayora money to maintain criminal In Idlen whlla thalr fajnllwa, If lhay hava any, ara auffarloa, ajid than think yiat our ronatltutlon and law ara aurh 4hat .w cannot work th prwonara. "It la cartaJnly tlma w wara ailing- under aoma of thee thlnaa. and If our conatltutioraa, and law muat bo amandvd In wwr for ua to right thaaa exlatine; wrong con-dltlona, con-dltlona, than lot ua cat out from tho duncaona and rut of too dm. Into tho naw Ufa of advancad civilisation civ-ilisation and humanity by amandine amand-ine tha ronatltutlon and lawa and putting beKer condition Into (-fact." (Continued from pace .f VkUlad artlaana alonff ach . linea-Tha linea-Tha profit from tha aala of machinery ma-chinery and tha twlna manufao-turad manufao-turad at tha prlaon enah.ae tha in-atltutlon in-atltutlon to be entlraly aalf-aup-portlnc Not one dollar la appro ap-pro prt a tad by tha atata ara-alature to wain lata tha prlaon. In addition to thla a rarafut an nr ay la made of tho famlllea of awry prlaoner. and whera wlvia and children ara found to be In naed allowanca la mada to thatb' nmninV aa hlah l aoma raaea aa $!( par month, according to their neoda. Thla, In addition to the wage paid tha prlaoner. Aa a re eult of thla eyetam, a rerant checli-Ina- of tha entire ulata revealed the fact that there la not a wtfa or child In Mlnneaota who la In naed. All ara rocalvlna? ouch aealetanr aa la necaeaary. and It la bains made and paid by tho prtenn. without with-out coetirur the taxpayera ona cent HAS GOOD EFFECT. . Tha effact of thla ayetem tjnon tha prlaoner aa to atlmulata the da aire to make protrraaa In tho direction direc-tion of right living and cltlaenahlp. ao that In tha particular application applica-tion of tha humane princlolea Involved In-volved hope la anchored and encouraged. en-couraged. . Tha trleon rulee ara, atrlct. Onea confined for a apoel-fled apoel-fled term ha muat remain that term. Thar la no need for tha pardonlnlng board o raleaa him on arrount nf hla f mMyJorni5JL |