| Show TO TI r At tt n a Unto time when the Iho country countr Is III star startled tied by b violations of lr law In on every hand 1 such as lynching and an by b macRae of hatchets end and bricks and when wh n legislators In some States talk about the revival of t barbarous punish merits ment for H a certain class of offenders of nf one ser sear It might be b well to pay some attention att to 10 what PhIlanthroPIsts philanthropist have havo to ray on the subject of crime and trIm crim criminals hints Several months month ago Commander made the statement that the tho criminal population of the country countr might be reduced d to 10 of its Ita It present proportion n and that O 0 p per r cent of the convicts discharged from froni the state stale prisons might be bo reclaimed by I a t i rational method of treatment This is a rather Severn severe criticism of present methods which consume so largo large a por portion tion lion of the tho ho heavy taxes tues the citizens are lire paying for the privilege of being b ln gay gov nned arId and protected Dut But Is III It Just If It RO so It deserve consideration con Mr Ir asserts a that the thIs results Indicated d would be III b obtained by lIy byan byan an nn Intelligent colonization plan IllS 1111 point In imi this Ihl that tha t tho the criminal left l ft to himself almost 1 t Invariably drifts back ba k to 0 the of or crowded crill crillI Ii is I hired bred a nil as sickness from microbes whIle every eer experiment tried for the re of ot tho the criminal by hy extending ext to him the opportunity for and zinc profitable employment which secures Independence haw met with signal sue suc success uc cess ce Perhaps no more marf Illus Illustration ration can cnn be bt found of this than the present status ot of some that originally were peopled with individuals Individual condemned to deportation for life There can l b o no doubt of It that criminal tendencies encl s are oro Increased and developed where tho tile dangerous tie ell meats of the community cO congregate join strength and mutually encourage one oils another to defiance of or both divine and human laws The remedy I edy for this would be to cleanse such ouch places thor thoroughly thoroughly and not permit the moral filth t tl Pu accumulate and ferment In any anyone anyOne one olle place The Inhabitants of the amine might bo be helped to a II life of Inde Independence In ip localities suitable for far a II natural urn ami healthful mods of life It ItIs ItIs ItIs Is to ho bo presumed that many lead Ind a n alife alife life of poverty and degradation not from choice but from necessity Th se so would gradually were a 0 helping hand linac extended to them th abandon bon on tho time slums unit and settle s In tanning farming districts The Tho I Il depraved l element clement would then be de do deprived of or much of or its power to draw ac accession accession accession cession to Its ranks and It would bo be comparatively easy to handle It Is not noton on nn exaggeration to say soy that lint If reform reformers ers were as ns zealous 2 in their search for or r remedies against crime ns IS for punish punishments punishments punishments ments for criminals tho the sum um total of at lawbreaking might In a comparatively short time be lie reduced fifty per par cent and ana more A plan of life where human In Interests interests tHeRIA are allied rather than opposed to each other takes away tIme the most of ot tho time crimes crIme against t human laws ever e r committed To be ho sure lIuro n mm rational plan for tor tho the re redemption redemption of tho criminal element of at so 10 o cloty clot would be 10 an nn expensive affair but so no Is the present struggle crime and vice Ic A redemptive work would however In due clue time bring material immaterial profits to tho the State while the exclusive lIt Iy y punitive plan Illon Is only a source of ot enormous expense |
