Inter-Mountain Republican | 1906-10-09 | Page 6 | Fight on Convict Labor

FIGHT ON CONVICT LABOR Repeal of OI ff I IU liitt x v hi Imi Illinois Ad- Ad nJ I Cle I I by Chicago Oct Oct S. S S. Charging that the Illinois convict labor law Is being ha flagrantly gra n I li violated ted Chai Chairman ii Lee Ice p of th the e committee 81 I I tee o on ii priMin n labor urged the Chicago Federation ton df jf Labor to- to It to demand the lie repeal of or the lie present statute The Tho existing l law IaU- allows th time the n arl marketing market ot- ot ing of fr 10 HJ per cent of the product of prison labor Le Loc Lue al averts asserts Ihl that thal as a. hl high h ha a as SO 80 p per r cent Is sold by hY iho tue iii prison iso authorities Sho Should ld the statute bo be repealed re- re re repealed pealed the old law absolutely pro- pro the time sale of or made convict goods would Id again agid n become e crr effective feet et lye Chairman Wright of a committee com Coin on 01 investigation i I of conditions ll tt at the JOliet Il penitentiary lary r reported the time prIson sanitation bOund beyond belief mold mold- f ng that he would hut ht a a. horse In inmany nl n of th 1119 cells colls Time Tho federation federations Is s Urging the tile employment of or the tho conIes con- con Ies orf new prison buildings I