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Show B PRISONERS AND THEIR B ; FAMILIES B x Tlio United Slates attorney pener- HJ , ', al has aBked pcrmlsHlon of Congress HJ " 1 to put federal prisoners to work, 9 and to pay to their families u part HJ of tho earnings of their Industry. For HJ t !' tho past sixteen years the convicts H , . luivo been employed in erecting tlio HE ! prison buildings at Atlanta, Georgia, HJ ', mid Leavenworth, Kuusas, and in HJ' f Improving the land at McNeil Island, m j Washington. Thai work being now ml j I practically comploto, tho convicts are HJ , I left without employment. (i Tho labor "f the prison population of tho United States, Including fed- oral, state, and county jails, Is a HV , ' lurgo asset that Is not being utilized HJ as It should. The men are happier B . mid bettor for regular tasks. I'roli- H nlily moro work could bo got out of HJ . them if a a?itnln proportion of tho HJ . proceeds of their labor was turned j j j over to their families, ns the nttor- Hj, I noy goncrnl is now- trying to arrange Hf. i for federal convicts. HI In many of tho smaller Jails the HI - i inmates una employed on routine HB i ' work, tho return, of which nro very IH' ' small. Cane seating of chairs is an HE ; J U'dustry that employs many prison Hi. ' shops. As It Is n brainless task HF ; that a child could do, the men learn Hb ' !, j ,u vnluablo trade, and tho proceeds MHf I , nro Bmal for tlio state. BFf , Probably the best results oro at- Sf f tallied wboro convicts are put to B ork on the hind. Thero they are H!l supplying tho great need of the poo- fHt& ' llu for forul a need in which the H i - demand always exceeds the supply. BHf No labor union of farmers ever pro- HJT tested against tho salo of vegetables km n,lJ grains raised by prisoners. Tho B f market Is unlmlted and at high i prices. I II In addition to tho proceeds of such W labor the convict Is taught a valu-f valu-f nblo art. Ho ban a resource at hand wm " ty which ho can immediately cam T8' ft living for hlniBolf and his family. This would tend to keep him away 1 from tho haunts of crimo In tho I largo citlos. If ho can till tho soil, K no questions will uo asked as to his ft ' previous record. jhvMVMVhTb Hia,,,. |