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Show H WORKING THE CONVICTS. H The convicts of the Utah state penitentiary arc to be worked on M the public roads of the state, the first camp to be established to the H bouUi of Ogden on the Sand Ilidgo. The road between this city and M Salt Lake is to bo made a model highway, and, with the expenonco M gained, roads in other parts of the state are to be constructed. M The use of convicts in the building of good roads is not. an expen- M ment, as in other states the prisoners have been employed in that H manner for years. A I times labor unions have objected to prison M labor, but there is no good excuse in resisting this useful cmploy- M ment of the men in our penitentiary, as the prisoners do not come in M competition with free labor, and that which they accomplish is to a H good purpose and for the benefit of all. |