Show T GOODS The Tue Australian government can cnn pro prohibit pro hibit the tile importation of j r goods but tile the grandest nation on onearth onearth earth goos cant do lo anything any thin in that Mm line lm in tile Uio Is la lu state There Thero scarcely scace a Union that does not export prison roes and unu state made other raJo goods to some this his evil ovll has become of such Huch proportions lons that it I Is driving many mally of out our OU factories out Olt of or business In certain lines linos of Industry In notably In the tho broom cheap clothing furniture and aud tho shoo sho Industries It Is state slate of I certainly a n deplorable things when state officials arc aro per pcr permitted permitted mitel to hire out olt to some tome greedy conscienceless rascal tho tile states stales wards and that t for foi from irom CO GO to SO cents per da la lay to work vork In opposition to the tile themen themen men who Vilo have hae their money aloud in like Industries and ale aio pa paying ing taxes to support same samo wards aruis and und in op opposition position to gool honest free work workmen men who luo also pa their portion of the ilic taxes axes to support those same sanle wards I And Anui why h Is this done that the tho I state stae derives such great revenue from fromI It I but bItt because it I furnishes employ employment ment for or the tile prisoners of I 1 keeping them thorn in lu more or ni loss less idleness I I I This state of things was brought ht about by the craftiness of a few fc men Uen who a through working the tip tp system m or otherwise among our legislators se so secured secured cured the privilege of the services of those prisoners in iii II the manufacture of or many mam articles of merchandise thus being able to flood the markets with goods that thal free labor could not com cOn compete I pete with In prices thus I the thc very scry foundations of our govern government gover I I ment honest toll lol Another reason for 1 these conditions is that many man mer merj DUI j I 1 chants because they Ule can realize a ar aI r I greater profit on oil goods I crowd them then to the tue front to tho ito I 1 mont of tree free ro labor abor Then again many manyI lan lanI any I merchants carry carn only on 1 a cheap line of I goods mid anti when asked for fOl foran nn an article with wih tho the union label Tabel produce J I the tho cheap goods gools and ancl toll tell teJ you ou that they the i can not pin chase goods of better 1 i Ity lly with the tho Ul label Tills flIts they low know to toj toI toIto j I bo Ito h a falsehood for they the can purchase any ally quality of or goods goolIe they the want vant with tho label Tabel but hilt they make the greater profit prof on op 01 tho the prison goods Then liten Jhen again they tell tel you jou ou that there is h no run demand for the label ahel goods gods that the union t people do o not call cal for the label Tabel and andt t that they tho take the other othel goods gOs In preference to the tile labeled goods Some of ot that Is true hut but the UlC of it Is he be because cause causo the union people arc are compelled I to take goods goo they he do not flOt want ant or send awa nW avay for what they thoy th r do want This may ma be good business hut but we fall fal to see it iL it Fly D selling the tho prison goods gools they curtail cutai the tile output of those con concors I corns cors employing free labor thus re the tho number of free men em cm plo eJ The he more free fice fre men there hero arc employed el the more money mono there Is spent for tho ho necessities of life le while on the tho other hand the tue more moro convicts there are arc employed to do the tho work worl which rightly belongs h to free Cree labor abor laborthe laborthe the loss less those outside the prison walls wals have hae to spend for merchandise and tile the more moro money mone goes into the pockets of those few fe contractors instead of going whore where it should Into the chan channels channels nels of legitimate trade And If this tills continues It will wi only bo ho 1 tho tile ques que I tion lon of tune time when those tose prison plants can cnn and will wl be bo so enlarged as to monopolize the tile greater reater part of If tile the business tints thus cutting the tile throat of the commonwealth Looking L nt rut this question question ques les leston tion ton from tile the standpoint of Justice humanity the tile state has no right r ht to enter into competition with wih her hel own citizens and nHI tax payers for fo when she site does doLs a great gloat Injury is wrought upon tipon her people and the tho standard of ehl Is greatly leaU lowered |