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Show MILES L JONES IS FOB CORRECTION FARM AND HOME City Commissioner Miles L. Jones today authorized The Standard to quote him as strongly in favor of Mayor May-or Abbot R Heywood's idea of establishing estab-lishing in (Jgden City a correction farm and house of industry for city and county misdemeanants Young men and boys go wrong, he said, because they lack proper train ing. direction and example. Without thr restraint of parental authority, without the positive influence and inspiration in-spiration of religion, without ambition for achievement, many drift into idleness idle-ness and vagabondage through evil association as-sociation and become a burden upon society and a source of danger to the public good. "Th correction farm and housp of industry would start many men in the right direction and reclaim them to useful service," said the commissioner. commission-er. Story of a "Bad Boy." "I'm reminded of a youth who was regarded as incorrigible. He was reck lessly rebellious and seemed a hopeless hope-less case. He wouldn't go to school. Finally he was placed in a correctional institution. The superintendent studied stud-ied him carefully. One day he asked tne youth to walK with him. In conversation con-versation he asked the boy what work j he would prefer to do if he had his choice. T want to be a bridge builder.' wis the prompt reply. 'All right, you shall have a job with a bridge builder.' said the superintendent, and he made his word good A Captain of Industry. "The boy went to work with a vim. In a little while he told his friend he wanted to learn how to plan a bridge, to understand the blue prints and to do that he required a knowledge of mathematics and structural drawing He was provided with instruction in arithmetic and other necessary' stud ies. He progressed steadily. Today, to make a long story short, that bov is a stalwart captain of industry one of the greatest bridge builders in America." Am-erica." "Men Are but Boy Grown Up." The quotations aren't verbatim, but that's the gist of the commissioner's remarks. He said that men are but boys grown up; that they require and are entitled to the strong aid of a friend, or of society, in getting a prop er start, in getting out of the rut of idleness and shiftlessncss. in getting out of the gutter and upon the straight clean highway to honor and success. No Begging Allowed. Mayor Hewood was gratified when informed that his plan for the correction correc-tion farm Is generally approved While he was talking of its probable usefulness, useful-ness, a mendicant entered hig office and begged for a permit to solicit alms on the streets. The man was a cripple, crip-ple, but well able to earn a living at any work which didn't require him to walk. The mayor questioned him In a kindly way. then courteously, but firmly, refused the permit "We Ogden folk are Just as tenderhearted tender-hearted as an others," he told the man, ' but ou should stay in your town, among your own people, or get a job and earn an honesl living." "Moocher's" Point of View." The man was surly and impudent 1 He said: "I was born, just as you! I'm entitled to a lninc. I eupss it's up to ( me to do something and get into jail," or words to that effect, whereupon (he mayor dlmissr-d him with a r mp- j tor remark "Now, there's a case illustrating the problem," said the mayor. "When we came into office mendicants of that class were seen on all sides. They were a nuisance, a poor advertisement of the city. We put a stop to street 1 begging and all forms of mooching, and I consider the rule beneficial and desirable. The beggars, if permitted, work one town after another and tributp nothing to the public welfare. With a correction farm we could handle han-dle many such cases to advantage. In present circumstances it is our duty to refuse bagging permits and make them move on." -oo |
