Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 7, 1916, Page 3

RSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1916. SENATOR URGES USE OF CONVICT LABOR (Continued from Page 1) and providing for the control, management and expense of same. “Be it enacted by the legisla- ture of the state of Minnesota: “Section 1. Whenever there are male persons confined in the state penitentiary at Stillwater, or in the state reformatory in Sherburne county, able to per- orm manual labor upon the pub- lic highways, and who shall not be engaged in other work re- quired by the state board of control, the same may be em- ployed upon the construction and improvement of public highways within this state. ‘“Section 2. The-. board of control shall monthly certify to the state highway commission the number of persons in the in- stitutions named who may be used for the work authorized under this act; and the state highway commission shall, )vhenever possible, use such per- €ons in crushing stone, building or repairing public highways. ‘“Section 3. The work done as in this act provided, shall be under the direction and super- vision of the state highway com- mission, but the control and managetent of all the persons taken from said penitentiary or said reformatory shall be under the supervision of the state board of control. ‘‘Section 4. The expense of the care, maintenance and trans- portation of all persons so taken from said institutions to work upon the highways, shall be paid out of the fund or funds auth- orized to be used upon the par- ticular highway upon which such work is being done; pro- vided, that a part of such ex- pense equalizing twenty-five (25) cents per day per person 80 employed shall be paid out ., of the appropriation for the Jfaintenance of the particular institution from which such persons are taken; and provided turther, that all convicts while working upon public highways shall receive the same compensa- tion for their labor that they would have received had they remained in the institutions from which they were taken and en- gaged in other work required by law. “This act shall be in force tfrom and after its passage.” Only Use Unemployed. “You will notice that this measure provides for the use of the unem- loyed at Stilwater and at the re- matory at St. Cloud. It is not my purpose to interfere with the manu- facture of twine and farm machinery at Stillwater, as I have been informed that there are a surplus of men there.” Senator Baldwin pointed out that at the state prison on Sept. 1, 1916, there were 996 inmates, of which 293 were engaged in the manufac- ture of twine, 273 machinery, 116 outside and 313 other employments. tHe stated that of this number the lir’f two, twine and machinery, are cessarily required in those depart- [fients but that it would seem that the others, or at least a good number of them might be used on public high- ways. At the reformatory in St. Cloud, according to Senator Baldwin, the total population Nov. 27, 1916, way 551, 35 Take Music Lessons. These inmates are employed as fol- lows: 44 quarrying, 11 crushing stone, 85 cutting stone, 14 repairing, 24 power house, 117 construction work, 40 farm, 56 tailoring depart- ment and shoe shop, 35 taking les- sons under music instructor, 36 in kitchen and laundry, 7 book binding and printing office, 27 cell house, 4 barbers, 6 clerks in offices, 3 hos- pital, 6 administration building and officers’ dormitory, 14 miscellaneous, 6 sick, 16 idle. “The question of building roads in Minnesota. and especially in the lesser developed portions of the state is the most important question before our people,” said Senator Baldwin. p Build a good, nice road in an un- deweloped country and you don’t have any trouble in introducing settlers to come in, settle and develop the unimproved land. At the reformatory there is a large crew of men engaged in crushing stone to be used in the building of roads. The same machines Here youn Theires a job You'll fi‘nd’ i wanted colu BEMIDJI DA l .open for you. itfin my, situation tt;?:n the or similar ones that are there could be readily used in any portion of the state where there are plenty of stones that would not have to be hauled any great distance to be put on the road, and the benefits in some parts of the state, especially promoted by aspiring politicians, not so much for the benefit of their friends and neigh- bors, but to hold themselves in pub- lic favor and especially themselves in office. Time for Action. “I believe the time has come when the legislature will take it in hand and pass some law such as I have suggested. Governor Odie of Idaho, in speaking of the passage by their legislature of a law of & similar char- acter of the one I suggest, says: ‘“That the passage of this law' has had a wholesome effect on our prison gys- tem and has been the means of giv- ing a new start in life to a large pro- portion of the discharged and pa- roled men.” Governor Hanna of North Dakota, Governor Cox of Ohio and Governor West of Oregon hold that outdoor work should be the privilege to be earned by good con- duct. Governor McDonald of New Mexico has referred to the very few attempts at escape that have been made by convicts practically un- guarded, and I know of no reason why Minnesota, should not have as good results from such legislation as any other state in the Union.” WORK OF N. M. D. A. OUTLINED BY SECRETARY (Continued from Page 1) From the standpoint of effectiveness of development work in the county itself, if for no other reason, every county should have a county associa- tion, drawing together the commer- cial clubs and farmers’ clubs for the disicussion of problems of the whole county and the application of reme- dies for them. The adveriising campaign con- ducted this year has been confined almost entirely to farm papers in the Middle West. The effect of a com- paratively small amount of money spent in advertising the resources of Northern Minnesota is astonishing. The number of inquiries received in the secretary’s office and distributed throughout the territory indicates the great interest taken in the oppor- tunities offered by Northern Minne- sota te the landseeker. The interest must increase from year to year as opportunities are restricted in other states through high land prices or other discouraging conditions. Here we have millions of acres of land of wonderful fertility where any man of energy may make a start with lit- tle capital. Our duty is to make this land accessible, to prepare it for the settler by roads and ditches, to ad- vertise the wealth of our resources, to help the settler solve the problems that will confront him when he goes upon the land. Hibbing Meeting. The summer meeting of the asso- ciation, held at Hibbing, June 8 and 9, was a splendid one in every way. The appeal of the hospitable, pros- perous city on the Mesaba range drew a crowd larger than we have had at a summer meeting in some years. The program was an excellent ‘one, the discussion was helpful to all, I am sure, and the people of Hibbing more than made good every promise to make the visit of the delegates worth while. Boys’ and Girls’ Potato Contest. The executive committee last win- ter again appropriated $300 for prizes for the boys’ and girls’ potato con- test conducted under the direction of the state and federal agricultural authorities. The roundup of the con- test is being held here in connection with this meeting, and when you view the exhibits, I am sure you will con- sider the expenditure for premiums worth while. This year the distri- bution of premiums is limited to counties in the association territory, which is a departure from the rule last year. All-Minnesota Development. This association was represented at the June meeting of the All-Min- nesota Development association and is well repregented on its list of offi- cers and committees. Northern Min- nesota problems are obtaining a grati- fying degree of attention from that body, which brings to bear upon those problems the best thought of the public spirited men of the whole state. ‘We should continue to take a lively ‘man, . Dont idle. g, LY PIONEER THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER Send Her As YOUR Messenger HROUGH her, vou can do much— h Red Crocs Christmas Seals. csintothe homes of theun- ayourcommunityandhelps Tuberculosis EveryRedCross a3 Scal vou buy helps to save ck and to prevent infection. Use RED CROSS CHRISTMAS SEALS 7 you mail or wrap. i oss Chiistmas Seals in your i ATAZRICAN RED CROSS, Washington, 2s you want at 1c each, interest in the All-Minnesota asso- ciation and to see that our local bodies are represented at its meet- ings. In conclusion I wish to appeal again as I did last year to the men here present not to become compla- cent because many of the things this association set out to do have been done; nor to become disheartened be- cause in considering the great extent of the development problem in this territory our progress may appear to be relatively slow. The quick re- sponse we found to the appeal for interest in Amendment No 1, the increase in immigration which any man who looks about him can see, the sustained interest in good roads and drainage movements, the contin- ued enthusiasm of the men who have been attending these meetings for years are indications that the devel- opment movement is gaining impetus as time goes on. More men are thinking about the development of Northern Minnesota, and the more they think the more enthusiastic they become over the great possibilities of the territory. It is no longer necessary to talk to convince anyone with any sort: of knowledge of Northern Minnesota that farming in Northern Minnesota pays, and payy well. That was proved long ago and the evidence is accumulating from year to year. The course for us to follow is to continue to work toward a sane, systematic program of development—a program that will make the land accessible through roads, make it available through ditches and partial clear- ing, make it productive through the application of scientific methods of agriculture in the branches best adapted to this country, make it pro- fitable by keeping the way open to the markets, make it the home of a happy, contented people by promot- ing thosie social opportunities that bring to life on the farm wholesome pleasure to relieve the irksomeness of daily toil. HHEK KKK KKK KKK KK Pioneer want ads pay. KEKKKKKKKKK KKK KX 9 Hécking 5C6;1ghs “I’'m sure that grocer of ours gives us short weight,” said he. “No, he doesn%,” sald ma. “His scales are correct. I know they are. I weighed myself on them this morning, and they showed that I am twenty pounds lighter than I thought I was."— Detroit Free Press. Plenty of Pain. From a boy’s essay: “Pain tells us that all 18 not right where the pain is. Thero are many kinds of pain, enough for every one to have some.”—Boston Transcript. Very careful experiments made with sweet potatoes at Urbans, I, by the agricultural experiment station demon- strated that fertilizers applied “under the ridge” gave good results. The plan of “under the ridge” is, after prepar- ing the land with plow and cultivator, to plow furrows and after putting the manure or fertilizer in them to make the ridges for planting over the fur- rows. Broadcasting the fertilizer was not satisfactory. SOME HANDY HINTS. A ton of soy beans will yield about forty gallons of oll useful in various ways, It is impossible to make sweet, clean, flavored butter from old, unclean cream, Garlic fiavor can be eliminated by heating milk to 145 degrees F. and blowing air through it. ‘There are seventy national bird res- ervations, of which sixty-seven are in charge of the department of agricul- ture. ‘The formation of ice on the surface of fields is fatal to alfalfa. This con- dition is most apt to occur on flelds that are level or that contain pockets. Care should be taken to handle al- falfa hay so as not to lose leaves, as these contain considerably more than 50 per cent of the feeding value of the hay. After testing his seventeen cows through a cow testing association a Nebraska farmer sold seven and re- ceived more profit from the ten re- maining animals than he had received formerly from the whole herd. 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