Word: laborer
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...competition with free industries is injurious. (a) because it is confined to a few industries.-Ill. Report, pp.92-124 and p. 136. (b) and thereby prevents an equal distribution of the burdens of prison support.- Report of Commissioner of Labor, 1886, p. 391 and Ill. Report...
...Account System, without power machinery, is preferable because (a) it favors the reformation of the convict (1) by leaving him in exclusive charge of the prison officials, (Ill. Report, p. 88), and (2) by teaching him a trade (Ill. Report, p. 132). (b) it diminishes prison competition with free labor...
...Prison Labor a Necessity? "It has thoroughly established itself as a fundamental principle of prison discipline, about the value of which there are no two opinions."-Encyc. Britt., Vol. XVIII...
...Productive Labor on the Part of Convicts an Injury to the Community? "We are convinced that those who participate in the crusade against the employment of convicts in the productive industries on the ground of unfair competition with free labor have no acquaintance with the facts and figures that bear on the question."-Science...
...From Economical Standpoint.- U. S. Labor Report, 1886, p. 372. (a) It relieves the State from risking public funds in the hands of public officers in manufacturing and commerce. (b) It simplifies the management of prisons and prisoners. (c) It is the most remunerative system, furnishing to the State a definite, reliable and easily estimated income...