PRISON LABOR.
v-£ To the Editor. ... . . " Sib,—l admit that prison labor should be used profitably to the State, But at the same time I think that the jGovernmepit should 7 •foot use that labor in competing with a class of hard-working, industrious men—namely, quarry men—as they are doing by employing • prison labor to quatry stone for sale at Bell'; Hill to the general public. This has been, .going on for the last two or three years, an<£ in common justice it is time it was abolished, as far as the sale Of stone to the general is concerned.; * for in my humble opinion there are plenty of uses the Govern^ ' pent could put •'that stone to, : without selling ; it to the public. Kvery builder one meets, if you ask him if he wants any building rubble, replies, "Oh, I can get any amount j from Bell Hill." And, Sir, you will see the [ injustice of this yourself. I may be wrong in-my opinion, but I do not think such a system should exist in any civilised country, ' ■ where there is honest labor to be ■ had. The Government cann tbe aware of the injury they are doing to the quarrymen round Dunedin, otherwise they would, 1 believe, prohibit the sale to the general public—l am, &c, One of Many Sufferers. Caversham, Augusts.
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Evening Star, Issue 4193, 4 August 1876, Page 2
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221PRISON LABOR. Evening Star, Issue 4193, 4 August 1876, Page 2
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