sr,rs PetsoY LABoR.-Every reasonable
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srArs PRlsoN LABoR.-Every reasonable
.,o,snre should be adopted to foster and encour-
20 the mechanic int crest as a leading and es-
aassnt;al branch of domestic industry. Our own
r;ts in particular, is vitay interested in the
s.assncrity oss of this class of her population far
FP,ore 90 than some of our citizens seem to real
no We rejoice, therefore, in every movement
.na,cnlated to promote their interest.


Mr. Moody, of Jackson, has just made 4 re-
.ort TO the Senate on the subject of State Prison
ppor,netition, which evnces the right spirit.


The competition between the prison and the
,,acbanic. is not competition of a free working
NAN. with one situated like himself. The prison
,rorks not to make money, but to diminish its
ovnenses. 1t lowers the price of labor and pro-
Snc.s. without endangering It's existence or es-
.ssl,sbmeut AS the price of articles depre
s;a,e the contractor pays less for the labor Of
prisoners.


mi, when he makes money; and if the prices
u Inc articles OF his production become SO de-
,recated that they yield no profit, his establish
rr,ont must cease, and he must sterve, or go into
Emo oth het employment. If, therefore, common
.,ochanical business is carried on in the prison,
acompeti,ion against free men takes place, which
!. hacked BY the State, and must necessarily be-
a,me fatal. as the free mechanic is reduced to the
alternative of stopping his business, or working
at loss.


The work OF the free mechanic must cease, if
:. r;e,d no profit while the work of the prison,
backed up by the State, can stand against all
chances, whether it yield much or little, it not
being necessary for government to gain certain
profit, but to expend as little as possible, in the
support Of the prisoners. The capital of the free
mechanic is limited, and cannot stand against
all chances and when the trade he has chosen
as the means Of supporting himself and family,
j, carried on in prison, he finds himself in com.
petition with the capital of the prison, the labor
Of the convicts, and the Treasury Of the State,
which are indefinite and unlimited Det.D ADV.