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receive a greater amount per day than, that received by either 

 of the other two classes; but each group of Class I should 

 receive the same percentage. This would be a fair proposition 

 inasmuch as the cost to the State of the men in the First Class 

 is considerably less than those in the other two classes inasmuch 

 as no guards are required and the men are on their honor. 

 My idea is that no matter what the rate allowed per man be, 

 the man of the First Class should receive one-third again as 

 much as those in Class II ; he, in turn, should receive one-third 

 again as much as those in Class III. It will cause the men of 

 'the First Class to do their best to remain there, as they are able 

 to earn more money ; and it will be an incentive for the men of 

 the third group to try to get into the second group, and for the 

 men of the second group to get into the first group. 



Those men of the First Class should also be receiving a com- 

 mutation of their time. This varies in the different states, 

 amounting to as much as ten days in one month in some states. 

 If any man in Class I does not live up to what is expected of 

 the " honor men " and breaks the rules and regulations of the 

 camp, he may be reduced to a lower group ; or, if his offense is 

 very great, he may be reduced to Class II, and in the latter 

 case he would lose what time has been commuted. If he at- 

 tempts to escape he is to be reduced at once to Class III and 

 will lose not only the time commuted but what money has 

 been credited to him. Thus it will be seen that there is every 

 incentive for the men in Class I to remain in that class ; and I 

 believe the men of that class will try and do their part to see 

 that each one of the class lives up to what is expected of them. 

 Those in Class II and III will see the great benefits that come 

 to those in Class I, and will begin to do what they can to be 

 transferred to Class I. 



The accumulation of money that the convict has earned and 

 the accumulation of time commuted from his sentence, which 

 he knows will be lost if he attempts to escape or if he con- 

 stantly breaks the rules and regulations of the camp, will be 

 one of the strong motives that will prevent him from trying to 

 escape ; and, as will be seen later, this will also apply to the men 

 of the Second and Third Classes. To my mind, however, one of 



