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upon this question and report to the Association what action, if any, 

 should be taken by this Association. 



President: What did your committee do with that? 



Mr. Stewart: I make a motion to lay that on the table. I do think 

 that that is one of the foolishest things our people try to do. What are 

 we going to do with convict labor, 40 or 100 fellows from the peniten- 

 tiary. How are they going to employ them. I saw fellows outside of 

 Galena breaking stone on the road and you don't want to drive with 

 your children along and see a man with a shot gun watching them. That 

 was abolished long ago. I see no way you could employ these people. 

 To move them out over the state, why that sort of thing has been aban- 

 doned years ago in all civilized countries. Else give us more seasons. 



Mr. President: Any more remarks. 



Mr. Gurler: They object to one clause of the resolution. I mean the 

 convict labor, using convict labor. As I understand it, they are asking 

 to recommend that they should use the convict labor, making the high- 

 ways of the state. Now my idea is they could not be used in certain 

 places. There would be too much expense changing them around and 

 the disgrace of seeing them chained up — that is too old and barbarous a 

 custom and done away with long ago, and I don't know how you can 

 utilize them. 



Mr. Hostetter: I wouldn' like this Association to go on record assay- 

 ing anything against good roads. I don't think we should strike this 

 . resolution out on account of one clause that does not suit us. Have the 

 first part of the resolution read again. 



Mr. Wheeler: Amend the resolution as offered by the committee by 

 -Striking out that clause or portion of the same that refers to the use of 

 our state convicts for the purpose of crushing rocks on the highways. 



Mr. Newman: Would it meet your mind, that instead of crossing 

 that out they would simply do the work of crushing stone along the road 

 near Joliet. Couldn't that he changed to meet your views. Crush it there 

 and deliver it on the cars. We would like to help that along, anything 

 to make peace. 



