Convict Labor to Build State Roads Under New Plan
The state highway commission allocates 250000 for road work by convicts under a bill. San Quentin inmates make khaki clothing and camp gear while camps are readied. Supervisors and wardens will oversee discipline and camp life as experiments begin with possible expansion to thousands of prisoners.
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State Highway Commission
State Board of Prison Directors
San Quentin
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Johnston
War profits from the Great War will fade, he warns
A historian argues that wartime profits and foreign holdings will not yield lasting American financial supremacy. He notes foreign holders canceled railway securities and warns European markets will adjust, making permanent profit unlikely from the war. He cautions against expecting fortune from misfortune.
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