The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-01-03
COUNTY PAYS IN HEAVILY
Townships Send in More Than 50, 500 as
Their Part of the December Quota
Making Nearly $4,000 Available
at Once Committeeman Talk.

The Disbursement Committee of the
Kenosha Patriots Fund cleared decks
for action at its regular meeting re-
Gently in the Office of the Kenosha
Chamber of Commerce anc by quick
action started the appropriations which
are to make Kencsha knOwn through
out the nation for her prompt ans
wer to the war relieI funds. The col
lections within the city have reached
the amount paid in from the county,
this gives the committee nearly $780,
600 available at the present time. 1t
! is estimated that by the end of this
month the fund will have reached the
$4,000 mark. OF this amount $4,000
has been paid to the Red Cross and
$4,000 will be turned over to the Red
Cross for membership as quickly as
their records are in chape to receive
it.
The entire committee Saturday af-
ternoon felt the responsibility entrust-
ed in them by the $4,000 patriots who
belong to the fund. They realized that
money in Kenosha will not help the
American boys in khaki nor relieve the
suffering of war victims. While it is
the plan of the conn. -ttee to make
these payments to the funds monthly,
it could see no reason why g larger pay
ment cannot be made whe funds are
available and the late1 monthly pay
ments decreased accordingly. T G
frank discussion and the intelligent
manner in which the problems are be-
ing worked out assures the Kenosha
County patriots that their money is go
ing speedily into channels, where in the
Judgment of this committee, from the
facts that are available, it will do
the most good.
One optimistic feature of the meet
ing was the fact that reports showed
that the farmers Of the county were do
ing exceptionally well in paying their
part of the fund and paying it on time.
The "food producers" of the country
have already contributed more than
$4,000 to the Patriots Fund which
clearly illustrates that the great pro
blem of financing the war relief has
been taken seriously by the farmers of
the county and the situation met with
"a edo it now" spirit in their giving
which is highly satisfactory to the com
mittee. There are very few unpaid
pledges in addition to the cash turned
il from those townships which have re-
ported.
"The farmers have come up to the
scratch right said one member of
the committee to-day. Napoleon once
said that an army fights on its stomach.
Well, it does, guess, and the farmer is
the one who must produce the food that
viii send the army over the top to vic
tory. The Kenosha County farmers are
producing to the maximum and in adj
dition they have responded so quickly
here that is is very gratifying to the
cor mittee. It shows the spiris that is
necessary to win the war. The money
from the County will help very ma
terially in allowing the committee to
proceed with its work of disbursement
without any hesitation or delay"
The fact that no other funds are re-
presented in the early disbursements of
the fund except the Red Cross is due
to the fact that time must be allowed
to investigate the other funds and see
thai Kenosha is not carrying an exces-
Isive part of the burden. The fact that
these appeals come from every part of
the old world, and il cases without
data or figures that will enable the
CT mmittee to determine to their own
satisfaction, to what extent they are
worthy, makes definite action neces-
sarily slow, The cooperation of Clark
is. Judd, as chairman of the investiga-
ton committee, and Alfred Terrell
CT sirman of the Red Cross movement
in Kenosha, with the national officials
of the Red Cross has made it possible
to get a line on the various movements
doing war relief work and will lead Go
the bringing of report at the next
meeting on January 7th. Mr.. Terrell i
close connection with the National Red
Cross organization will be of use on
!, determining which demands are dupli
cations of the Red Cross work and
whether the demands can be better
handled through organizations outside
the Red Cross.
The meeting was singularly success
flu, in bringing before the committee 4
realization of the splendid opportunity
which Kenosha has embraced to be of
help in the war In discussing the
Injecting, Secretary Dowse said: Tt is
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