Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-18
DIR. ROBERTSON
WRITES ABOUT
HIS JOURNEY
Wesley COLLEGE President
Made Various Observa-
: tons in Wisconsin.

DR.. e. p. Robertson, president Of
Wesley college, returned last week
from an interesting trip to Wiscc nsin,
where he had gone in the interest Of
Wesley Foundation and left again
Saturday for st. Thomas, N. D,
! whence he Is expected to return this
{ evening.
While at st. Thomas yesterday DR..
Robertson wrote the following com.
n~unication to The Herald, describing
some Of the observations he made
while travelling In Wisconsin. One
fact that established itself in.the mind
the farm" idea is deeply rooted
among the people; he also remarks
that Wisconsin dairy farmers are
planning to establish milk depots in
Chicago for the purpose of eliminat-
: ing what they consider exorbitant
prices to the consumer. During his
trip DR.. Robertson visited Rock coun
ty, Wis, where he was born.
The letter is as follows:
1. have spent a week in Wisconsin
assisting in the big educational cam
Foundation at Madison, the seat Of.
Interstate university. =
The Wesley Foundation incorpor-
} ates the essential features of Wesley
college Of North Dakota and has the
cordial support of the university au-
thorities. A Wisconsin professor a
invented an instrument which will in
dicate the presence and location of a
submarine, even al a considerable dis.
lance. 1t is claimed hat the device
is now in service Of the navy and is
proving its worth az an effective in
strument against the submarines. A
shell Is directed to the spot indicat-
ed by the instrument and destroys
the U-boat by exploding in the water
} above it or below it.
The dairy interests in Wisconsin
are dominant e some Of the rich
est portions of the state. Milk is
sold to the immense condensing
plants, to cheese plants, or Is shipped
to Milwaukee and Chicago. The price
paid to the farmer ranges between
five and six cents a quart. The farm
ers complain that the milk they put
on the train at S 2-10- cents q quart
retails in Chicago at IL, cents. They
are planning to establish milk depots
! in Chicago and cut out what they
consider the exorbitant profits Of the
middlemen.
"stay on the farm" is pretty gen.
erallv accepted as family policy in
Wisconsin SO far as I could learn
from repeated inquiries.
1 visited Rock county, in which I
was born and talked with people knew
my family in those early days. One
of these is now a leading business
man in Evansville and much engaged
In wal support activities.
He is enthusiastic over the adoption
Of volunteer tax plan to support Red
Cross, Y. w. C. A., knights of Colum-
''bus and other like concerted efforts
to care for the men at the front or in
centonments preparing to go to the
front.
The county committees have secur-
ed general consent to q two mill taz
upon all incomes and. upon, h as
sessed, valuation Of personal And real
property, less Indebtedness. The mon
eylsfoes into a war chestnRs and the
tcouiity's share of any OF tfiese stated
funds is paid by check out OF the
@HThis appears to bSsound in prin-
ciple and practice. These are patri.
otto funds administered among the
soldiers through agencies accredited
by the government. 1t is right and
proper that every citizen should sup.
port these activities according to abil'
e@ity. mot according to generous i'm.
4 pulse according as a man hath" !:
I an accepted standard in 10th civic
! and Christian ethics, not according
/ as a man feels"