Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 135, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1915 — Madison Students Like Malted Milk and “Cigs” [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Madison Students Like Malted Milk and “Cigs”

MADISON WlS.—About 141,200 malted milks are consumed annually by the students of the University of Wisconsin, at a cost of 114,120, enough money to buy a good meal for 56.480 people. This is not a mere guess, but

carefully compiled figures submitted by dealers in the university district The straws used in the malted milks if placed in a direct line would reach 13 miles. The malted milk consumed would fill a reservoir of 13,000 gallons. Over three tons of the dry powder is consumed a year. Figures show that 1,040,000 cigarettes are consumed annually by students, at a cost of $7,800. The cigarettes, If placed in a direct line, would reach around Lake Mendota

twice. There is enough paper in the cigarettes consumed to make 1,300 library books of 100 pages each. ’ There are enough cigarettes consumed to supply every one of the 6,000 students with 170 cigarettes a year. Uncle Sam’s share of the tax which the student pays amounts to about $1,250. If one man smoked the cigarettes continually for 18 hours a day It would take him six years to smoke all the cigarettes consumed by the students in one year. The total cost of the malted milks and cigarettes amounts to $21,920, enough to put 73 students through one year of the university. The total amount spent for these luxuries would buy libraries of the best literature for 300 families, supplying 100 books to each family.