The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1919-02-21
THE KINSA|P OF THE
NEW AMERICAN
Aims and Ideals of the United
States and Canada viii
Soon Be Signed.

The war Is over, peace will soon be
signed, the fighting nations nave
! sheathed their swords, and the day OF
| reconstruction has come.
What Of it,
Hundreds of thousands of men, tax
en- from the fields OF husbandry. from
the ranks OF tabor, from the four walls
Of the counting house, and the con-
fines Of the workshop, taken from them
| to do their part, their large part, IN
the prevention of the spoliation Of the
world, and in the meantime removed
| from The gear of common everyday
| life, will be returning only to find In
many cases old positions filled, the
machinery with which they were Tor
merly attached dislocated.
Are they to become aimless wan
derers, with the ultimate possibility
| OF augmentng an army of menacing
| loafers? If they do it it is because their
ability to assist in laying new founda-
tions, in building up much required
structures. Is underestimated. Men
who have sought as they have fought,
who have risked and faced dangers as
| they have, are not of the caliber likely
| to finch when it comes TO the resto.
! ration Of what the enemy partially de-
strOyed When ii comes to the recon-
struction of the world the ideals Of
which they had in view when they took
part in the great struggle whose Divine
purpose was to bring about this re-
! construction.
| Injured to toll, thoughtless of fatigue,
| trained in initiative and hardened by
| their outdoor existence they will re-
| turn better and stronger men, boys
Will have matured and young men will
have developed.
They will decide of themselves lines
OF action and thought, and what their
future should and Win be. On the
field Of battle they developed alertness
and wisdom, and they will return with
| both shedding from every pore.
Action was their by-word and 1t win
stand them in good stead now that the
din of the battle no longer rings in
| their ears, or the zero hour signals
them to the fray, and it will continue
during their entire existence.
But if they return to find their old
avocation gone, their places filed the
| institutions with which they were con-
nected no longer exist. new walks of
| life and employment must be opened
70 them. 1t may be that the counting
house, the factory, the workshop Will
have lost their attraction. The return
ed soldier will look elsewhere for en-
| ployment; within his reach there is al
ways the "Forward-to-the-La Land" me-
will not only take care of multitude
| of those who may not be able to return
to their former occupations, whose de-
Sires are not to do So whose health
prohibits them from indoor life or
whose outdoor habits from the past
one, two, three or four years have
| given them such taste and desire
! for 1t that confinement would be I'M
bearable. Farm life will thus appeal
to Them and the indications are that il
will be taken advantage of by thou
sands. 1t means much to them as well
as to the Continent of America that
| provides the opportunity to the world
ne large, and to the stricken and fam
'shed nations of Europe. who, not only
today, but for years to come. will 90
quire the sustenance that caa only
largely be supplied by ne United
States and Canada. BY following the
pursuit of agriculture the returned
soldier will continue the cause he SO
greatly advanced when fighting on the
Held OF battle. Both countries have
undeveloped areas yet open to settle
ment.
There is little need here to direct
attention to the wealth that has come
To the farmers of Canada within rho
past few years. II Is not only in groin
growing that unqualified and almost
nneqnaled success has followed hon.
EST effort. but the raising of horses.
cattle, sheep and hogs has been large
source of profit. These are facts that
are well known to the many friends
ana aequaintances of the thousands of
farmers from the United States who
nave acquired wealth on the prairies
or Western Canada, Farms of from
one hundred ard sixty To six hundred
and forty acres of the richest soil may
De secured on reasonable terms. and
With an excellent climate, with schoo,