The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-01-02
WORLD NEEDS FOOD
Demand Makes Opportunity for
Returning Soldiers.
Thousands viii See Glorious Posi-.
biIlties In Settlement of Avail.
able Farm Land in This Coun-
try and in Canada.

The wnr liz Ovc,, peace Will soon be
signed, the fighting nations have
shcnthcd their swords, and the day Of
reconstruction has come.
What of It2
Hundreds Of thousands Of men,
taken from the fields Of hliSbandry.
from the ranks Of labor. from the four
walls Of the counting house, and the
confines 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 re-
moved from the gear Of common every
day life. will be- returned only to find
In many cases old positions flied. the
machinery with which they were for
merry attached di%located.
Arc they to become ainilcss wander
crs, with the ultimate possibility OF
augmcnting an army Of mcnacing
loaferS? If they do II Is because their
ability TO assist in laying new fO'inda-
tions, in building up much-reqnircd
structures. is underestimate. Men
who fought ms they fought, who riSkcd
and faced dnngcr ms they did, arc not
Of the calibcr likely to ilinch when II
comes to the restoration OF what Tho
enemy partially destroyed. when II
comes to the reconstruction 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 reconstruction.
Injured To toll, thoughtlcs' Of fatigue.
trained In initiative and hardened by
their outdoor existence. they will re-
turn better and stronger men. boys will
have maturcd and young men will l'nvc
developed.
They viii decide for themselves
! lines OF action and thought. and whit
their future should and will he. TN
the field of battle they developed
ulcrtncsS and wisdom. and they will
! return with both shedding from every
pore.
Action was their watchword. and II
will 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 II will continue
during their entire existence.
But If they return to find their old
avOcations gone, their places filled.
tho institutions with which they were
connected no longer existing. new
walks of life and employment must he
opened to them. 1t may bc that the
counting house, the factory, the
workshop will have lost their attrac-
tion. The returned soldier will look
elsewhere for employment; within hia
reach there ~ always tho Forward
! to-thc-Land" necessity. Tn this lies
the remedy that will not only take care
OF ~ multitude Of those who may not
he ablc 10 return to their former occl-
pntiOns. whose desires are not to do 80.
whose health prohibits them from In
door life or whose outdoor habits from
! the past one, two, three or four years
have given them such taste md de-
sire for II that confinement would bc
unbcarable. Farm life will thus mp
peal to them, AMI the Indications are
that ii will be taken advantage Of by
thousands. II means much To them ms
well rs to the continent Of America
that provides the opportunity to the
world ut large, and to the stricken and
furnished nations Of Europe. who. not
only today. hut for years to come. will
require the Sustcnancc that can only
largely he supplied by the United
States and Canada. by following the
pursuit Of agriculture the returned .IOl-
der will continue the cause he so
greatly advanced when fighting OF a. P
G,I.l of L.l DAtl t.t.
undcvclopcd areas yet open to settle
mcnt
There Is little need here to direct
attention tn the wealth that has como
to the farmers OF Canadn within the
past fcw years. II IL not only in grain
growing that unqualified and almost
uncGuaIcd success has followed honest
effort. but tho raising Of horses. cattle.
sheep and hogs has been large source
of profit These are facts that arc
wclI known to the many friends and
ncGuaintnnccs % the thousands Of
farmers from the United States who
have acquired wealth on the prnirirs
of Western CANADA. Farms Of from
ono hundred and sixty TO six hundred
and forty acres Of the richest soil may
hc secured on reasonable terms, and
with an excellent climate. with
school system equal to any in the
world. and desirable social conditions,
little else could he asked.
Canadian statesmen are today busiiy
engaged planning for the future Of tho
returned soldier with n view to making
him independent If state help after the
Immediate necessary assistance has
been granted. the main idea being to
show I'm the fullest degree the couti-
try's appreciation Of the services he
has rendered.
But now that the war has ended. and
the fact apparent that Of MI nvoca-
tions the most profitable and indcpcnd-
ent is that OF the farmer. there will be
strong desire to secure farm lands
for cultivation. CANADA offers the op-