Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-02-20
The K|NSHP Of The
new AMERICAN
Aims and Ideals of the United
States and Canada Will
Soon Be Signed.

The war is over, peace Will soon be
signed, the fighting nations have
sheathed their swords. and the day of
reconstruction has come
What OF it
Hundreds OF thousands OF men, TAX
en- from the Acids Of husbandry, from
the ranks OF labor. from the four walls
or the counting house, and the con-
hneS of the workshop, taken from them
to do their part. their large part. in
the prevention of the spo1iation of the
world, and in the meantime removed
from the gear OF common everyday
life. win be returned. only to find in
many cases old positions filed. the
machinery with which they were for
merly attached dislocated.
Are they to become aim1ess wan
derers, with the ultimate possibility
or augmentfng army OF menacing
loafers7 II they do it 1t is because their
ability to assist In laying new founda-
lions, In building up much required
structures, is undereStimted. Men
who have fought as they have fought,
who have risked and faced dangers as
they have, are not Of the caliber likely
to finch when 1t comes to the reStO-
ration Of what the enemy partially de-
stroyed, when it 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, thoughtIes OF fatigue.
| trained in initiative and hardened by
| their outdoor existence they will re-
| turn better and stronger men, boys
viii have matured and young men win
have developed.
/ They will decide of themselves lines
| of action and thought, and what their
future should and will be. On the
field of battle they developed a1ertneSS
| and wisdom. and they will return with
both shedding from every pore.
| Action was their by-word and 1t 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 it viii continue
during their entire existence.
But IL 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
to them. 1t may be that the counting
house, the factory, the workshop viii
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-Ian ne
cessity. In this lies the remedy tina
will not only take care of a multitud,
of those who may not be able to return
to their former occupations, whose de
S1reS are not to do so, whose hea1tl
| prohibits them from indoor life o.
| whose OUTDOOR haD1tS from the pas
one, two. three four years hav,
given them such a taste and desir,
for it that confinement would be I'm
| bearab1e- Farm life Will thus appea
|. | to them, and the indications are that /
| will be taken advantage of by thou
; sands. 1t means much to them as wei
!. | as to the Continent of America tina
. provides the opportunity TO the worl,
at large, and to the stricken and fam
| ished nations of Europe, who. not onl
today, but for years to come, will re
quire the SuStenance that can onl
! largely be supplied by the Unite
States and Canada. By following tn
| pursuit of agriculture the returne
soldier will continue the cause he s
| greatly advanced when fighting on tn
field of battle. Both countries hav
undeveloped areas yet open to settle
ment.
r There is little need here to dfre<
attention to the wealth that has com