, 1919-01-02
WORLD NEEDS FOOD
Demand Makes Opportunity for
Returning Soldiers.
Thousands viii See Glorious POSI-
bilities In Settlement of Avail
able Farm Land in This coun-
try and In Canada.

Inc war Is over, peace will o be
signed, the fighting nations have
sheathed their swords, and the day of
reconstruction has come.
What Of 1t?
Hundreds of thousands of men,
taken from the fields of %husbandry,
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 returning, only to find
In many cases old positions filled, the
machinery with which they were for
merly attached dislocated.
Are they to become aimless wander
ers, with the ultimate possibility of
augmenting an army of menacing
loafers? If they do 1t is because their
ability to assist in laying new founda-
tons, in building up much-required
structures, is underestimated. Men
who fought as they fought, who risked
and faced dangers as they did, are not
of the caliber likely to finch when it
m to the restoration of what the
enemy partially destroyed. when it
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, 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 for themselves
lines of action and thought, and what
their future should and will be. On
the field of battle they developed
alertness and wisdom, and they will
return with both shedding from every
pore.
Action was their watchword, 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 will continue
during their entire existence.
But IL they return to find their old
avocations gone, their places filed.
the institutions with which they were
connected no longer existing, new
walks of life and employment must be
opened to them. 1t may be that the
counting house, the factory, the
workshop will have lost their attrac-
ton. The returned soldier will look
elsewhere for employment; within his
reach there is always the Forward
to-the-Land" necessity. In this lies
the remedy that will not only take care
of n multitude of those who may not
be able to return to their former occu-
pations, whose desires are not to do so,
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 a taste and de-
sire for 1t that confinement would be
unbearabIe. Farm life will thus ap.
peal to them, and the indications are
that 1t will be taken advantage of by
thousands. 1t means much to them as
well as TO the continent of America
that provides the opportunity to the
world at large. and to the stricken and
famished nations of Europe, who. not
only today, but for years to come. will
require the s~ustenance that "A only
largely be supplied by the United
States and Canada. BY following the
pursuit of agriculture the returned SOL
der will continue the cause he so
greatly advanced when fighting on the
field Of battle. Both countries have
un~developed areas vet open to settle
ment.
There is little need here to direct
attention to- the wealth that has come
to the farmers of Canada within the
past few years. 1t is not only in grain
growing that unqualified and almost
unequaled success has followed honest
effort, but the raising of horses, cattle,
sheep and hogs las been a large source
Of profit. These are facts that are
well known II the many friends and
acquaintances of the thousands of
farmers from the United States who
have acquired wealth on the p~rairies
of Western CANDIDA. Farms of from
one hundred and sixty to six hundred
and forty acres OF the richest soil may
be secured on reasonable terms, and
with nm excellent climate, with a
school system equal to any In the
world, and desirable social conditions,
little else could be asked.
Canadian statesmen are today busily
engaged planning for the future of the
returned soldier with a view to making
him Independent of state help after the
Immediate necessary assistance has
been granted. the main idea being to
show in the fullest degree the coun-
try's appreciation of the services he
has rendered.
But nov that the war is ended. and
the fact apparent that of all avoca-
lions the most profitable and independ-
emit is that of the farmer. there will be
a strong desire to ecu farm lands
for cultivation. Canada offers the OPP