Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1919-04-17
The KINSHIP OF THE
NEW AMERICAN
Ans and Ideals of the United
States and Canada viii
Soon Be Signed.

The war is over, peace will soon be
signed, the fighting nations have
shathed their swords, and the day of
reconstruction has come.
What of 1t!
Hundreds of thousands OF men, tax.
er from the fields of husbandry, from
the ranks of labor, from the four walls
of the counting house, and the con-
fires of the workshop, taken from them
to do their part, their large part, In
the prevention of the spoliation Of the
wprld, and In the meantime removed
fpm the gear of common everyday
lie, will be returning, only to find In
mlny cases old positions filed, the
machinery with which they were for
msrly attached dislocated.
Are they to become aimless wan
daers, with the ultimate possibility
Of augmenting an army Of menacing
lolfers2 If they do it 1t is because their
ability to assist in laying new founda-
tiSns, in building up much required
structures, is underestimate. Men
wlo have fought as they have fought,
wlo have risked and faced dangers as
tley have are not of the caliber likely
to finch when 1t comes to the resto-
rgtion OF what the enemy partially de-
destroyed, when 1t comes to the recon-
stuction 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,
triined in initiative and hardened by
their outdoor exercise 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 will be. On the
field of battle they developed alertness
ard wisdom, and they will return with
both shedding from every pore.
Action was their by-word and it 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 if they return to find their old
ayocation gone, their places filled, 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 will
have lost their attraction. The return
ed soldier will look elsewhere for EN-
ployment; within his reach there Is al
ways the "Forwardto-the-Land' ne
cessity. In this lies the remedy thai
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 healtl
prohibits them from indoor life o.
whose outdoor habits from the pas
one, two, three or four years have
given them such taste and deSir'
for it that confinement would be I'm
bearable. 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 onE
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