Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-02-14
The KINSHIP Of THE
new AMERICAN
Aims and Ideals of the United
States and Canada Will
Soon Be Signed.

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 fields of husbandry, from
the ranks of labor, 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 for
merly attached dislocated.
Are they to become aimless wan
derers, with the ultimate possibility
of augmenting 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 fought as they have fought,
who have risked and faced dangers as
to finch when it comes to the resto-
ration of what the enemy partially de-
destroyed, 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, thoughtless of fatigue,
trained 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
and 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 ole
avocation 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 countin:
house, the factory, the workshop vii
have lost their attraction. The return
ed soldier will look elsewhere for EN-
pioyment; within his reach there is al
ways the "Forward-to-the-Lan ne
cessity In this lies the remedy tha
will not only take care of multitud
of those who may not be able to returl
to their former occupations, whose dc
sires are not to do so, whose healt
prohibits them from indoor life O
whose outdoor habits from the pas
one. two, three or four years hav
given them such taste and desir
for it that confinement would be ur
bearabIe Farm life will thus appes
to them, and the indications are that
will be taken advantage of by thol
sands. 1t means much to them as we
as to the Continent of America thf
provides the opportunity to the worl
at large, and TO the stricken and fan
ished nations of Europe, who, not onl
today, but for years to come, will r.
| quire the sustenance that can onl
largely be supplied by the Unite
. States and Canada. By following tt
!. pursuit of agriculture the returne
, soldier will continue the cause he s
greatly advanced when fighting on tt
field of battle. Both countries hay
I | undeveloped areas yet open to settl
: ment.
t There is little need here to dire
attention TO the wealth that has con
{ to the farmers of Canada within Il
' past few years. 1t is not only in graz
/ growing that unqualified and almo
uneQualed success has followed no
1 est effort, but the raising of horse
| cattle. sheep and hogs has been lar:
| source of profit. These are facts TIL
p are well known to the many frient
I and acquaintance of the thousands
. farmers from the United States wi
f have acquired wealth on the prairi
4 of Western Canada. Farms of fro
h one hundred and sixty to six hundrt
and forty acres of the richest soil MI
K be secured on reasonable terms. al
v with an excellent climate, with scho
system equal to any in the world, al
desirable social conditions, little el
v could be asked.
Canadian statesmen are today bust
engaged planning for the future of t
:, returned soldier with q view to makil
= him Independent of state help afr
= the immediate necessary assistance h
been granted, the main idea being
show in the fullest degree the countr!
appreciation of the services he h
rendered
But, now that the war is ended al