The Raymer enterprise., 1919-02-13
THE K|NsH|P Of The
NEW AMERICAN
Aims and Ideals Of the United
States and Canada viii
Soon Be Signed.

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sheathed their swords. and the day of
reconstruction has come.
| What Of II!
| 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 cnses old positions filed, the
machinery with which they were for
merly attached dislocated.
Are they 10 become aimless wan-
derers. with the ultimate possibility
Of augmenting an army OF menacing
Ioafers? lf they do II 1t is because their
ability TO assist In laying new founda-
lions. In building mp much required
structures. Is underestimate. Men
who have fought as they have fought.
who have risked and faced dangers as
they have, are not Of the caliber likely
10 finch when il comes to the resto-
ration Of what the enemy partially de-
stroyed, when II comes 10 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 WIS TO bring about this re-
construction.
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 maturei and young men will
have developed.
They will decide OF themselves lines
Of action and thought and what their
future should aud will be. On the
neld Of hattie they developed alertness
and wisdom. and they will return with
both shedding from every pore.
Action was their by-word and il 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 II 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. II 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 "Forward-to-the-Lan me-
cessity. In this lies the remedy that
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 health
prohibits them from indoor life or
whose outdoor habits from the past
one. two, three or four years have
given them such taste and desire
for II that confinement would he un-
bearaBie. Farm life will Thus appeal
TO them and the indications are that II
will be taken advantage 0f by thou
sands II means much to them as well
as to the Continent Of America that
provides the opportunity To the world
Mt large, and to the stricken and fam
'shed nations OF Europe. who, not only
today, hut for years 10 come, will re-
qnire the sustennnce that can only
largely be supplied by the United
States and Canada. BY following the
pursuit Of agriculture the returned
soldier will continue the cause he 50
greatly advanced when fighting on the
field Of battle. Both countries. have
unde,eloped areas yet open TO settle
ment.
| There Is little need here Ia direct
attention to the wealth that has come
TO the farmers Of Canada within the
past few years. II is not only In grain
growing that unqualified and almost
unequaled success has followed hon
est effort. hut the raising Of horses,
cattle. sheep and hogs has been large
source Of profit. These are facts that
are well known tn the many friends
and acquainiances Of the thousands Of
| farmers from the United States who
have acquired wealth on the prairies
Of Western Canada. 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 an excellent climate. with a school
system equal In 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 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 eountrs's
appreciation of the services he has
rendered.
But. now that the war Is ended. and
the fact apparent that Of all ayocations
the most profitable and independent
Is thai Of the farmer there will be 4
strong desire to secure farm lands for
cultivation. Canada offers the 0ppor.
tnnity TO those seeking, not as specula.
tlon but AS production. The deepest
| in. crest Is taken bv Federal and pro,