The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1919-01-10
WORLD NEEDS FOOD
Demand Makes Opportunity for
Returning Soldiers.
Thousands Will See Glorious Posi-
biities in Settlement Of Avail
able Farm Land in This Coun-
try and in Canada.

The war Is over, peace win soon be
signed, the fighting nations have
sheathed their swords, and the day Of
reconstruction has come.
What Of in
| 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 10 do their part, their large part,
In the prevention of the spolation 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
mery attached dlsocated.
Are they to become aimless wander
ers, with the ultimate possibility of
nugmenting an army Of menacing
! loafers? If they do 1t is because their
ability to assist in laying new founda-
| tions. In building up much-required
structures, is underestimate. Men
who fought as they fought, who rlsked
and faced dangers as they did, are not
or the caliber likely to finch when it
| comes to the restoration of what the
enemy partially destroyed, when 1t
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
hTtp al.
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, anth it will continue
during their entire existence
But If they return to find their old
avocations gone, their places filled,
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-
tion. 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
De 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 taste and de-
sire for ii that confinement would be
unhearahle, Farm life will thus ap.
peal to them. and the indications are
that II Will be taken advantage of by
thousands. Ii means much To them as
well rs To the continent of America
that provides the opportunity to the
world Mt large, and to the stricken and
famished nations of Europe. who, not
only today, but for years to come. will
require the sustenanee that can ONLY
largely he 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
undeveloped areas yet open TO settle
ment
There Is little need here 10 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 has been a large source
OF profit These are facts that sre
well known To the many friends and
acquaintanceS 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 10 six hundred
ana forty acres of the richest soil may
be secured on reasonable terms, and
with an excellent climate with n
school system equal to any In the
world. aud desirable social conditions,
little else could be asked.
Canadian statesmen are today husily
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 10
show in the fullest degree the coun.
try : appreciation of the services he
las rendered.
Bur now that The war i ended. and
the fuci apparent that of all aveca.
honS the most profitable aud lndepend,
ent i thar of the farmer. there will be
strong desire to secure farm lands
for cultivation. Canada offers the op-