The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-02-13
THE K|NSH|P Of THE
new AMERICAN
Aims and Ideals Of the United
States and Canada Will
Soon Be Signed.

The war is over, peace will soon be
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 cop.
fines Of the workshop, taken from them
to do their part, their large part, in
the prevention Of the s%poliation of the
world, and in, the meantime removed
from the gear Of ommon everyday
life, will be returning, only to find in
many cases old positions filled, the
machinery with which they were for
merly attached d%islocated.
Are they to become aimless wan
derers, with the ultimate possibility
of augmcnting an army of menacing
loafers? If they do it it is because their
ability to assist in laying new founda-
lions, in building up much required
structures, is underestimated. Men
who have fought as they have fought,
who have risked and faced dangers as
they have, are not of the caliber likely
to finch when it ONE to the resto-
ration Of what the enemy partially de-
stroyed, 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
nIII.r,pSn N.r, Tn Lr;ntr ohC1t fhiS 70.
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 matured and young men will
have developed.
They will decide of themselves lines
Of action and thought, and what thcil
future should and will be. On the
field Of battle they developed alertness
and wisdom, and they will return Will
both shedding from every pore.
Action was their by-word and it will
stand them IN good stead now that Tho
din of the battle no longer rings il
their ears. or the zero hour signal:
them to the fray, and it will continue
during their entire existence.
But if they return to find their oil
a%vccation gone, their places filled, til
institutions with which they were cor
ncctcd no longer exist, new walks o
life and employment must be 0pene
to them. 1t may be that the countin
house. the factory, the workshop wi
have lost their attraction. The return
ed soldier will look elsewhere for en-
ployment; within his reach there is n
ways the "Forward-to-the-Land" NJ
cessity. In this lies the remedy tina
will not only take care of n multitud
Of those who may not be able to retur
to their former occupations, whose d.
sires are not to do so, whose healt
prohibits them from indoor life q
whose outdoor habits from the pas
one, two, three or four years hav
given them such a taste and desir
for it that confinement would be III
bearable. Farm life will thus appe;
to them, and the indications are that
will be taken advantage of by thol
duuS IL lIcdii5 IIIuSII ~ lIIClIi Ok we
as to the Continent of America the
provides the opportunity to the wor1
Mt large, and to the stricken and fan
;shed nations Of Europe, who, not onl
today, but for years to come, will n
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 hay
~undeveloped areas yet open to settl,
ment.