The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-01-02
WORLD NEEDS FOOD
Demand Makes Opportunity for
Returning Soldiers.
Thousands viii See Glorious Posi-.
bilities In Settlement Of Avail.
able Farm Land in This Coun-
try and in Canada.

signed, the fighting nations have
sheathed their swords. and the day of
reconstruction has come.
What Of it?
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 TO do their part, their large part,
in the prevention of the spoliation 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
merly attached dislocated.
Are they to become almless wander
ers, with the ultimate possibility of
sugmenting an army of menacing
'o0fers? If they do IL is because their
ability to assist In laying new founda-
tions, in building up much-requlred
structures, Is underestimate. Men
who fought as they fought, who risked
snd faced dangers as they did, are not
II the caliber likely TO finch when II
.omes To the restoration OF what the
enemy partially destroyed. when It
,omes 10 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
Bring about this reconstruction.
Injured TO toll. thoughtless Of fatigue,
'rained In initiative and hardened by
their outdoor existence. they will re
urn better and stronger men. boys with
have maturel and young men viii have
developed.
They viii decide for themselves
lines OF action and thought. and what
their future should and will he. 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 II
viii 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 Il viii continue
during their entire existence.
But II they return TO find their old
avocatlons gone, their places filed
the institutions with which they were
connected no longer existing. new
walks OF life and employment must be
opened 20 them. II may be that the
counting house. the factory. the
workshop will have lost their attrac-
ton. The returned soldier viii look
elsewhere FOR employment: within his
reach there IS always the Forward
;o-the-Land" necessity. In this lies
the remedy that VIII not only take care
% a multitude Of those who may not
he able 20 return 20 their former occu-
pations. whose desires are not 10 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
unbenrable- Farm life viii thus ap.
peal TO them. and the indications are
that {, viii be taken advantage OF by
thousands. IL means much 10 them as
well as 10 the continent OF America
that provides the opportunity TO the
world al large. and TO the stricken and
famlshed nations Of Europe. who, not
only today, but for years to come. will
require the sustennnce that can only
largely be supplied by the United
States and Canada. BY following the
pursuit OF agriculture the returned sol.
der viii 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 to 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 honest
effort but the raising OF horses. cattle,
sheep and hogs has been large source
Of profit. These are facts that are
well known TO the many friends and
acqualntances of the thousands of
farmers from the United States who
have acquired wealth on the pralrles
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
school system equal to 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 coun-
try's appreciation of the services he
has rendered.
But now that the war is ended, and
the fact apparent that of all avoca-
tons the most profitable and independ-
ent is that of the farmer, there will be
a strong desire to secure farm lands
for cultivation. Canada offers the op-
portunity to those seeking, not as spec
ulation but as production. The deep
est interest is taken by Federal and
Provincial authorities to further the