Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1919-01-10
WORLD NEEDS FOOD
Demand Makes Opportunity for
Returning Soldiers.


The war Is over, pence will soon be
signed, the fighting nations have
shenthed their swords, and the day OF
reconstruction has come.
What Of III
Hundreds OF thousands OF men.
taken from the fields OF h%usbandry.
from the ranks OF labor. from the four
walls OF the counting house. md the
confines Of the workshop, taken from
them TO do their part, their large part,
In the prevention of the spollatlon OF
he 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 filed, the
machinery with which they were for
merly attached dlslocnted.
Are they TO become nlmless wander
ers, with the ultimate possibility Of
nuementlng an army OF menaclng
lOnfersf II they do II Is because their
ability to assist In laying new founda-
lions, In building up muc%h-requlred
structures, Is underestimatef Men
who fought as they fought, who rlsked
and faced dangers as they did, are not
Of the callber likely TO finch when II
comes to the restoration OF what the
enemy partially destroyed, when II
comes TO the reconstruction OF the
world, the Ideals Ct 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.
trained In initiative and hardened by
their outdoor existence, they Will re-
turn better aud stronger men. boys will
have mntured 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 II
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 ind their old
nvocntlons gone, their places filled,
the institutions with which they were
connected no longer existing, new
walks OF life and employment must he
opened TO them. II may be that the
counting house, the factory. the
workshop will have lost their a.trac-
ton. 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 noi
be able 10 return to their former occu,
patlons, 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 n taste and de
sire for II that confinement would be-
unbearahle. Farm life will thus ap
peal 10 them. and the indications nrG
that II will he taken advantage Of by
AlNAlNNlANf ~ iINAlAlH Ill'H W lIffN w
well as 10 the continent OF Amerlct
that provides the opportunity to IN,
world at large, and to the stricken anC
furnished nations Of Europe, who. no
only today, but for years to come, will
require the %sustennnce that can onl,
largely be supplied by the Unlter
States and Canada. by following tn,
pursuit Of agriculture the returned sol
der will continue the cause he 81
greatly advanced when fighting on m,
field OF battle. Both countries hav,
undeveloped areas yet open to settle
ment.
There Is little need here TO dlrec
attention to the wealth that has com
Ia the farmers OF Canada within tn
past few years. II Is not only In grail
growing that unqualified and almos
u%nequnled success has followed homes
effort. but the raising Of horses, cattle
sheep nnd hogs has been u large sourc
OF profit. These are facts that ar
well known TO the many friends anl
acqunlntnnces OF the thousands o
farmers from the United States VIII
have acquired wealth on the prairie
OF Western Canada. Fnrms OF fr0r
one hundred and sixty 20 six hundrel
and forty acres Of the richest soil ma
be- secured on reasonable terms. nm
with an excellent climate. with
school system equal TO any In th
worlu. and desirable social conditions
little else could be nnked.