The L'Anse sentinel., 1919-01-17
WORLD NEEDS FOOD
Demand Makes Opportunity for
Returning Soldiers.
Thousands VIII See Glorious PoesI
biIities In Settlement Of Avail
able Farm Land In This coun-
try and In Canada.


sheuthed their swords. and the day OF
reconstruction has come.
Whnt of IL?
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 dc, 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. viii he returning. only to find
iE many cases old positions filed. the
machinery with which they were for
merly attached dislocated.
Are they to become aimess wander
ers. with the ultimate possibility OF
nngmentlng an army of menncing
loafers? II they do IL is because their
ability to assist I'm laying new founda-
tions. in building up much-required
structures, is underesrimated. Men
who fought as they fought, who risked
and faced dangers as they did. are not
Of the callher likely To finch when II
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 grent
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 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
nlartness and wisdom. and they will
return with both shedding from every
pore.
Action was .heir wntchword. and u
VIII stand ihem In good stead now thar
the din of the hattie no longer rings
In their ears. or the zero hour signals
them To the fray. and II will continue
during their entire existence.
But " they return TO find their old
avocntions gone. their places filed.
the institutions with which they were
connected no longer existing, new
walks Of life and employment inust he
opened to them. II may be that the
counting house. the factory. the
workshop will have lost their attrac-
tion. The returned soldier will look
oIca,,,bara for ampinymapt. Within hIs
reach there Is always the Forward
to-rhe-Land" necessity. 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 occu-
pations. whose desires are not TO do 80.
whose health prohibits them from in
door life or whose outdoor habits from
the past one. two. three or four years
hnve given them such taste and de-
sire for II that confinement would he
unhearahle. Farm life will thus mp
peal to them. and the indications are
that II will he taken advantage Of by
thousands. II means much 10 them as
well as tn the continent Of America
that provides the opportunity to the
world NJ large. and 10 the stricken and
furnished nations Of Europe, who, not
only today. but for years to come, will
require the sustenance that can only
largely he supplied by the United
States and Canada. BY following the
pursuit Of agriculture the returned SOL
dier 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 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 tbat unqualified and almost
uneQualed success has followed honest
sheep and hogs hns been large source
OF profit. These are facts that arc
well known to the many friends and
acQuaintnnces Of the thousands of
farmers from the United States who
have acquired wealth on the prairies |
Of Western Canada. Farms OF from
one hundred ind sixty to six hundred /
be secured on reasonable terms. and
with an excellent climate. with q
school system equal TO any In the
world. and desirable social conditions, |
little else could he asked.
Canadian statesmen are todny busiiy |
engaged planning for the future Of the |
returned soldier with view to making |
him independent Of state help after the
immediate necessary assistance hns
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 IsNended. and |
the feet apparent TINT Of all avoca-
tions the most profitable and independ- |
eni ,s that of the farmer. there will he
strong desire to secure farm lands |
for cultivation. Canndn offers the OPP
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