The L'Anse sentinel., 1919-02-28
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 he
signed, the fighting nations have
sheathed their swords. AMI the day of
reconstruction has come.
What OF It!
Hundreds OF thousands of men. taxi
the ranks OF labor. from the four walls
Of the counting house. and the con-
fines OF the workshop. taken from them
to do their part. their large pnrt. In
. the prevention OF the spoliation Of the
world, and In the meantime removed
from the gear Of common everyday
life. win be returned. only TO find In
many cases old positions fllled. the
machinery with which they were for
merly attached dislocnted.
Are theyGto become aimess wan
derers, with the ultimate possibility
OF nugmenting an army Of menaclnc
loafers? If they do II II is because their
ability to assist In laying new foundn-
ti0ns. IN building up much required
structures. Is underestimted. Men
who have fought as they have fought.
who have risked and faced dangers ~
they have. are not Of the caliber likely
to finch when II comes 10 the rpsto-
ration OF what the enemy partially lie
stroyed. when II 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
purpose was to bring about this re-
construction.
Injured to toll, thoughtles of fatigue.
trained In Initiative and hardened ',y
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 wl0f their
future should and will he. On III"
field of battle they developed nlertness
and wisdom. and they will return with
both shedding from every pore.
Action was their by-word and II viii
stand them in good stead now thnt The
din Of the battle no longer rings IN
their ears. or the zero hour signals
them TO the fray. and 1t will continue
during their entire existence.
, But II they return to find their oil
avocntiOn gone, their places filed. the
institutions with which they were con
nected no longer exist, new walks of
life ana employment must be opened
TO them. II may he that the counting
house, the factory. the workshop will
have lost their attraction. The return.
ed soldier will look elsewhere for EN-
ployment within his reach there is nj
ways the "FOrward-to-the-LnWi ne
cessity. In this lies the remedy that
will not only take care NJ n multitude
Of tl,se who may not he able to return
to their f'rmer occupations. whose de-
sires are not to do so. whose lralfh
prohibits them from indoor 'ifr or
whose outdoor habits from ,hr past
one TWO. three or forr years have
given them such u tnste and desire
for II that confinement would l.e I'm.
,earahle. Farm i'fe viii thus ni,praI
TO them. AMI the indications are that II
will be tnken advantage Of hv thou
sands. II means much 10 them NJ welt
as 10 the Continent Of hmrri'n that
provides the opportunity 10 III, world
M large. and To the stricken nrl fam.
ishe'i nai'ons Of Europe. who. n"r only
today. hut for years 10 come. viii re-
quIre the sustenance that ran only
largely he supplied by the United
States and Canada. By following The
pursuit Of agriculture the returned
soldier will continue the ciItsr he 80
greatly advanced when fighting an the
field Of hattle. Both countries have
undeveloped areas yet open {" settle
mcnt.
There Is little need here 10 direc:
attention to the wealth that has come