The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12
Commission Went Overseas
to Interest Them in
Farming
MANY INTERESTED
IN AGRICULTURE
Claims of Canadian Soldiers for Com.
pensation Arising from the War Ag-
gregate $16,0Ooo, Ooo-Claims of AL
Kinds to Be Tabulated.

KINDS TO BE Tabulateu.
TORONTO, Feb. 12.-One of the
chief problems facing the Canadian
government, as we'll as the many vel
fare organizations formed for the as
sistanee of discharged soldiers, is the
labor to be released from the armies of
Canada can be properly taken care or.
Probably no plan yet presented has
proved more popular than that of the
Soldiers Land Settlement Board, under
which it is intended to place large
number of discharged soldiers in agri-
cultural lines.
c. f. Bailey, Assistant Deputy Min
lister of Agriculture for Ontario, who
with Major j. +. Ashton, d. S. o., had
been overseas for the last two months
on behalf of the Land Settlement Board
has returned to Toronto. They went to
place directly before the men the plans
of the government for land settlement
and to complete a system whereby the
department will soon have definite
knowledge of the number of veterans
DESTROYS of taking up agriculture.
1.-THE statement that 100000 of the
Canadians would start farming is err.
roneous,' Mr. Bailey said upon his re-
turn, "but there are undoubtedly a
large number who desire to take up
agriculture. If work is plentiful at
fair wages in the towns and cities and
the cost of living is not too high many
men now thinking of farming will stay
in urban eenters.
All Canadian camps in England were
visited, as well as every brigade in the
Canadian corps in France and Ger
many. 1t was found that while large
number of men we've taking course in
agriculture in the Khaki University,
only per cent were inexperienced in
farm work. Consequently it was felt
that it was unnecessary to establish
any special schools. Representatives of
of the Land Settlement Board met the
officers Of the various brigades, who in
turn met the officers of their battalions,
and the latter conveyed the govern
ment IS policy TO the men.
In its extension of aid to returned
soldiers the Saskatchewan assembly has
h1AihIo " ~ 1ui AiNl IMAM an OthNi
province in protecting the interests OF
soldier tax and also of extending the
time for the general moratorium fol
soldiers, giving protection on both mat
tiers for another year, or for a period
of two years after the discharge of the
soldiers.
In addition to the protection already
provided in existing legislation exempt
ing from taxation the home property OF
soldiers TO the extent of $50 year OF
urban property and half a section OF
land in the rural Districts. it was de
cided to extend protection from ta1
rate proceedings to property which ear
ries mortgage or other encumbrauce
this class of property not having beer
included in the legislation of 1917, no
in the bill under consideration.
Claims of Canadian soldiers for com
pensation arising out of the war aggre
gate $1G,000000, according to advice
from Ottawa. In a despatch from Otta
wa to the Toronto Globe the CORES
pendent says:
+" Illegal methods of warfare used b,
the enemy brought losses to Canada 0
many millions of dollars Defnit
claims for compensation already sent I
the peace conference at Paris tota
$l6,000,000. Additional statements o
claims come in daily to the enemy debt
committee here This committee is pr,
pairing five different lists of claim
made against, as well as by, the Ca
nadians. These are:
81. Claims arising out of illegs
methods of warfare.
go. Canadian claims for debts owe
them by enemy corporations and pei
sons, as well as claims of Canada
shareholders of companies in enem
countries.
F3. Claims by Canadian holders {
Russian securities, property owners I
Russia and business men with account
against Russians.
"a. Claims for damages arising OF
of the allied blaeklists of firms wit
whom trade was prohibited
"5. Claims of enemy citizens an
firms against Canadians, as well as |
enemy aliens holding stock in Canada
companies. 1t is declared the enen
aliens hold $4,000 shares in the C
madam Pacific Railway alone.