Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-01-09
WORLD NEEDS FOOD
Demand Makes Opportunity for
Returning Soldiers
Thousands viii See Glorious $essi.
blIities in Settlement Of Avail.
able Farm Land in This coun-
try and In Canada.

signed, the fighting nations nave
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 n
in many cases old positions filed, the
machinery with which they were for
merly attached disl0cated.
Are they to become aimless wander
ers, with the ultimate possibility OF
augmenting an army of menacing
loafers? If they do 1t is because their
ability to assist in laying new founda-
lions, in building up much-required
structures, is underestimated. Men
who fought as they fought, who .isked
and faced dangers as they did, are moi
of the caliber likely to finch when 1t
comes to the restoration Of what the
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 great
struggle whose divine purpose was to
bring about this reconstruction.
Injured to toll, tlloughtless of fatigue,
trained in Initiative and hardened by
their outdoor existence, they will re-
turn better and stronger lei 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
alertness and wisdom, and they will
return with both shedding from every
pore.
Action was their watchword, and 1t
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 it will continue
their entire existence.
But if they return to find their old
ayocations gone, their places filled,
the institutions with which they were
connected no longer existing, new
walks of life and employment must be
opened to them. 1t may be that the
counting house, the factory, the
workshop will have lost their attrac-
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 a multitude of those who may moi
be able to return to their former occu
pations, whose desires are not to do so
whose health prohibits them from in
door life orNwhose outdoor habits from
the past one, two, three or four years
have given them such a taste and de
sire for it that confinement would b.
u~nbearable. Farm life will thus ap
peal to them, and the indications art
that IL will be taken advantage of b,
thousands. 1t means much to them a!
we'll as to the continent of Americ;
that provides the opportunity to tn,
world at large, and to the stricken ant
famished nations Of Europe, who, no
only today, but for years to come, will
require the sustenance that can onl,
. largely be supplied by the Unite,
States and Canada. By following tn,
pursuit of agriculture the returned sol
i der will continue the cause he s.
greatly advanced when fighting on tn
field of battle. Both countries hav
undeveloped areas yet open to settle
ment.
There is little need here to direC
attention to the wealth that has com
4 to the farmers of Canada within til
past few years. 1t is not only In graf
: growing that unqualified and almos
unequaled success has followed homes
effort, but the raising of horses, cattl,
] sheep and hogs has been a large sourc
g of profit. These are facts that al
g well known to the many friends an
Q acquaintance of the thousands I
farmers from the United States WI
t have acquired wealth on the prairie
d Of Western Canada. Farms of fro
one hundred and sixty to six hundrt
4 and forty acres Of the richest soil ms
be secured on reasonable terms, al
with an excellent climate, with
/: school system equal to any in Il
o world, and desirable social condition
little else could be asked.
Canadian statesmen are today bust
engaged planning for the future Of Il
returned soldier with a view to MAXI
o him independent Of state help after t
$ immediate necessary assistance h
J.. been granted, the main idea being
3 show in the fullest degree the con
: try's appreciation of the services
+ has rendered.
But now that the war Is ended, a
r the fact apparent that Of all avot
Il lions the most profitable and indeper
: emit Is that Of the farmer, there will
4 a strong desire to secure farm Ian
for cultivation. Canada offers the
portunity to those seeking, not as sp
ulation but as production. The de-