The Jasper news., 1919-01-02
WORLD NEEDS FOOD
Demand Makes Opportunity for
Returning Soldiers.
Thousands viii See Glorious POSI-.
bllltles In Settlement Of Avail
able Farm Land In This coun-
try and In Canada.

sbeathed 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 find
in many cases old positions filed, the
machinery with which they were for
merly attached dslocated.
Are they to become aimless wander.
ers, with the ultimate possibility of
augmcntlng an army of menacing
loafers? II they do 1t Is because their
ability to assist in laying new founda-
tions, in building up much-required
structures, Is underestimate. Men
who fought as they fought, who risked
and faced dangers as they did, are not
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, thoughtless of fatigue,
trained in initiative and hardened by
ntttI viCfnn will
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
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 1t will continue
during their entire existence.
But II they return to find their old
avocations 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 multitude Of those who may not
be able to return to their former occu-
pntions, 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 taste and de-
sire for 1t that confinement would be
unhearable. Farm life will thus ap
peal to them, and the indications are
that 1t will he taken advantage of by
thousands. 1t means much to them as
well as to the continent of America
that provides the opportunity to the
world at large, and to the stricken and
furnished nations of Europe, who. moi
only today, but for years to come, will
require the sustenance that can only
largely be supplied by the United
States and Canada. BY following the
pursuit of agriculture the returned sol
der will continue the cause he sc
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 dlrec
attention to the wealth that has come
to the farmers of Canada within the
past few years. It is not only In grair
growing that unqualified and almos
unequaled success has followed homes
effort, but the raising of horses, cattle
sheep and hogs has been large source
of profit. These are facts that arr
well known to the many friends anC
acquaintance of the thousands O.
farmers from the United States VIII,
have acquired wealth on the prairlei
Of Western Canada. Farms of from
and forty acres of the richest soil ma!
be secured on reasonable terms, ant
with an excellent climate, with I
school system equal to any in tn,
world. and desirable social conditions
little else could he asked.
Canadian statesmen are today busil.
engaged planning for the future of tn
returned soldier with view to making
him independent of state help after tn