Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-02-19
THE K|NSH|P OF THE.
new AMERICAN
Aims and Ideals of the United
States and Canada viii
Soon Be Signed.

The war is over, peace will soon be
signed, the fighting nations have
sheathed their swords, and the day of
reconstruction has come.
What of It'll
Hundreds of thousands of men, TAX
en- from the fields of husbandry, from
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 part in
the prevention of the spoliation of the
world, and In the meantime removed
from the gear of common everyday
life, will be returned, only to find in
many cases old positions filled, the
machinery with which they were for
merly attached dislocated.
Are they to become aimless wan
derers, with the, ultimate possibility
of augmenting an army of menacing
loafers? If they do 1t it is because their
ability, to assist in laying new founda-
TONS in building up much required
structures, Is underestimted. Men
who have fought as they have fought,
who have risked and faced dangers as
they have, are not of the caliber likely
to finch when it comes to the resto-
ration of what the enemy partially de-
stroyed, when it 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 Dy
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 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 by-word 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
| during their entire existence.
| But if they return to find their old
avocatfon gone, their places filed, the
| institutions with which they we're con-
nected no longer exist, new walks OF
life and employment must be opened
| to them. Tt may be that the counting
| house, the factory, the workshop will
have lost their attraction. The return
| ed soldier will look elsewhere for em'
pioyment; within his reach there is az
ways the "Forward-to-the-La ne
| ceSsfty In this lies the remedy that
will not only take care OF a multitude
of those who may not be able to ret1rn
Eto their former occupations, whose de-
sfres are not to do so, whose health
4 prohibits them from indoor life OIL
4 whose outdoor habits from the past
4 one, two, three or four years have
given them such taste and desire
I for 1T that confinement would be un
u bearable. Farm life viii thus appeal
4 TO them, and the Indications are that il
4 will be taken advantage of by thou
II sands It means much to them as well
Il as to the Continent OF America that
Il provides the opportunity to the world
j at large, and TO the stricken and fam
4 ished nations of Europe, who, not only
4 today, but for years to come, Will re
Qufre the sustenance that can only
1 largely be supplied by the United
4 States and Canada. By following the
i pursuit of agriculture the returned
i soldier will continue the cause he sc
l greatly advanced when fighting on the
4 field of battle. Both countries have
| undeveloped areas yet open to settle
Himent.
4 There is little need here to direct
attention to the wealth that has come