Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1919 — Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

THE KINSHIP OF THE hewhican: Aims and Ideals of the United States and Canada Will Soon Be Signed. The war is over, peace win soon be signed, the fightihg nations have sheathed their swords, and the day of Feconstruction_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 nouse, and“fhT•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 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 formerly attached dlslo&ited. Are they to become aimless wanderers, with the ultimate possibillty r of augmenting an army of menacing loafers? Iftheydoitittsbecau.se their ability to assist in laying new foundations, 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 flinch when It comes to the restoration of what the enemy partially destroyed, when it 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.

Inured to toil, thoughtles of fatigue, trained in initiative and hardened by their outdoor existence they will return 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-wdrd and,it 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 avocation gone, their places filled, the Institutions with which they were connected no longer exist, new walks of life and employment must be opened to them. It may be that the counting house, the factory, the workshop will have lost their attraction. 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 not be able to return to their former occupations, whose desires are not to do so,* whose health prohibits them from indoor life or whose outdoor habits from the past one, two, three or four years have given them such a taste and desire for it that confinement would be unbearable. Farm life will thus appeal to them, and the indications are that it will be taken advantage of by thousands. It means much to them ns well as to the Continent of America that provides the opportunity to the world at large, and to the stricken and famished nations of Europe, who, not only today, but for years so come, will require the sustenance that c®n~wnty“ largely be supplied by the United States and Canada. By following the pursuit of -agriculture the returned

soldier will continue the cause he so i greatly advanced when fighting on the field of battle. Both countries have undeveloped areas yet open to settlement. There is little need here to direct attention to the wealth that has come to the farmers of Canada within the past few years. It is not only in grain growing that unqualified and almost unequaled success -has followed honest effort, but the raising of horses, cattle, sheep and hogs has been large source of profit. These are facts that are well known to the many friends and acq.uaintances_of.th®. thousands of farmers from the United States who have acquired wealth on the prairies of Western Canada. Farms of from one hundred and sixty to six hundred and forty»acres of the richest soil may he secured on reasonable terms, and with an excellent climate, with a school system equal to any in the world, and desirable social conditions, little else could be asked. Ctrnndian statesmen are today busily engaged phtnnirtg for the future of the returned soldier with a view to making him independent of state help after the immediate J necessary assistance has been granted, the main idea being to show in tl/e fullest degree the country's appreciation of the services he has rendered, But. now that the war is ended, and the fact apparent that of al) avocntmns the most profitable and indepemfent is that of the farmer, there will be a , strong desire to secure farm lands for cultivation. Canada offers the opportunity to those seeking, not as speculation but as production. The deepest interest is taken by Federal And Provincial authorities to further the welfare of the farmer and secure n maximum return for his efforts. Large sums of money are spent in educational and experimental work. in Experimental .arid Demonstration farms. nnA in the ajodcultural colleges? are men of the highest technical knowledge and practical experience, some Ing professors of international reputation. The resiltt of experiments and