Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 75, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 March 1920 — FARMERS SAY BOYS WON’T RETURN TO FARM [ARTICLE]

FARMERS SAY BOYS WON’T RETURN TO FARM

Our recent scrap with Germany, in which the youth of the land was mustered 'into military service for the nation’s defense, has convinced the farmer of the middle west that universal military training is unwise as ,a national policy. Prior to the war, opposition to universal training was largely sentimental. It was felt that it might breed war. Today, however, the mid-west farmer knows why he is opposed to it. This is his reason:' “The war took from our farms hundreds of thousands of our 'best young men. Forty per cent refuse to return for farm work. “We believe the same would happen if the farin boys were taken for three months periods for training.”