THE LAST SON ON THE FARM

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 193, 4 May 1918, Page 8

THE LAST SON ON THE FARM

Sir,—May T iwe your paper to nut liefore the public a case of hardship. 1 I really should say a cnse of injustice. Can yon tell me where the fairness com?s in in the following cases? I understand that the Government has pledger! itself to leave one son on the farm. I will state the two cases a' briefly and to the point as possible. Case No. I.—A. widow who had two sons (one of whom died at the age of in before the war) has been struggling with her remaining soil and one daughter til a farm. 11l the course of 'events the son was called up for militarv service. An uppeal was lodged by the" mother and her circumstances were explained very clearly to the Appeal Board by a solicitor. The chairman of the Appeal Board during the hearing remarked, "She had better sell her farm." The decision of the board was "Three months' leave to arrange ma affairs.'" The boy went to camp and to the front, and on April 5, 191S, was killed in action. Now that woman has no man on the farm, and can Iho Government that promised the last man on the farm bring him back 3 Remember, there is onlv one daughter to help on this farm of 160 acres, but they arc doing their best. Case No. 2.—1 can mention several ca?i?s that come nnder this heading. A. fnmilv of a father, mother, two or three, daughters, and two or three eons. One or two sons enlist, leaving one son at home. One son is killed.. r schori am when the remaining c on is willed up an appeal is lodged, and tne decision of the board (the same board that heai<d ( Case No. 1) is, "Case adjourned sine dip. Hie fathers in the cases I am alluding to are flu,its ablo to work, so are the daughone case a woman and cne daughter have to manage the best, way they can. why cannot a man and Ids wife ana daughters manage and let the lemaming son go to the front, insteadi of letting married men with .small children go? I am prepared to prove the above if it is nwessnry. . T would like to know, Are the sine din cases goiusr to lie reviewed again before the Second Division is used up?—l am, otc " SQUARE DEAL. FThe Government has not f r f n """J n !j" solute pledge (o exempt, the '"tf'P™. 0 * Iho form. A general recommendation Vin boon made to military service to leave one man at least on *" c . ' . • The boards remain free to deal with . dividual cases on their metito. l«»™ informed that on the facts as stated by our correspondent, in Case i • , nan Z ordinarily haw• «Warned • emotion We shall be glad to have inquiries made if the rtale anA place of appeal are supplied.!