Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-30

refined sensibilities of the great major ity, will be "run in' when they dis
 turb the peace, There can be no ab. soue right of any nation to wage wars of conquest. The just demands of humanity are crowding out the selfish demands of nationas.
 The war monster, which the first con. ference rendered quite harmless, was permanently disabled in the second He now seems to have the sleeping sickness which will doubtless prove fatal. His
 teeth would cause little trouble should
 they ever sink another victim, for the
 reason that the conference attached Red Cross packet to each tooth.
 The great work of the Hague confer
 ences has been so progressive that any person who belittles or ridicules their ! remarkable achievements is either en. tirely misinformed in the premises or is prompted by motives which have not
 the sanction of consistency. That the
 conferences diGJnot fulfil the hopes of
 the most radical peace avdocates must
 be conceded. From the very nature of things international law, like municipal law, must follow in the path of the theorist and the reformer He is ever ahead, in advance of the heavy wheels of Oncoming law. He reaches down from above and elevates the law, but
 before they are quite abreast he has
 again gone far ahead. He should be the last to criticize.
 The conferences have demonstrated that nations realize the fact that their interests are not antagonistic; that they
 are members of one large family; that the good of one is the good of all; that peace should be maintained above all else, and that excessive armaments are burden. Such conferences fill us with
 great hope as we look into the future.
 To get results from any great con vention, community should be repre-
 sented at that convention by live
 delegation of intelligent, progressive citizens. This applies to the Dry Farm ing congress in greater degree than to any political gathering or one which is | devoted to a movement of lesser scope The practical benefits from such an as
 semblage as that which will meet at I Billings, Montana, the last week in Oc- | tober, are largely the result of the dis
 cussions which bring out the experience
 of men who have forged ahead along ] the road to the solution of the problems which that convention considers. It is
 not within the means of every man to
 visit every other section of the coun- try where the problems that confront him are being worked out in the act ual practice of his calling, but by at | tendance at convention of the work
 CTS in that calling either in person or by competent representatives, he can | get in contact with the workers and
 students and profit from their expert ence. In the International Dry Farm | ing exposition, winch will be held in connection with the Dry Farming con- gress, the fields are brought to the
 delegates and examples are shown of
 what has been accomplished in many | lands and under various conditions, pre-
 senting in one compact, convincing pie. | ture, the lessons which would require
 years of travel for the individual to learn by personal search.
 l Viewing this congress as one of the
 greatest economic movements of the
 age, it is of vital importance to every
 agricultural community that it be repre-
 sented at the Fourth Dry Farming con
 gress at Billings, Montana, October 26- 2S. If such action has not been taken,
 the governor of the state, the commis-
 sioners of this county, the mayor of
 the city, the directors of our local com
 mercial bodies should give their imme-
 diate attention to the appointment of
 representative men to go to Billings
 as delegates from our people, to learn tthe lessons that will be brought out at
 that meeting and bring back to us' the
 report of progress in the science of
 agriculture which will be an inspiration
 to our people to continue advancing the development of our commonwealth and
 our country.