St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-01-05
PRESS COMMENT
Vail. VeETnonter.

her needs.
Freely accorded a place among the
half dozen really big men Of the ma
ton and the times. Mr.. Wallis position
as a business leader is secure. 1t is
his intimate knowledge of Vermont
agricultural conditions that excites the
wonder and admiration of readers and
observers.
1t has been said that dairying and
agriculture are his hobbies, and in a
sense that is true, but what mere dill
lettante could condense such wisdom
into a paragraph as the following
from his Burlington speech to the
state grange?
care for your dairy. Don't keep a
COW that does not yield a profit. It's
better to feed and milk one good one
than two poor ones. Send the poor
ones to the butcher. Make every ami
NAL and every acre produce a maxi
mum result. It is not hard work tina
counts, it is efficient work"
This is so self-evident as to be a
truism, yet at the time when Mr.. Vail
began to experiment with dual-pur-
pose cattle, card-indexed and tested
with scientific accuracy, how many
farmers had put such an obvious the
DRY into operation?
Here is another bit of priceless wis
DOM
"You need not buy Oregon apples if
you will treat your apple trees as you
do we'll bred colts or calves and poul-
try. Keep the insects off of them.
Give them good beds of earth to grow
in and plenty of feed to mature them.
and pick and pack your fruit as care
fully as you do your eggs. 1t is far
"A.
can sci. your apples on the Pacific
slope instead of buying apples from
Oregon
With Vermont apples surprising in
flavor and delicacy any lauded or
chard products of the Hood River,
Wenatchee, Spokane or Bitter Root
countries, how apparent it is that in
one paragraph this great man has ex-
pressed the opportunity for 'acres of
diamonds right at home!
Mr.. Vail has done a great deal for
Vermont. He may do a great deal
more, but no private citizen has ever
better aided the cause of agricultural
progress than he, by lending the pres
tige of his personality to words of
wisdom and deeds of beneficent help
fulness.-Rutland Herald.
American Institute of International
Law.
The world is now making an ex-
pertinent in the use of force as
means of adjusting world affairs with
out a parallel in history. After this
attempt has proved futile, as newt
ably will be the case, no matter what
the outcome Of the war, the people of
the whole world will instinctively turn
~Nf fr7fa 1o1
law for the ADJUSTMENT of the rela-
lions and interests of nations.
The formation of the American In
stitute of International Law, includ-
ing representatives of no less than
twenty-one republics on the American
continent, announced in our columns
yesterday, is one of the most timely
and suspicious developments that
could possibly have come out of the
sessions of the Pan-American Con-
gress in Washington. The possibili-
ties of such an organization are we'll
nigh illimitable, embracing not only
the prevention of future wars, with
the adjusting of relations which, left
to themselves. might breed trouble,
but also the performing of inestimable
service in the readjustment of the af-
fairs of the old world as a result of
this war.
The most important task of such
an organization at present, however,
is the restoration of international law
to the position which it held in world
affairs when the present European
conflict began. All of the serious in
ternational diplomatic contests in
which our nation has found itself en-
broiled during the struggle were the
established international laws and of
the usages of nations in civilized war
fare. The belligerents on both sides
found they could not accomplish their
purpose of getting at the enemy effect
lively in connection with sea warfare
without changing their Interpretation
of international law under one pretext
or another.
From the very nature of the case
the world can hardly look to Europe
for sane and helpful revision of the
laws of nations for a considerable
period to come. On the other hand
the republics of this continent. being
far removed from the scene of con-
f1ict and wholly independent, are in
an admirable position to undertake
the reinstatement of the rule of sound
international laws. A code of laws
issuing from this source would COM
mand the respect of Europe, whereas
the same laws submitted by belliger-
ents would inevitable arouse suspicion
if not meet with insuperable obstacles
growing out of the prejudices and the
antagonisms of war.
Vaulting a number of other impor-
tant possibilities, we point to the ulti-
mate promotion of universal peace as
the logical and legitimate goal Of the
American Institute of International
Law. It is absurd for advocates of
peace to go about talking of a world
league bent on peace, even if they
have to fight for it.
Moral force is the power on which
any peace organization must rely, and
a law body representing all the re-
publics on the American continent will
be in a position to exert a moral force
that no European power following this
wa, will care to defy. This is espec-
tally true, If as il claimed by many