Evening star., 1923-10-02
HUGHES WELCOMES
DAIRY DELEGATES
Stresses Value of Conference
in Address to 800 From
az Nations.

Secretary of State Hughes welcomed
to Washington today more than sou
delegates from forty-two- nations at
the opening session of the worlds
dairy congress at Memorial Conti-
mental Hall to consider "that faithful
servant of humanity. the dairy cow.
Scientists, public health officials
manufacturers of dairy products and
machinery listened to the Secretary
of State declare that peace confer
ences are valuable because they open
the way for this sort of intelligent
working together"
Diplomacy Is the art of the dis
tribution of the milk of human kind
ness. and ii is most injurious when 1t
is unwholesome.' Secretary Hughes
stated. with a twinkle in his eye. as
he valcomed The ,fereign deIsgates-un
behalf of the President and of the
people of the United States. ~
! Representative Gathering.
1t is the most representative gath
ering of the nations to sit beneath
the historic flags in the d. A. r. Hall
since the great conference on the lim-
itation of armaments, and the his
tory making Importance OF the pres
ent gathering Is testified to by the
fact that addresses were delivered al
the morning session, not only by the
Secretary of State, but also by Secre-
tary Wallace of the Department OF
Agriculture. before the cabinet meet
ing, and by Secretary Hoover of the
Department of Commerce, who spoke
following the cabinet meeting at the
White House.
Washington has been the scene OF
most important negotiations to
formulate treaties, to cement the
and to lay the basis for advantageous
infercourse." declared Secretary
Hughes. "In this very hall, and bare
ly two years ago, there gathered the
representatives of great powers IN
tent upon reducing the heavy burdens
of naval armament and upon assur-
ing peace by removing suspicion and
distrust.
Uses of Peace.
But vastly important as are these
aims, and earnest and constant as
are our labors to achieve them, we
cannot fail to recognize that our ui-
innate aims lie beyond them. Peace
is not a final goal but an opportunity
Limit of armament, assurances oi
peaceful settlements, are but the
means through which we strive to create
conditions in which the standards OF
human living can be raised and the
satisfactions which are within the
keeping of peaceful, Industrious and
intelligent communities can be en-
joyed.
"You in this gathering" the Sec
retary of State continued, represent
one of those ultimate cooperative
endeavors which go to the very fun
,damentals Of human need. Peace
conferences are valuable because
they open the way for this sort OF
Intelligent working together"
Value OF Conference.
The present worlds dairy congress-
the first since 1914, directs attention
to one of the most important aspects
of International cooperation. Secre-
tary Hughes said; that is, "the ex-
change of the, results of research, OF
information as to improved practices
in the bringing to the attention OF
students, 4 teachers and technical
workers the discoveries and expert
cree of investigators, of producers
and distributors in the better under
1,nding of the economies of indus
t.y.
The different countries of the
world, the Secretary of State pointed
out, are not simply political units. but
mentation in the efforts to meet needs
which are common to all communities
In conclusion he said:
Promotion of Health.
after all, the fundamental con-
sideration is public health, and your
work has the most direct and vital
relation to this supreme interest.
Cicero said, In nothing do men more
nearly approach the gods than in Civ
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