The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-10-19

some kind OF Indian whoops. The
American contestants introduced an
other innovation of more Importance.
They stood out strongly against having
any Of the contests take place on sun
day, aud when the agreement which
WAS supposed to have been reached on
this point with the French managers
was broken, most Of the Americans re-
fused To enter for any sunday contest
Murder Is murder. Flnespun so
Geological theories cannot affect the
fact. The man who, being sane, DELHI
erately Kills another man is a murder
or. Miss Irene Ashby came out of Eng
land to enlighten us respecting social
conditions aud the best way to improve
them. She begins by finding a partial
justification for Bresci. the man who
assassinated King IIumbert. I'VE can-
not She says. but divorce the terri
bile idea of blood and assassination from
his underlying purpose Of trying to help
his fellow men" And again: I'VE can
not help but feel some pity for the man
and express our utter detestation for
sociological condition that made the
tragedy possible" This Is in part an
affirmation, more or less explicit. of the
doctrine that the end justilies the
means, and II necessarily assumes that
the killing Of Ilumbert was desirable.
Otherwise sympathy could not be ask
ed for Brcscl because he tried to help.
his FDll4tr f.. Z. M
the same excuse that has been offered
by anarchists everywhere. including
those of Ilaymarket Square. Chicago.
II assumes. first. the unitness to live
pf certain persons. and. second. the
right of certain other persons sum
marily to inhlct capital punishment
Both assumptions are. Of course. mon
strous. The moment either proposition
is admitted we relnquish all idea of
rhe orderly operation of law and make
each man the sole judge of his neigh
boris right to live We revert to the
stone age. might Instead Of right con
shutting the sole argument. Miss Irene
Ashby Nigh, bc IN better business than
that of promulsatlng such dangerous
NONSENSE
Fifty years aga boys and young men
in the wooded districts of tine West Sc
cured pocket money through the safe
ut ginseng root Stories were told of
how the demand for ginseng came from
China. and that This steady demand en-
abled the local dealers to pay good
price for the product that grew Wild in
thr woods. As early as lS22 the Unit
ed States shipped 7j3,OOO pounds OF
ginseng yearly TO China. This had a
value then of S3l3,OOO. The lI0.OOO
pounds shipped from this country to
china In 1897 had value OF SSlO.OOO.
and the l25,OCO pounds shipped in $500
had value of S6OO.WO. In the early
years of the trade American physicians
>cnrned the idea of gimscng's having
any great therapeutic value. The ply
sicaus OF this day take the same posi-
iion and yet the ginseng root. worth in
MS green state from 40 TO 80 cents "A
pound i'm this country. and from 81 -
tn S3.au pound dried. sells i'm China at
prices ranging from - to SO pound.
lhe rapid settlement of the West and
the destruction of forests curtailed the
production of ginseng bur it is eSti-
mated that since a shrewd old African
sea- captain opened the trade with
China 100 years ago we have sold to the
| Chinese ginseng To the ,uiu, of SD.
nOO.OOO This is 50 much clear gain.
| because there Is demand for the root
neither In this country nor in any for.
eign country except china. The present
/ disturbances in China have interfercd
With the occupation of the ginseng dig
/ gers Ia the mountains and wooded dis
| tricts of Kentucky. Tennessee West
/ Virginia aud North Carolina. As no 9th
cr country viii buy their sang" these
diggcrs are ina favor of an early settle
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