Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-07-05

guage above quoted? Possibly the
Bulletin did not like the expression
in Mr.. Bouck's letter to the effect
that the entire cost OF the war, al
most. (is) placed upon the backs Of
| the producers of the land, etc. Ii
We give it a narrow construction II
might be considered eXtravagant, yet
in the broad sense it is absolutely
true. as the production OF the land
in raw materials covers everything
| that in any way comes from the earth
either by growth or deposit. And
| given that broad construction there
is no doubt that those interested in
such production are carrying the ma
jor portion of war expenses now, the
same as they have always done in all
the wars OF history. Those who
work up the raw products, be it Of
mine, field or forest, take the larger
profits and pay the least taxes pro
portionate to financial benefit re
ceiyed from the wars.
Enough for that. Immediately
after hearing about the discourteous
treatment accorded the State Grange
at Walla Walla, | wrote TO several
OF my friends, members OF the
Grange (both democratic and repub-
| lican in politics., who would, ] knew,
be in attendance at that meeting. |
| received their assurance that not one
word was uttered at their meetings
that could. by the widest stretch OF
imagination, have been construed as
| disloyal or un-American. Indeed,
they said it would have been eX-
| tremely unsafe for anyone to attempt
| to utter disloyal sentiment there.
! On the contrary, one of my CORE
| spondents said. The first thing the
| Grange did when it opened was to
pass a resolution UNFOLDING the
| President of the United States. In
the evening we had several ringing
patriotic speeches, and it was sug-
| gested that a contribution be taken
up for the Red Cross, but We were
| informed that the school board
would not allow us to take up col
lection in the building. The collec-
| ton was taken as the members
passed out and the money was sent
| to the National Red Cross headquart-
| ers at Washington, d. c. Again my
| correspondent says: In every speech
made there was not one disloyal
word spoken, and it would not have
been healthy for anyone to have
limited at what could have been
thought disloyal' He said, further:
The affair pulled off at Walla Walla
| was the most rotten thing ever
played on any people in the world.
| 1t was worthy of the old reign of
| the Car of Russia or Of the Kaiser
! himself. One of my correspondents
wrote: Our chaplain Of the State
| Grange is a very able Christian
woman, and at the first meeting she
invited the members who believed in
! prayer to meet with her each morn
| ing at one of the leading churches
for one-half hour prayer service, es-
| pecially those mothers who had boys
in France They had met each
morning, but the morning after we
were turned out of the school build
| ing the church was locked up. Sc
| Walla Walla is too patriotic to allow
= collection to be taken up for the
| Red Cross, and its church will not
| allow the mothers to pray for their
boys in France within its confine.
God pity us if our year of war
can lead to injustice and intolerance
such as this Walla Walla would
| have been about the last place /
would have picked out for the de-
! yelopment of that spirit, yet the fact
! remains that this affair took place
| there only the other day in this year
| of enlightenment 1918, while we
| were fighting great war for democ-
racy, for the right of freedom of the
seas, for the right of man to govern
himself and down tyranny and OPP
preston. The first amendment to
the constitution of the United States
is one that says, among other things,
! that there shall be no 'abridging of
the freedom of speech or of the press
and the right OF the people peace
ably to assemble etc. One can not
help wondering whether or not the
| Bulletin, which has its freedom
| guaranteed under that same amend
ment to our constitution which guar
anteed to Mr.. Bouck and his CO.
Changers unabridged freedom OF
speech, really grasps the significance
of, and need of, that constitutional
! provision, to assure to mankind any
degree of freedom worth while. One