The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-02
Under the Auspices =
of the
OGDEN TRADES ASSEMBLY
"oUAckS."
Not all is gold that glitters.
Brass sometimes takes high
polish.


The same rule may be applied to
human beings. Not every one who
SAYS Lord, when saw We Thee In
need and rendered no assistance, etc. "
is Christian. Not every one who
claims 10 be a skilled and proficient
workman Is what he claims TO be. In
almost all crafts We flnu men who
claim" they are the real thing;
and by 4 certain amount oil polish.
and a great deal Of brass" they
seem to succeed in duping the unitiat-
ed and unsus9ecting public. We have
read With much interest ard profit
the subjoined article from the pen of
Bros Owen Miller and d. X. Howell,
president and secretary respectively,
OF the Musicians Mutual Benefit AS
soclatlon; and Will say in this con-
nection, that while the musicians are
subjected TO extreme unfeir conditions
there are many other crafts and call
ingS similarly situated: and while Il
payt of these conditions may Ic the
result OF thoushtluIneJs, We ara per
suadcd that the SrcUtcr part Gf them
ere prompted by pro0igate pure cUsS-
cdness hacked M by impudent asSur-
aIcc. and Il greedy longing iot tho
create" emolumcnts without even Il
thought OF common deccncy or non
osiy Read this open letter ON M.
iGir musicians" carefully, ponder it
We'll: and then scc if YOU cmnut apply
il 10 your own craft The article In
part follows;
There Is no profession or vocation
that offers So favorable an opportunity
for absolute incompetcnts TO pose as
members OF an honorable profession as
that OF music.
"All others are In some way protect
ed against imposters a lawyer must
have passed an examination and Sc
cured license under state regulation
and supervision. The same rule ap-
plies 10 doctors. priests and preach
ers must go through certain pro-
cess before they can PROFOUND and
teach the religious propaganda they
represent.
I'm the trades cigarmaker must
demonstrate that he can make a cigar,
q bricklayer that he can lay brick.
etc. but In music outcide of It's artis-
tic application in symphony and the
atrscal orchestra work, any musical
mountcbank, with s'irht 5nowlcdgc
OF music. but wol lmOTcguajcd with
lbe BOrnumign idea, that tiN 'hmeri-
can people lo'c 90 be humbucgcd.
and sufficient sall to back it. can usu.
ally get sufficient number OF
schemes 10 line his pockets. on tho
pretcnse OF 'elevating the noble ART
oil mnsic,' and Initiating his dupes into
It's mysteries. at their expense and his
profit
mo man would dare 10 announce
himself as proficient nomber of any
profession or trade. unless he had the
qualifications required bv law and
custom. but amy man with no Other
qualifications than knowledge Of
the scale CT C, SUFFICIENT ability 10
5ioyenly play II uDon some musical
instrument, and above all possessed
or supreme nerve. or gall, can place
Prof before his name. hang ont n
sign. Music taught I'm all branches.
and furnished for all occasions al the |
lowest rates. and the dupes begin TO
prove that there IS a sucker born
every minute. and there is nothing
can stop this palpable fraud but The J
intelligence OF the people he IS trying |
TO- and too often succeeds In de. /
frauding.
Every institution maintained for
the education and raising Of boys has /
lis band. There can lie no objection J
TO such bands as IN educational ad- !
Junct for such institutions. but too OF. !
Ten Just as soon as they are taught !
TO toot few tunes so that the melody !
con h" recognized thcy are al once !
farmed out into competition with
ADULTS. not always for pay but too !
oilen under the Gulse of volunteering !
their services, and there Is no form
oi competition go unfair as that which |
furnishes musical. or any other kind /
OF labor free Of charge.
Then there Is the lodge band A
musical CRATER joins a iratcrnnl or. /
sanitation, and AT the fiTst opportunity |
offers a scheme by which the lodge is !
10 be furnished q band, who will do /
all The lodge work free or at a noml- |