The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-02

UNION LABOR
DEPARTMENT
Address all Communications to
w. M. PIGGOTT, Editor.
375 Twenty-fourth Street.


, nal cost The lodge. thouShtless,
| snaps the hook. baited with the band,
| and spurred by the fakir. who has
nothing TO lose and everything to gain,
straightaway enlists the whole order
| TO boost this particular band
'sBy what right does any iraternal
lodge enter the competitive field in
any line of business? How long
would any lodge last in any commu-
nifty that would attempt TO establish
store, drug store. grocery store. black
smith shop. carpenter shop. stove
works, chai. factory. etc The ques-
tlon answers itself a lodge founded
on such tcnets would disiltegrate III
no time then In the name OF common
sense and fair play. what excuse is
there for iraternal lodges going into
the music business I'm competition
with their own mcmberS. the mem
bcrs OF other raternal organizations,
and the nN,ly that are moi members
OF any tratern0l organizations. but
who have the right to live without the
incubus OF the unfair competition Of
some lodge band.
"rhesc Juvenile bands cannot prop.
erly perform. as they have neither
the experience or physical strength.
and when they are paid the
sum total they receive is appro-
priated by the Professor as
tuition fees The Professor is well
satisfied as such sum IS much more
than he could earn at some legitimate
occupation that nc Is much better fit
ted for We do not include In this
category the legitimate teachers of
tho young who always refuse to allow
their pupils 10 be u3od for speculative
purposes or to cyadc the employment
OF musicians by donating these chill
dren's services.
The mcmberg of the average lodge
band consider L more of lark than
anything else and as they all make
liVing In other trade or occupation.
ocuside. anrthlng they can pick up in
the way of omolumcnt foV alleged mus
ical services. easy money, or velvet.
as 1t is sometimes called. Their en-.
tree in the competitive field is simply
e0 objectionable outrage
Just at this time numerous schemes
arc being devised By the benenciarles
Of these unfair agSTegaiions to forco
themselves upon the coming Centen-
nial Celebration as representative st.
Louis musicians. In hopes that a profit
may be realized. but more particular
ly to gain the prestige of the adyer.
tisemcrt Ter future exploitation of the
dear people"
The professional musicians Of St
Louis. Comprising the seven hundred
and Efty members of the Musicians
Muual Benefit Association. Local No.
. American Federation OF Musicians.
who protect the public and employers
Of music against the imposition OF In
compctentS through an examination as
TO the qualifications OF all applicants.
and whose members have spent the
best ears of their lives to perfect
themselves In their profession. appeal
TO the faiT-minded people Of this com
munlty TO assist them In their en-
deavors TO maintain themselves
against the unfair competition of
thoUshtless people. who either do not,
or do not want 30. under stand the
situation, but more particularly against
those so-callc1 musicians, unable TO
make living as legitimate musicians
In lair competition with their fellows.
and who resort TO the dcsplceblc meth
cd OF exploiting children for profit un-
der the guisc OF education, or lodge
bands under the guise OF beuevelOnce."
And tho same competition obtains I'm
most all localities and in most crafts.
II is about time that these things
cease. When will the dear people"
wake up and demand excellence rather
than submit TO nerve?