Show 9 o The rh Theatres and the Public S Salt Jt Lake people are noted all over America for their love of amusements and their generous support of the theatres Ask any ny prod producer who has had much experience with sending shows out on the road and he will confirm this statement Brigham Young realized the value of good entertainment for the people and was was was- one of the theatres theatre's staunchest patrons He fostered the he drama in Utah and his followers hive h ha ve ever been strong supporters sup sup- porters esters of it Visitors from th the East and the West marvel at the number Dumber number of playhouses here and the large attendance when making I comparisons with cities with much larger populations I t. The people have been good to the theatres I II t. t Have all the theatres shown proper appreciation of this loyal support support upp rt V R That is for the people who pay their money at the box offices to to decide deride If they are are satisfied no one else has any right to com corn plain lain But doesn't it seem rather rathel unfair that people who have lave so 1 l generously sustained the theatres are made victims of discrimination in tion in favor of communities that are less Jess kind to them This paper yesterday afternoon showed how Salt Lakers have been forced to pay exactly double the price of admission to several road attractions that w was s charged in other cities It is not a question of direction or location either The discrimination tion ion against this city favored places to the east as well as to the west of us This city seems seems' to be the goal for theatrical greed Be Because us u's Salt Lake people will win spend their money freely and often carelessly careless in seeking amusement some of the me men t in the theatre business seem to consider them proper prey for tor extortion But there is a n day day- of reckoning for all such things I t Maybe it is dawning here tx i x There is one thing certain the certain the remedy rests entirely with t the e people They are the masters of the situation The theatre managers rs want their mone money they must have it and they will win get it even if they hay hav o ha r j j to play fair with Salt Lake The cure is a simple one If the people will wiIl but let the theatres the the- atres titres know that a show that charges one dollar in Kansas City Denver and Los Angeles must not charge two dollars here that the theatregoers will not tolerate this injustice any longer rest assured this wrongful practice will win cease If the they let it be known know that Wh when they pay 75 cents and one dollar to see advanced vaudeville they expect and demand to see see the same high salaried acts cis that people elsewhere see for the I same prices they will win receive fair treatment Many of the city's most prominent citizens were good enough Ita to thank this paper for so convincingly showing them how they have been fleeced Youre on the right track keep up the I tg good d work was the fist t of several remarks But that is not the thep thel l p point int THE TELEGRAM I cannot win or lose by this box office discrimination or its banishment it is is the peoples cause A newspaper news news- t r paper may make all an the noise it possibly can and accomplish nothing nothing nothing-if if if the public remains silent This paper has pointed out t the e evil it rests entirely with the people whether reform follows I |