Show f LICENSE FOR TENT SHOWS j The city commissioners ls l's have haye havet hayet t I before them tho the duty of ot fixing using a ai aI i license to be bo paid by tent shows howa j 1 which in fair weather compete c with the tha theatres of ot Ogden It is ise e that tho the three largest show houses represent an invest Invest- 1 I 3 2 ment of without IncludIng 1 Ing log the value of the land on which I the structures stand and that hat each j house pays as an average of 10 a aday aday aday day In taxes ta es as a part p rt of its con con con- coni i to the making of nf If Og Ogden Ogi Og- Og Ogden i den a community or of law and or or- order order order der and health and happiness It Itis ItI itI I is said the tho amusement houses of Ogden hav have e one ono of or the thc largest pay pay- payrolls payI payrolls I rolls in the city I r The Tho permanently established I show houses pour p ur into the chan chan- channels channels channels nels of o trado in this city a laro sum of 0 money They help h lp in ev ev- every evi ev- ev every i ery way Yay to sustain ln business and andI I keep Ogden out ut of the rut of 0 the tho I I j 1 cheap and tawdry awdry When vien a circus i I tent show comes for a n day Jay it Is 13 IsI I ma mao o to pay pa a a. high license be because because cause it t does nothing to help build I I Ogden while draining the com cool community o of its loose change Tho The tent show in a smaller de degree de- de 1 gree does the same thing and should l be bo considered in much the tho same light At best the thc tent show is an expression of lack tack ot or faith j on the tho part of or its Us owners in the future o or of the city Those who ho ho be- be believe lieve in and are rc willing i l ng to 1 4 do their part in developing the 1 city build for permanency and ami anchor themselves to the com corn 1 I Self Self protection protection dictates that I safeguards be thrown around ar und those 1 04 Investments and at least least- that no unfair advantages ad be extended tended e to 10 4 those who give no outward evi evI- evidence evIdence evidence dence of desiring to become an in in- integral integral integral part of the community The tent show should be dealt with in ina ina Ina a fair way having in mind at the thes s same ime time lime what Is fair to those in the same line of business who are closely Identified with tho the tho of or tho the city Every ery business busIness' is Interested In Inthis Inthis this matter and so are the wage wage- e earners of Ogden This This' Is sufficiently important to command an anc expression c from the chamber of commerce |