Show 11 flat Is still alive OUDE nov 28 1892 DEAR E EDITOR 1 I gather from the columns of your v our paper that there are two tw 0 no very ark I 1 hotheaded hot headed gentlemen after my in aca ecale p on account of my inquiries etc regarding the formation of a musical union in in ogden between tile two they certainly ought to be able to td make mincemeat mince meat of your v our present petitioner fo for spice malast my last communication was hi in reply to the letter from B natural ra 1 who resides in bait salt lake tins this is is the first time I 1 have ever known a citizen of the capital city to take any interest i in in anything any tiling which was thought bv by anybody to be of benefit to ogden but now I 1 am in in duty bound to answer in awer the latest letter on oil musical unionism which is signed by mr carl inter what tile tail end of the title is is mr editor will bo be found by reference to sundays STA MAIM I 1 enough paper on oil which to write it and I 1 dont wish to encroach too much on your valuable spice space in the first place 1 mr ir zelin to r says my comparison of the printer and the newsboy with the musician and caller is is ridiculous in in that the work of the newsboy be commences after that of tile printer is is done now would the tile newsboy sell pipers papers if tho tile printer neglected to do his work I 1 think not nov the tile printer cant very well get along without the newsboy nor the newsboy without tile printer in the newspaper tine line still the they y havo have separate organizations no nia mitter tar how necessary they may be to each dach other therefore in mv comparison is is not so odious after ill all on the contrary it lias has been show shown n that the musician mu can call get along very nicely without the caller except in in one instance and that is is in in tile ball room and how many timea times have we s seen a round dance even in in the dance lance hall conducted without prompter but never duhot munica in other countries a caller is is never used even in in square dances dandes but of course as our controversy tro versy only concerns concerns thia this territory and ogden in in particular we will have to admit that callers are sometimes ne nece ceary gaary tais this allusion to other countries is is mido made only to show what an u unimportant n i in position prompters occupy BO so lar far an as music music and music ua unions I 1 tons are concerned from ill all this it would be perfectly I 1 I 1 0 to suppose tint that a prompter n y necessary nece to a musician in one instance and not always 11 in that tho ball room and there are tire bo 0 miny many other tubes when a prompter is not needed that it does not seem proper the two should bo be embodied I 1 in in the same union union mr Ze linter refers meto me to the action of the national league in admitting callers to the musical union it may mi ba be madness on my mv part to question the judgment of ga men but nevertheless there may bo be method in in my madness it is ig possible that men have an erroneous idea and that a single one may be I 1 right Bs ila that as it may inay I 1 do not set my judgment up against that of 63 men but give my reasons for thinking my position the right one and there ther 01 are many others whose thoughts though ta run in the same direction I 1 mr Zeli liter makes an argument by referring to tile connection af of ogden and silt salt lake so fir far as music is ia concerned in in my last letter I 1 asked a few questions regarding this and another thin thing because conditions justify the organization 6 of a musical union union in in the capital it is is not absolutely necessary to imagine that tile same need exists here I 1 As to my assertion that there are names which should not be there signal signed to the letter of approval sent to the halt lake musicians I 1 will A ill only say that my former statement is is hereby Yc reiterated iterated and tint that I 1 can call privately point i 11 t out their names to mr Ze elm linter ter itu but t as these gentlemen are my f rie I 1 ds 1 1 in in every wiy way I 1 do not propose to 91 give 1 0 their names n imas through a newspaper regarding ke arding request that I 1 should show wherein the admission of amateurs into a union union would injure professionals professionals I 1 only refer to my first letter otter and ask h lam i in to answer the arguments put forth in in that then I 1 shall be up and at lam again mr Zelin tera reference ice to cheap prices and poorly bas faid paid musicians ans comes collies with bid grace from J 0 in him I 1 mr VA linter tells me that if I 1 seek information I 1 should attend ins meetings the formation of a musical union union in in this city concern salic public of ogden then NO why not have the pro proposition asi pu publicly discussed ant and if 1 the tile question is not of sufficient importance or is of so delicate a nature as to preclude open antioni act action ionI will I 1 bo be content to remain out I 1 am in in favor of a musical union when the conditions will justify it in eplen but even eyen then I 1 think it ba for musicians only your humble servant may not bo be able to join the union because lie does not claim clain to bo be a musician but a movement is is on oil foot which concerns an all organization to which ho lie belongs and arid he lie therefore claims tho the right to be heard if all r requests 0 for information are to be answered in in the spirit of mr Zelin letter no one will foel feel like having ally adv thing to do with the tile in movement ov ement B rt FLAT 1 p S I 1 forgot to mention the wit displayed in in the last paragraph of mr zelin letter it is u piece of humor the like of which it hag has not been my good for fortune to read for time rod hoping loping lie will soon get well I 1 present my C 13 0 fh |