Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-06-28
The stars =. sworn Circulation "

For some time past THE STAR has kept
railed TO its masthead the Wanting an
II 800 copies. which, according 10 Its modest
reckoning, was ",scre than three times that
and more than that of all the others added
together" Yesterday morning when the
bids for publishing the tsS-list were opened
the srOT1 circulation ofTHE STAR, based upon
an average of its circulation from January
I, 1sT7, 10 June 1, 1877, was found TO be
only i5.35s, whereas the sworn cir
culatiOn of Ths National Republican for
the same period was 600 copies daily.
After this show OF hands we actually hoped
that The STAR would have hauled down It's
old flag and run mp another, showing de-
cline OF 2.if2 daily copies from the figures
that 10 formerly claimed. Not so, however,
for in last evenings issue the public
were again informed that TIE STARS
sworn circulation was stu Il 80. We
must confess that We are pnZzlei u
account for discrepancy so fragrant.
Will The STAR please explain how &c Il that
10 sweaIs TO one set OF figures 70 SSe District
Commissioners and makes oath ~ another
set "a the public? Now, we frsukiy state thar
We believe our neighbOr T. mistaken as To it,
present daily Circulation, which IL placed
last evening at Il go. We do no, think it,
circulation is much over lp.0JO copies, alt
on the other hand we suppose that THE
STAB does not believe the circulation OF tna
NGfisHGi RepEblicGn greatly eNceeds $500
copies daily. In order to set the matter a
rest, beyond all dispute, we have pTOpOS!-
tiOn 10 make To The STAE. We are perfect
ly willing, II The STARwill accord US a like
privilege. to permit any respectable person
that The STAR may designate, 70 be present
I'm our press room every morning. witness
the performance OF our matchless Bullock
press and note the mum her OF Republicans IL
strikes of. We are perfectly wiling 10 con
tinue this arrangement for the next six
months or the next year. If The STAR has
Il 500 circulation, as IL SwearS To have, il
VIII of course derive incalcuiahle benefit by
having the RepUb'ic0n confirm its state
ments. What says THE STAR?-RtDHoH-
con.
The Repu6Iicdn seems to oe n good deal
Hurried in regard 10 the tsx-list a1vertis
ing, but it's solicitude in regard 20 the sup
posed discrepancy In THE STAR statements
of circulation is entirely without cause
There is no discrepancy. The average cir
culatiOn of The STAR was given, as re
Quired by the form of proposal, for the five
months from the lst of January, ISL, to the
LIST of June, 1871, and the figures. as required
by the same specifications, represented only
the regular bona fide circulation of the pa-
per during the period named. Our state
ment Of the average circulation for that time
was not "doctOred,'' or Jumped" or .spad-
ded," but was based upon the actual figures
OF each days's bona fide circulation and had
IL been required, We should very cheerfully
have stated the circulation day by day dur
ing that period. The bona fide average cir
culatiOn U5, 35s) OF THE STAR given for the
nVe months named was scrupulOusly accu-
rate, and there is no discrepancy between
the large circulation for five months, and the
yet larger average circulation for later
months of the same period, as claimed in
our columns.
And now, as The Republicans has raised the
question OF sworn statements, we venture to
make an enquiry. IL was required that the
circulation OF the papers putting in proposals
for advertising should be sworn to by the
Tressnan OF each paper. Did the pressman OF
The Republican swear to the statement of the
Circulation of that paper? IF not, we sugges;
that there would seem 20 be a slight infor-
mality IN the Republ.cda'S depositions con-
corning circulation.
As regards the proposition to exchange
visits of inspection of the press rooms OF TuE
STAR and Republican,, We can say that We
are always glad TO afford newspaper
men and others concerned the oppor-
tunity to see our lightning press engaged
hour alter hour daily in the work OF supply
ing the universal demand for our paper. Per
haps we shall accept the polite invitation O
the ReI'Ubticon 10 visit It's press room. We
have some curiosity 10 see that truly
% matches" Bullock press that, accord
ing to report, prints the Republicans
immense edition in a little less than four
minutes; hut in order to avoid the iuevIta
bic disappointment that would arise from
being i've minutes late, We shall have TO ask
our neiy hbor to favor US with the exact mo-
meni o. the exact minute and hour IL goes
TO press.