The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-04-02


o-ity am To d"',raiur th'. c>.eui oi rub-
l,ty Na.ca. advertisements in it, coumls
atiain Nrurc nrquctlym the receipt of
lcurg- ASKING u- tO giNrthc liaUi '.oi tIccir-
culiti,u oi cur contemporaries. which Dur
ol them oonic- nest iHE o,S 30 t!'N r'-
srcct. and how n"arll IT roach"- it;lHn' W"
are unaAl' To ietulu satisfactory Hn-Ncia.
hcctu.r the other new -pHrri~ fail i' enc
Tighten anyhpdy on that point. In all bust
ness tr,nsac,ion. and in all dealing with
the public. Oh" fair ami open cour-' j. iNc
host and We think our contemporaries volid
gain in popular esteem by initiating The
SIS in this respect.
Eut though We have not the exact figures.
We have good reason To- believe that rinor
Mr. TiLuFN', election. set aside a. il has
boon 10y fraud and in defiance of the Coueti-
tuition. the circulation of our daily ncw-pa-
pcl- has declined heavily and ominou-ly.
while their advertising has also f,ilcn OF
materially. Our own circulation. "a, our
regular weekly bulletins ol it -hoW. has
dropped about 2ju1J a day on week days.
though the Sunday number has increased
during thc year from 10000 to- about iuO.oOo.
20 very gratifying showing: and cur weekly
edition. L. about lu.ulo ahvad of what it was
40 tine Sum" time last year. al-pu most "m-
coura4iu- ud -u.-e-.iVc fact Moreover.
even tine loss To- 90, Of Twenty-Five thousand
daily puYcha-cr- is NOT a very serious mat
ter. though We 'altct that tine prevalent
poverty. business a-itaic. and popular
apathy have temporarily deprived Tic OF
that areo numbered customers. forthc more
mnd- ccln feed and influence the better
g.. -
thou-and4 over io,.oon dail,- circulation. and
that mu,- an imposing array of readers ;
and al it il mad, up of ail GLASSES and cpndi-
lions col men. both tl' learned and UNI
learned tli' rich AMI thr poor. and has no
parallel in the cuun'ry loo III. cNtont and
variety w, are well content.
But il W. are rightly informed, our con-
tfmpNlati"- are mot fariug 80 we'll. and some
.f thrm especially among the evening jour
mails. ar,, really in distress. white the murn-
ing Journals AN. experiencing unusually
hand Times. These iro hr more difficult To-
hrurhccAU-c tlo Apau-"- oi rnuuin-, great
newspaper, a-id" from tie cost of white pa-
/ per and some mere mechanical matters.
/ huNc greatly augmented within the last ii-
I teen years. The advance in thc outlay on
'rii SUN during half tAr time has been
/ enormous. aAi w, supp That iu the ,.i.-'
7 Df ourr.nu"rif .ru',- it ha. also l"rn very
/ cf-Il 'iahir. II sou Wish 81 iaii,' "a ,r' z
/ lnur 30. you ,.uu,t -iurc cNl"u-t. aunt
I n,ther thc tn. '- 10 good Tor had. you must
~p.Nd the m'ucr am the same pemr
f IS 49,. pound iooI.-lpo.ier b. the -ur' luin 1T
+ fnotro' uiiau newspapers nir St>. how
j c>.r.. OWNS. 90 i'- ya.' ,.r,ulutuu ami hi.l
CUR c,nt"mrDrar - of snmier circulation
'4-t feel severely thc loss of from twcuf j.
five 60 forty frr cent. of their -uh-crib r-.
th.ash We assure them that If they make
good pni,r-. which meet the wants Of th"
public, they Will probably regain what they
have lost when prosperity once more dawls
on the country. We -uppo-" That the ag-
-,rcga.r circulation of our newspapers.
iH.r.ni, and evening. printed in ia" English
language. has declined from sixty 10 eight e
Thousand tally.
THE cou-ru of this dcrr'--ion of the now So
rauor interest is the same which all,t- all
iu-.uc-- ani makes labor ~tpgnaui. II g.
iur ~uc.o-- uf the conspiracy To- cl"nt thN
r,,,i. uut of the President thc}. had elected
the dmnpcr that fraud put on all enterprise
with the doubt nud di~tu-t id stirred up
throughout the country. II Mr.. TILDEN
had i,cu allowed - take the Presidency L.
which le wa elected, Wc should have seen "a
yer different state OF things among the
newspaper press and M all activities ~
ouo VINO reasons and observes can doubt
That.
Wrnarr our contemporaries viii b' ahl'
80 s,af." fl" -, 'rIn -l,c''- -fnilt, and 'no-
'.t ',-- So 10 Though ti4tIs may Do,