The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-01-14
The State and the Dispatch.

The impecunious Wing allowed little OF
its malice to manifest itself last Saturday,
We quote from that paper: z
"io. triumphe! The Safe is in high
feather. It has just taken the publication
OF the unclaimed letters in the post-otice
from the Dispatch under the law which
gives it to the paper having the largest cir,
culation. A sworn statement to that effect
took the prize
This exultatior is characteristic OF the
Malone editor. Il He rejoices in the. sup
posed discontinue OF rival who has made
money aud yet has never been any mans 40
organ. But its malice blinded it, as anger
is said TO blind yenomons reptiles. Its
statement is untrue. 4 Let the reader con.
trast it with the modest claim of the State,
which says: go, ss 49, s, 4.
~ s.the postmaster being re.
quired by law to publish the list once
week in the newspaper having the largest
circulation in the community making use OF
his Office. The State claimed this, and SUBJ
mitted q sworn statement Of its circulation.
as required bypostai regulations, whereupon
the contract, was awarded if.G
The State Z. submitted q sworn statement
OF its circulation, but the Dispatch did
not. we cannot consider it fair to place q
paper which has bona tide circulation sp1
subscribers who pay fifteen cents week
each In competition with one which is sold
to carriers at a half cent per copy-a price
which does not pay for the white paper
upon which it is; printed. That is KIND OF
competition which most people deem unfair
when it touches their pocket-nerve. The
New York Ne,cs, an evening paper, sold at
one cent, has iargei circulation than the
New York, Herald but nobody for that
reason asks tbe Herald to compete with the
Ne,os for public advertisements. So as to
advertisements. The State takes them at
what seem to us to be rninous rates, and
we decline to enter the lists as a competitor
with 1t at such rates. II there Is any
money to be made by publishing an evening
paper at such price, and taking advertise
ments at such rates, we shall certainly be-
gin the publication OF such paper as soon
as convinced OF the fact. Hitherto we have
supposed that >wc could do better to pub
lish only morning paper, and at living
prices for both paper and advertisements;
but il it be true that the evening paper and
cheap rates will pay better. then we shall
of course publish both. Certainly the Dis
patch has a larger circulation now, and
made more clear money last year. than it
had and made the year before the State was
started. II, therefore, it can prosper under
it's present prices, we shall not complain,
but rather be pleased. However, we have
yet to be convinced that there Is any money
for us 10 an evening paper. How many. SUD
scribers would the State have il Its price was
fifteen cents per week Ask that question
when yon wish 10 compare the circulation
OF the two papers.
But the Wigs statement Is untrue 10
assuming that the postrofice advertising is
given ID fbe paper having The largest eircu-
lation. Such Is not the fact. The law re-
CURES Tito be given 70, the paper having
the largest circulation within the corpora
sion oi RichmoDd, provided there be aeon.
test. But, we repeat, there was no contest.
We declined 10 make any. We could have
retained the ettes-llst lii we had chosen SO to
do. Mfr. ~. III. PLEAs4Ers, whose word no
man who knows him will doubt. was ready
and willing Che having charge Of such mat
tiers In this Office 10 make oath that the DIS
patch has 81 larger cireu latioa in this city
than that elaltned by the HtGts.
Final eppplsss the misery ol old
snsrIeysssso sshe ne viii state sshst1
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