The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-08-07

Another "Frisndly Challenge" An
swered.
Last Saturday, on the friendly chal-
lenge" of the Tribune we published de-
tailed report of the HERALD's bona Jide daily
circulation for the last three months-May,
June and July-certifed under oath to be
"true and correct" statement of "the circu-
lation of the daily NEW YoRK HERALD" by
its business manager. We added:-'We
shall be pleased if any or all of our contem-
poraries shall publish similar sworn reports
Of their daily circulation, and will cordially
cooperate with them in any measures such
az have been proposed for their vertical
tion."
Tho Sun remarks on this:-''We propose
that tie actual daily circulation OF the
HERALD and that Of the daily Sun for May,
June and July, 1873, shall be ascertained
by committee consisting of Messrs. Eras-
tus Brooks. George Jones and David M.
Stone They shall have access to oil the
books, papers and Offices of the two estab-
lishments, in order to ascertain all the
facts, and shall employ their own methods
of ascertaining them; and their report shall
be published, the day after it is filed, at
the head of the editorial columns in each
paper"
We reply that we will readily cooperate
with the Su. in such scrutiny. But we ex-
pect it of course to first follow our example,
and publish ''sworn report" by its bust
ness manager of it's bond tide daily circula-
ton during the three months covered by
the HEnALDs report. We have no doubt
that it is only by an oversight of our con-
temporary that it has omitted to preface its
"friendly challenge" by such q sworn
statement Of its actual daily circulation
from Mr.. England, its excellent and able
publisher.
When the Su,. has printed such ''sworn
report" we shall then be ready for On ex-
animation Of the ''press rooms, books and
bills for paper" Of the two journals, and in
stead OF naming our own committee, as the
San has inadvertently done, we shall pro-
pose to it then the following plan, which is
absolutely fair to both sides THAT the
business manager, foreman of the press
room and foreman Of the delivery depart
ment Of each journal be deputed to
examine the press rooms, books and
bills for paper, &C.. of the other,
being allowed in each case full and
free access to all the sources Of information
they may desire; and that the reports Of
these two sets Of experts be then presented
to committee of three gentlemen, one to
be chosen by the Sun, one by the HERALD
and one by these two, they to examine and
compare these two reports of experts and
their conclusions shall thereupon be pub
lished as tho Sun suggests.
We have, of course, the highest respect
and most entire confidence in the gentle
men selected by the Sun as a committee /;
but it has probably before this occurred to
our contemporary that it proceeded in o
somewhat hasty and unusual manner in
proposing scrutiny and at the same time
undertaking to nominate all the members
Of the committee itself
We have no doubt that the above proposed
arrangement will be acceptable to our re-
spected contemporary and shall expect to
see it publish at an early day the detailed
sworn report of its actual daily circulation
during the three months last past, which it
viii see is the necessary preliminary to the
scrutiny.
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