New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-07
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Worl...... l.O6l 10 095 = 26e5 - BIO. 20
AL leading papers are sod by new'tealers to a
limited extent winch might possibly adj 10 per
cent 10 the whole amount. and extrHs for specimen
copi and political purposes possibly an average OF
I hes are facts and figures which cannot
be courover,ed, ald they show how easy N -
10 bee Ia >tlken, a. Messis. howell evidently are
in tuer dispute wIth HE IGIBU NE about circu-
iatiou. the facts of which are Gve' below
thus matter Is one of great interest 10 the general
publishing public and consequently some space is
Vven q the particulars, which are lot coioied III
favor Of either party.
In making newspaper directory. II Us hard work
10 gct at bottom iact-' IN regard TO circu,atlon
aud WORK as hard one may there Will
be eIIuI, But wuen there are such evident
proofs given br the postage returns
r. would ,oam almost useless for fine publisher. of
H., -mei1caH Ntrspaprr L,T,ciQrg or any Que 90
wlEe q "ar agiiu- lHt N-"-l FIX lHBJNE, az
Tn TRBJNF relax IT. accustomed dignity and
speak bus u It's issue March 20. 1850:
q r -earc.lr lece>-I, TO inform ID e.. gent readers
tDo. 10 teorB. acter i,rn an o,l.f conu- d, 70. "a,
uur- u- ."u- lt. ci t'r various newspaper -r',u-
I-rc 9f ads l. n- nt-, % i, -o iai az "e Know,
ilc V.rpou- often lua rogsiy II not also, az seems
u.n a10 benz open 70 tine suspicion NJ least oi being
prtor-.'
Tins WIS # .cogr,. c9.asaied ,vig orously by
various Efforts 20 gta rhe actual circulation, say
IN q circular dated Bay lu-h:
so comic 80 have we become. that TIE TRIBUNE's
at tc ruou TIE Directory attempt 10 force tuAt
pno rauou to repnr Do. cr'u at.1 ~ Its week &C
ngur. rnrr fIaL ~ 5e t1o, tGa we MAKE AMI viii
l. Sir WGit.sy I..i E..tor OF inn tribune wi pre-
par a statement Of t4e actual Issues II IHf WEEKLY
IbIBJ the last gear. aId 10 SLOWS tiai ia. issues
amen 40 az t i,, y yrt am c.r,r. h nav d.,,-
nate. ,A- sam OK one thousand dollars.
o.,,es We wi, nav over i've hunGrei dollars a. above.
week b IT, D.
over one hundred dollars as above
I,fnc w,rs y ir,uc GlucH 10000 we Will con
fsS Att n DIRECTORY does the pager an Dju lice, aud
viii RENE y tAr Tau IN fufure eai'ion-.
-,S1ni.. We vii ilks Sir waeaT id- aorl Tor
the above. vrrh %, Mr. F q arirE, me press man,
tails
This proposition was not accented by The TRIB-
UNE, as Is evidenced By the following editorial III
heir issue Of The succeeding day, May II:
With lar or Dlachmaller PLAIN talk is the best.
George 7. 10 I'll once Thought reputable aGYrr-
Using agent H. has "at 81 hllhE noNrFer, lot Ir9
and AT last has been exposed or denounced sccovely
by The Herald The ErciHg Post and hundreds OF other
Leading papcrs. Wen tr dccu" OF business alarmed
him. he knew enough 10 aaopt tHr oest inrahs .o re-
wing and 10 spite OF his hostility 10 THE TRIBUNE
he advertising with rs * ensive!y glady pay lug
our regular RACES IN cash. Finally felt Il dufy
10 our readers against some Of rs
claims IN these advertisements. Hence cir
GUAR" III which he now spluft'rs 0ut a confused
medley OF and ABSURD misrepresentation as TO
impudent lie auuut Mr. George p Roweus codduct
when he once given sworn statement o. cigcula
firm signed TO 10. we do not think II needrul TO
follow hlm further II may be Wei rnonEl: however,
his belief" TO the circulation or TIE WEEKLY
TRIBUNE. II he Is not impunenty lying again tnen ne
merely fool enough TO give figure far less than haf
but litr thrd-nf the lowest number The
WEEKLY TRIBUNE has printed Oh any week, any year.
for a quarter of a century! The quotation clrcua-
tion Of THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE N Rowe - Directory
not exceed n so 600 = I'd Pr1nter-Adrert,sr
The question OF weekly circuatons Is now easily set
tied. Practically. the wnuie editions ~ the leading
ned
the mails AND tue post once na' compete records Oh Is
have no DISPOSITION 10 make COMPARISONS WIN O,ners
that the books o. the Post Oriee DePar men az Nah
Ington show the circulation OF The WEEKLY TEIBUNE
the nas be tae largest ~ any WEEKLY paper
IN the United states An abs rsct mas Deen recently
prepared by the Hon. A. ID. Hazen, Third Assistant
vely by the sixteen papers Otargrst cog the
year 1879. TIE TRIBUNE paid eght housn',d dollars
more than the largest among the otner nrte'u
The last clause of this. while strictly true, wOuld
be apt to mlslead reader, aud make him thlnk II
was for weekly alone, whereas Il was for their
daily semi weekly and weekly. TO this fusilade'
Messrs. Rowell Il co.'s only answer was a cIrcular
giving letters from the successive editors OF The
4mericaH Newspaper DIRECTORY from 1865
to the present tnDe. each reltrrating the points
made by the publishers. that they IN TO way
allowed any patronage or favor through the agency
10 Influence their statements of circulation: To
TINS ADDED test monias from score OF large
advertisers express NJ confidence IN the work.
Auropos 10 all this IL will be interesting reading
TO near from the publishers Of IRE TRIBUNE direct,
as MIR. fl. p. Hubbard dad in December Last, when
he was preparing the facts and hgures for " The
Newspaper Directory OF the World $50 Literally com
plime1ied on page 49, He wrote to them. a. well
To all other leading papers, giving his estimate OF
their circulation and asking for their statement.
either a. claim or sworn. and the following Is the
letter recCivcd:
OFFICE OF NEW YORK TRIBUNE,
NEw-YoRK, Dec. 80, 1879.
Mr. n. 7. HrDBARD, Neir Haven Conn
DEAR SIR Your favor was daily received In reply
Woud that you interstate our circulation on every
edition. But your greatest error l. on The EEKLr
vhicn you put 10000 = Tue actual circulation OF
THE WEEKLY u co,sdcrGb than double hat and at
the present II Will De over 100000 be-
your book printed. do not believe That you
would Intentionally do t1lus lce but you cannot
blame for feeling tired OF these outnued
mia menced by ROwel out OF per
sounl spta, aud kept mp by Others, believe more
through csrelessness than anything else
His answer to this ELECTED the following reply:
OFFICE OF THE YORK Tribune
NEW YORK, Jan. 2, 1880.
Mr. II p HuBpARD Err- H0rsn. Conn
DEAR SIR Yours Of the 8lst NIL. lust at hand II you
put our weekly circulation at 10000 We viii not com
plain, although Will without doubt be good deal
above that before the winter Ia over.
II could invent some process OF making every pub