New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-30


agents. Nothing in his performance warranted THIS
and IL was discrimination most unjust to inc NUM-
erous and reputable agents whose services we en-
loved. The old and respectable house of ). NJ Pet
teng1ll a. Co.. for example, was forced to take ham
40 mrcb for IFS work "a Rowe demanded. 50 OF
Ueman Burr. w. ". Sharpe & Co. (who were then
our own tenants. L. H. Desbons. J. w. Parmtntsr.
J. W. Pangborn, Dauchy q Co. and Others 81 oqnsa
repnte Under that rule. J. II u ties, who has so
largely succeeded TO Rowels business and has taken
tho EXPENSIVE offices ROwell no longer able %
retain would be required to content bimset Win
half what the decayng concern he supersedos would
cot for the same work: and other houses Of Yigor
and uush rs well rs character, like Frank, Herman
& Co., Phillips & Co. and Young of tins CITY, Hub
bard. of New-lIaven. Aver Il Son, OF Philadelphia.
and Evans. OF Boston, would be subjected 70 an
eouallv nninst and inyidiOus distinction. The al
rangement was manifestly absurd, uubnsiness-isSe
and unfair and on that sole ground Mr. Reid or
dered It's dscon5muance. and required all to be
treated alike. Hence Rowelfs wrath. lie has never,
lost an opportunity since TO lie about THE TRIBUNE.
and the more his business declined the s0rer he got
and the Msrder he lied.
We have always refused to notice RoweiFs
SANDERS IN deta-uot thinking 1t worth
while TO dignity him much. But it Is
well TO DO good-humored after THANKSGIVING, and
so, just once" we propose to give him notice
enough to last. Here is the latest concoction fToR
him we have happened to see:
Itls universally known that about the time OF Mr
Greeeys ath G. circulation OF rHE TRIBUNE declined
AT the office Of puDicatlOD and on Ollhea1s ana crcu-
lars issued there rom. circulation OF 10000 was
claimed for TIE WEEKLY, while lbs actual issue vas lees
thar 10000. This statement Mr.. Whitelaw Reld VIII
never squafey denY although he Will authorize eYayc
statements, avoiding the issue while seeming 10 deDy H.
Every line of this excepting, of course, the gen
era statement that for time Mr. Greeleys death
was severely feH, every separate insinuation ana
assertion is false This Office never claimed cir
cuaton OF 1870 900 when 1t had less than 10000.
The circulation OF THE WERKLY did not fall 70 less
than 10000 about the time of Mr.. Grecleys death.
Forty thousand is in itself great circulation,
but at the time here specified, and afteryard
Tug TRBUNEs weekly circulated over three
times that number. IL has not been 50 loo
as 10000 IN areaty-odt gears! We will
give Committee composed of the Presi-
dent of the Associated Press. the President Of the
American News Company and the President of
the Adams Express Company. full access -
o,r books, with authority to examine our
employees under oath. II they do not re
port these statements correct in every par
ticular, we agree 10 pay Ten Thousand
Dollars to the Chlldrens Aid Society. Pr0cdcd.
that if they do report our statements correct, tho
aforesaid George p Rowell shall pay Five Thousand
Dollars to the same charity aud shall advertise the
Committees report and his distinct admission and
re.raction of his previous lies much he ha, adj
yertised the lies themselves. We further agree and
hereby bind ourselves to give the same Committee
the same facilities for examination concerning
any of our statements rs to amount Of crcuia-
ton this year. and to pay Ten Thousand
Dollars more to the above charity 81 they
do not report the same correct PIordA.
again, that the aforesaid Rowell shall Fay Five
Thousand Dollars more If they do report trcm cor
rect, and shall give the sans advertisement Of The
result Tueuoney on both sides 70 be deposited WITH
the Committee before the examination Is begun.
But II will be necessary for Rowell to get soms
decent person to act for him in any visits % this
Office and some responsible person 20 guarantee his
living up To the agreement
Rowel's business is now largely confined 20 tie
patent outsides." In this he can cner the adver-
tiser and the paper both; making the advertiser
believe that he Is getting something very cheap
which - really. in proportion to quantity and quail
ty of circulation absurdly dear ana compelling tho
paper 20 give him the lions share OF the profit.
His interest is wholly against business with large
and respectable papers; and 1t is not therefore, 10
the interest the better class of advertisers 10
business with him. They Will not find it adyauta-
geous 70 be represented with the Leading newsDa-
pers by man so widely believed to be a liar and
blocL,uailar