Omaha daily bee., 1889-05-05
DOESCIRCULATTON CIRCULATE
How Some Papers are Foisted Upon
People Who Don't Want Them.
A FREE BACKYARD DELIVERY.
Peeple Do Not Read IL But Dogs
"Chaw" it Into Pulp and Car
riers Throw Arm-Loads
20 the Winds.
They Give II Away.

They Give II Away.
The brap. bluster and blow which has
been induiged in by frees gift sheet that
boasts about its marvellous increase OF ctrcu-
lation, and its impudent challenge Tor COM
parison Of circulatons with THE BEE, has
drawn shower of communications from
many people upon whom that paper has been
foisted against their wishes.
The following are few specimen COM
plants:
THROWN INTO THE YARD.
Mrs. j. II. Harris, of lib South Ninth
street, stated that World solicitor had
called on her and asked for subscription to
his paper. But" she said, ~ told him that
we were taking THE BEE; that we were very
well satisfied with it, aud that we did not
care to have his paper sent to us. The paper
suds throUn into the yard, though, and when
the collector came around with his bill, L
sent word to the Office that we
HAD NOT SUBSCRIBED
for the paper, and that we did not want it
and would not pay for 1t. told my husband
that supposed it was more of an advertis-
ing scheme than anything else, the leaving
of the paper at our house, and that did not
expect that they would insist on collecting
the subscription money
the subscription list without consulting, or
against protests of, people to whom the
paper is sent. When the collector called on
me told him that we had not even sub
scribed for the paper. l guess he had been
around to several places collecting that
morning, because he said that
( Everybody had told him the same thing,
and that the man at the World Office must
have gone around to half of Omaha, taking
names of people, without obtaining their
subscriptions, and placing them on his list.
My husband and /, being aware of these pro-
ceedings did not pay so much attention to
our liability on the leaving of the paper, con-
sidering that advertising was at the bottom
Of the whole matter"
Mrs. Harris informed the reporter that
the World had been delivered to Mrs G.
Kimball, at 11l5 South Ninth street, by the
same means as it had found its way to her
home.
DID NOT WANT IT.
Mr.. d. Il. Lohnes, 1l05 South Ninth street,
snys that some time ago gentleman called
on him.
A"I told the solicitor that l was taking THE
BEE and the Dispatch both and did not want
the World. WE'LL said he, every extra
subscriber makes matters so much
the better for me- 1t was on
Tuesday that he was here.
He said that he would give me the World for
the balance of that week and the next week
for 10 cents, and that could compare it with
THE BEE and the other paper. He said that
no collection was made until the expiration
Of the period of subscription.
4"When the end OF the week came around
another gentleman called on me and wanted
to know II ] would subscribe for the World.
told him that did not take it; that
WAS TAKING THE BEE
and Dispatch, and that / was satisfied with
them. l did not want his paper any more.
and could not take it, but he wrote down the
street. number and the name and went Off
The paper commenced coming then and
TOLD MY WIPE TO STOP IT
as soon as they came around for the pay
That was nearly month ago. My boy Leon,
who was gong to school with the carrier OF
the World, was instructed to see that
the paper was stopped He told the
carrier that we had not subscribed
for the paper and that we did not want it.
but the boy claimed he had been ordered bl
somebody to thro,C the paper into oar varo
and that he was compelled to obey the order
'The paper was thrown over the fence
from the alley right along, and it would lay
in the yard until
THE DOG DISCOVERED 1T
and chewed and chased it around tho prem
ises. Some of the neighbors at differen,
times have picked the sheet up and brought
it to the door, but we have always told them
that we had no use for it., and did no,
? want IL.
L"We have never paid for it. Last night
when the boy came around with the paper
told him the same thing-that we had no use
for it and did not want it,"
THEY ARE ALL KICKING.
'My little boy Leon told the carrier just
the other day that his mother had ordered
the paper stopped two or three times, and
said that she would not pay for it. The
carrier responded that nine Out of ten o.
his customers acre making the same com
plaint"
Mr.. Lohnes said that he had taken TIL
BEE seven years except last summer, wher
he was out of the city, and on one long sta,
at Cheyenne he had had the paper forwarded
TO him every day.
MADE THEM STOP 1T.
]. G. Kimball, OF 1l15 South Ninth street
stated that he had heard his wife say tha
the World had been delivered at his hous
for about n week, but that she had com
planned to some one connected with the pape
that no subscription had been solicited O
given.
COULDN'T GIVE IT TO HIM.
M. Silver, who is the proprietor of gro
Gerry at 1924 South Fifth street, ordered tn
carrier of the World not to leave that pape
on his door step. This demand was rer
dered necessary by the nightly unbdde
appearance of the World in front of hi
store Ho has not succeeded in heading Of
the carrier who drops paper at his nun
Der without authority.
A number of similar complaints fror
other parts Of the city have reached thi
office, but it is unnecessary to append theI
at this time
MERCER HITS BACK.