The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-11-07
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q ally BurrFtia
Pledged to neither Sect nor Parry,
Bit established for tile benefit of all.
FRIDAY, NOV. Z, 1890.


makes its usual misstatement of
facts. There seems to be some con-
genital defect in the editorial de-
partment of that journal which has
seriously effected both its memory
of recent attacks made on certain
members of the present Cabinet, and
it's power to add up its daily sub
scription lists correctly.
!. With regard to the Cabinet.
Shortly after the announcement of
the present Ministry the Advertiser
attacked one of the Ministers in the
most vulgar and unwarranted man
ner. The attack was not against
his official character, but this was
made a pretext for making an at
tack upon the personal character of
the Minister and his family. This
attack was made in the language,
style and manner of the "Police
Gazette. Again, it was only few
weeks ago the same journal made
persistent attack upon Minister
Spencer. For what? because the
Minister of Interior would not allow
the Advertiser crowd to dictate his
official appointments.
2. We wish to call attention to
the inability of the Advertiser to add
up correctly its subscription list.
Last Wednesday morning it boast
ingly claimed "a circulation of 25OO
issues" This morning, after being
forced to the wall by figures taken
from it's own books last Wednesday
and published in round numbers in
the BULLETIN, the Advertiser bra
zenly reduces its circulation from
$500 to 1920, or to about 200 less than
the daily circulation of the BULLE-
TIN. AS the Advertiser admits it
stated falsehood last Wednesday
what assurance has the public for its
present claim of 1920 daily circula-
ton, when it's subscription books,
upon inspection of last Wednesday,
gave the number of daily papers
printed at about 76O copies?
The facts are just about as we
stated before. The Advertiser
prints daily about 760 copies, all OF
which are not circulated, or about
10000 per month. 1t prints weekly
about $50 copies of the Gazette ant
upon steamer days, when it wishe:
to give Hawaii a black eye abroad
it prints 1000 copies. This, at ;
liberal estimate, will increase it,
total figure to about $4,000. Give
the Planters Monthly the balance
which is entirely too large an est
mate, and by adding up everything
printed in the Advertiser Office thu
talented editor of "thlrty years ex
perience" is just, able TO twist tn
monthly average into an ALLEGED
daily average of few hundred les
papers than are circulated daily b,
the BULLETIN. In other words Tn
bona tide daily circulation of tn
Advertiser is less than 700 and o
the BULLETIN nearly 1900 copies
The editor of the Advertiser is quit
right; he knows from printing tn
BULLETIN several times about wha
the number of its circulation is. ii
is at perfect liberty to state that h
printed about So quires of paper 70
the BULLETIN, but he is not BRAY
enough man to make affidavit tina
the z. C. Advertiser has bon
tide daily circulation of either $50
or 1920.
The very fact that advertisers pa
the BULLETIN at least one-third NOR
for advertising space than the Ad
vertiseT can command is proof c
merit which needs no comment.
the Advertiser had as large circu
lation as the BULLETIN it could dc
mand and get the same rates we re
ceive.
We know you are wrathful, goo
Advertiser, but yoa started the thin
by telling that "db" about $50
circulation, and, with tho usua
joul nalisllo instinct strong With
us, We immediately investigated an
found your daily printing list VA
700 copies with . bona .fde sub
soTlptiOp III lsss than 700 comics.