The sun., 1892-10-07
Dishonest to the Public-Trea chereus t.
Its Conte porarles.

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All newspaper and some portion Of the general
public know tho New York Toidto he wholly unmindful
Of ethics and deficient OF principle II has the enter
prise Of tho highvayman tho dignity Of tho pander
and the gentilty OF the drab 1t has brought jsr
nalsm the methods Of tho pawn shop. and will trade
not only in anything that 10 merchantabe among tho
viest class Of purchasers but docs scruple parade
itself as tho receiver OF stolen property With no.
toriety fer venality In all its departments. and
fessed devotion to scurrilty recorded IN its hppant
frivolous columns it gorics in its d"pravty and makes
virtue of its dishonesty II was consistent with tho
general conduct OF the W"d under Its present
ment that. violating all tho rroprietes and acting
itnpudent disregard of conditions that honest
papers observe, 1t should have printed stolen and
garbied Of the Worlds Fair deicatory ode No
fam iar with the World was surprised when this
piece of sneak thievery was trumpeted evidence
the enterprise of tho Fagin and Its army
Of Artful Dodgers.
Tho Void only did outrage to the rights and repu.
taion OF the a-;hor OF the ode in making this
and wrc:chedly distorted publication. but it dealt
treacherously with every reputable newspaper in the
country. became Parah and lshmaelitc The Inter.
and other reputable newspapers had copies of tho
ode in hand month before tho World showed its
terprise but not of them thought of violating
moral obligation by publishing the poem before the
stipulated time Altogether 1t was a discrcditable
piece of business OF which, probably. no New York
paper other than the World would have been guilty.
f.oa n. H"nm, Cay journal.
EKw YoRx. Sept 29-The World still haunts its ban.
of 300 900 circulation daily but OF course
sensible person believes this 1t has gotten he
most notorious fraud in more than On look.
ing at its high building. with its gded dome
minded OF Londons tall column. which. as Byron so
well wrote, "Lko tall bully it lifts i:s head and hes"
For only recently Pultzers paper dropped from its
former proud position aud stopped to The lowest arts
OF the confidence man in its effort to swnde Tux
out OF $1,000. Tho latter paper offered TO give that
sum II the Hnhi could prove that certain European
news special (Which WAS really manufactured, lL o
many Others IN the WorI6 OniCeN cnhled over and
that paper promptly wired it over to Its London
respondent with Instructions to ra5e II back here.
and then srrogantly demanded that Tur fork
III" 81. 600. little investigation by the latter re
yealed tho trick. and the World is in the dumps.
F,om a. so''on Essnina K'oSd
The New York World appears t" have added = new
item its criminal record Its forgery of bogus
views 1t now caps by acting As fence for stolen
Goods-he property in question being the ode written
by Miss Harriet Monroe for the opening oil the Worlds
Fair.
From no Pyosd.Hrs Journal
The New York World claims TO have run more miles
OF white paper through MS presses IN month than any
two journals published IN Chicago This problem could
best be solved by visiting the junk shops OF the two
me ropoles