The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-10-12

being only about one-half the number OF papers
which are delivered daily, every day In the week
to regular subscribers IN that city.
GEORGE SCHNEIDER.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 18th
day OF October, 1892.
JOIN F. LYONS. Notary Public.
IN ana Tor the city and county OF San Francisco,
State of California.
While making up lists of The CALLS
circulation, TO publish in the Examiner, it
would be just as well not to leave out all of
the routes of THE CALL carriers. They
might make difference of several thou
sands, mightn't they (Which would hardly
be fair. But then Of course the Examiner
Is always fair If not, how about this
statement of Mr.. Boyne, who knows little
moe about The CALLS papers than do the
Examiner guessers?
State OF California
! City and County OF San francisco. 80
j. c. Boyne being duly sworn. depOses and
| says:
lam the mailing clerk OF the MORNING CALL.
have read the statements OF the Examiner con-
corning THE CALLS circulation.
The statement concerning THE CALLS city cir.
| culatiOn is entirely false. While some OF me
carriers numbers are correctly given, others
enormously stated-the routes are not all in-
| cluded the names OF two of the city carriers
having been entirely omitted. and the total
figures are unJerstated by thousands.
AS 10 the interior agencies there Is not one cor.
Tectly given. many Instances mems names are
given who are not or never have been agents, or
WHO have been dead for years Only cOmpar-
atiVely small number Of THE CALLS agencies are
| given, and Of these the numbers OF copies as
| given by the Examiner are but 3 small traction
| Of the actual circulation.
The statement was evidently prepared at ran
dom by some one entirely ignorant OF The facts.
j. q. BoYNE.
Subscribed and sworn TO before me this 1lth
| day of October. 1892.
JOHN +. LYONS Notary Public.
In and for the city and county OF san Francisco,
state Of California.
So much for the accuracy OF TINT tabular
statement on which the Examiner relies so
much TO show that The CALLS circulation
is next to nothing.
But the curious part Of the whole En-
| Gnliner statement is that which relates to
| its own paper. 1t claims so many thou
| sands, or millions, or what not, as its circu-
latiOn. but when one comes TO look the mat
| ter over he finds that II is the SUNDAY
| Examiner and not the weekday paper on
| which it bases its statements.
THE CALL cannot be diverted from the
| stirring work OF the present warm political
campaign to take time to look into all of the
| Examiners miSstatements Of fact In regard
| to that journals circulation.
1t can only take what may happen to
| come in voluntarily and not 60 out of its
way hunting upevidence.
Here is q rather g0od-sized straw which
NAV tend to show which way the puffery of
! the Erdmiaer blows:
state Of California
City and County OF san Francisco. 60
Frank h. Robinson, being first duly sworn.
deposes and says: ] had the handling of the
Examiner at all points in Marin County outside
Of SausalItO, san r fael ana Mil Valley; this
was during July aud August last.
At LarkSpur ten Examiners were delivered
daily; one or two were the sales and the rest
were returned after month. After this they
were reduced TO five IN number and tie sales
were less frequent. Al Ross Station ten were
received and TWO or three sold. At San An
selma Station ten papers we're received and
about four sold weekly. This was during the
months when The Campers were numerous aud
papers IN great demand
That the papers received al these stations
were from The 24O copies delivered to the Sausa.
Ito agent By the EraHiitIer. These 240 ap-
peared in The Examiners statement Of the cir
culation Of Sausalilo. as do also above numbers
delivered al LaTkspur. Ross Station, San An
selma thus doubling in their sworn statement
the actual numbers delivered at those stations.
which numbers, too were not sold, only few
copies being disposed OF, he balance being te-
turned 10 the Office Of the Eramlnsr.
FRANK II. ROBINSON.
Subscribed and sworn 10 before me this 18th
day Of October 1892.
JOHN F. LYONS, Notary Puplic.
In and for the city aud county OF San Francisco,
State CT California.
THE CALL does not parade its business
before the public, and if it is ever given to
staggering it hopes sincerely that the fool
killer will lose no instant OF time in visiting
its Office; bat when ii is attacked so ma
levolently and so vici0usly. and all because
it happens to be successful and influential
which success and which influence is in no.
wise due to sending up balloons or sky
rockets or hunting grizzlies, elephants or
rhinoeeroses-it is obliged to call attention
to its private affairs reluctantly. albeit, for
whatever else THE Call may be it is not
vulgar. it is not SNOWY and it does not aspire
to be the ia Ra-Ra Boom Decay" Of local
journalism, bnt merely TO 60 on as happily
as it has been going and give as little war
rant for the attacks Of slauderers as 1t has
thus far given.
1t has long been the custom OF THE CALL
to admit visitors TO its pTessToom by pass"
OF ticket.
Smiths Cash Store adyertsss in THE
CALL. Ii finds it exceedingly profitable to
DO so.
Mr.. Smith was given a pass TO THE
CALLS pressroom weeks ago. He was told
he could come at any time OF send repre-
sentative to see THE CALLS great press In
operation and to see the papers it printed.
II WAS only fair to him as an advertiser
that he should be accorded this privilege.
But every other advertiser in The CALL or
any other respectable citizen could have
secured admission to the pressroom aud
counted every one of TIE CALLS papers
as they came from the press.
Mr.. Smith sent a representative to the
pTessroom one morning. 1t was on a week
day, and DO one knew he was coming.
There was nothing unusual going on in the
pTessroom. Tie regular edition of THE
CALL was being printed then as II is every
one of the 36j days Of tie year.
Mr.. Smiths representative came and saw,
and this is what he has voluntarily reported:
Mr.. JOslyn, being duly sworn, depOses and
say;
At the instance and request OF Mr.. Smith OF
Smiths Cash Store. and upon a pass issued to
him by the business office OF The CALL,
visited the pressroom OF the MoRNIHG CALL on
the nigh OF lie oath Of September last, choos-
ing my own time for That purpose.
! saw the whole edition OF The CALL worked
of Each run occupied about two hours and
fifteen minutes, and the press was accurately
timed by me, running from 24.o00 TO 26,oo0
copies an hour.
/ have seen the statement in the Examiner
concerning THE CALLS circulation on the 25th
of September. which happened to be the very
edition l saw printed. The number given by tue
E1on1 tner is not more than One-han the papers
that were printed for the 25th Of September last.
i have stated these facts, not atihe solicitation
OF THE CALL but solely in the interest OF justice.