The evening world., 1894-03-06

World has been liberal to the people
who have supported 1t by going to every
expense to supply them with the earliest
and most complete news. Then, too, The
World has always been popular be-
cause OF Its Independence and It's
readiness TO take up any public
or patriotic cause. II has helped the
weak and the oppressed. and has never
lost a chance to show up "a rascal. That
has been the prime cause OF its success,
but then. too. there must have been a
wise selection Of men to do the work
and splendid business management Let
The World keep It up. who can
prophesy whore 1t viii stop"
MIX. WORMSER'S OPINION.
1sidor Wormser, OF the banking firm
OF |. Il S. Wormser, In the Mills Build.
ing, was reading the report made by
the committee of fnanciers on the cir
culation OF The World when a reporter
called on him yesterday. Il always
knew that The World had a tremendous
circulation" said Mr.. Wormser. but
never supposed that the circulation had
climbed up In the way the figures show
mat 1t has. The names OF the gentlemen
attached to the report are sufficient guar.
antee that the inquiry made into the
circulation was no perfunctory perform
ance. These gentlemen stand very high
IN wall street, and that they found
time to accept Mr.. Pulitzer's invitation
for n task Of such magnitude shows how
carefully the work must have been
done.
These gentlemen have done a great
service In giving to the public the in.
formation they did. 1t Is an easy thing
Tor any paper to claim a big circulation,
but 1t Is quite another matter to prove
II. That Is what has been done I'm this
case. The facts as to the circulation
are proven beyond any doubt. To people
VINO are continually doing business with
newspapers this Is a matter Of no
small Importance. This applies with no
little force to Wall stree ct.
1t is very natural for those who
want to advertise. to know Just what
they are going to get before they spend
their money. The paper. OF course, that
reaches the greatest number of people,
Is the paper that can do the most good.
There Is no doubt whatever about that.
Men VIII go wherever they get the best
results FOR their money.
WHAT CAUSED IT.
What In. your opinion, Mr.. Wormser,
has been the cause OF this tremendous
growth
The wealthy nnancier thought for a mo-
ment, and then answered that he con-
sidered that the personality OF MIR. Pull
itzer had as much to do with the phe-
nomenal advancement OF the paper as
any other single cause. "Of course,
you will understand" he continued,
that there were other things that en-.
was unknown practically when he came
to New YORK: He hau made a great
reputation in the West, but New Workers
Isl he really was. He took hold of The
World when 1t was on its last legs.
Many brilliant men had been on the
paper. but they could not make 1t so.
dissuade him from investing his money
In what they called n newspaper ignis
fatuus, he used his W Judgment
and what has been the result? He evil
IDENTITY, took for his motto. Print the
Truth
in doing this he had to expose many
abuses. Many men VINO were formerly
~spuriously great found the point of his
pen stuck In them. They came down,
Some of them even went up to Sing Sing,
MIR. Pulitzer has always shown an In
dependence that has made him strong
with the people, | have differed many
times with him, but | see in the long run
he has been right. The course OF the
R Si, , on c al, great ,i hn hanG questions
'.'.N 49, 80 vi u ~ &c Nh'iN'
AMI sound. This. to my mind, has been
II great help to the paper. People Ike
to know the truth about all these mat
and never spared any expense to get it,
\ circulation OF over 4J3. 900 per day Is
the greatest tribute the American people
can pay to Mr.: Pulitzer. That he de-
worked hari for, It,. and ! congratulate
him on the splendid results he has
achieved; His paper is n great success
h.na ItpA q l.s .Aa al-n, anl NJ. II.
liter has associated with him In Its
management men OF wide experience and
keen judgment of what Is best for The
public"
THE COMING MILLION.
When asked what he thought the
future had In store for The World. Mr..
Wormser said he would not like to say,
endless Prom a, circulation of less
than 10000 "A day. he added. ito one OF
over $4,000 II day, and In what must be
s0n5'd hssI 4 bHery s MiII u, time, means rasc q
II million seems to me to be entirely
within the range of probabilities"
A TRAVELLERS VIEW.
In fre-insurance circles there Is no
more popular or more widely known
man than Secretary John j. Purcell. of
the sun Fire Insurance Company, at No.
"a Pine street. Mr.. Purcclrs duties are
such that he does a vast amount OF
tTdNelnIlS l"nTouGnout lnlS country. 'On-
sepuently he has "A wide experience In
business affairs. Mr.. Purcell returned.
yesterday from an extended Western
and Southern trip. which took In most
OF the large own in Texas. New Mex
leo, Colorado, Wyoming, the Dakotas
and Nebraska. He was seen in his Office
by "A representative OF The World, and
asked whether he had read the report
made by II special committee of tinan-
ciers upon The Worlds circulation.
"certainly | have read IT," said Mr..
Purcell. but l was not surprised to learn
that the paper had the circulation the
committee found. If this report We're
made before ! started On my Western
trip | might la been amazed "A little.
because heretofore | have had no idea
of the great field the paper filled. Like
"A good many New Workers. | had an
Idea that away out beyond the Missis-
sippi the New York papers We're an I'M
known quantity. You can imagine my
surprise and great JOY to find that
wherever l went | could get my World.
1t was a few days Did, to be sure, but 1t
was like meeting an old friend. tell
YOU. out in the wild and woody West to be
able to buy your World liz no little COM
fort to an Eastern man, lOu always
felt that somehow YOU were still within
the pale of civilization.
by the way, II must be n great business
management that produces results OF
this sort. ! found that in the West The
World was read r~eligiously. In the ho-
tells where | stopped, II, by any mis-