The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-07

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a. he ss ssits he thu TS' st Siye S up e Sot tnS sSs tssSTs e
il By the donors fol. the chsritS. never gets any
diviS viewer. with. the solicitors, that is, the
or pSssinS, whatever It may be called. Very
often get the privilege of printing. q pro.
plumber will be not less than a certain sum.
AZ stated before, information has come to
Sun that the Herald. share Of tho programme
ssisSp' than naS s sSs espssi. San IL s GSs H II %Hfs
persons who contributed to the Herald In the
name OF the Free leo fund were nuleted in tho
s sSon d b nSt lo rsas shsS , $o'2 sSsrc q t EsiS Son Ss;e is,
tended; Il there had been no tournament at all
and only the programme had been got up on the
have been $4,000. The public has the Heratd's
word for II that the tournament was a great
net profit at 81, 1884, are correct. then tho tour.
t%srgTi.es The difference between $4,000 and
who know positively what the total receipts
money. No one contributor knows moro than
his share. The Herald has not taken The Sun
general and the Charitable public nab but Various
contributors have informed THE Sun OF the
amount OF their contributions, and from these
AN estimate OF tho whole can be made. for the
matter WAS one largely OF advertising space.
and computation can be madc with = measure
with mathematical accuracy. Lest some might
think that the information that the Heratd's
share OF the receipts from adv ertising alone was
$500 was not accurate, II syn prints mere.
tributors:
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Chemical National Bank.
John Jacob Aston, Nationa! Park Bank.
George Gould. Mutual Life Insurance Co.
| William c. whitney, Manhattan Elev'd RICO,
John I. CII,nm,ns SSmmeIciai c SoUS Co. r.,
II. II. vreeland. 5. 1. Rapid Transit Co.
NSHiissS B b ssassi spencer sSs n rr,o Trast / Co.. Co.
J R. Maxwell. Brown Bros. 4 Co.
American Tobacco CO.. Morton, Bliss 4 Co.,
White Star Steamship Co. r. @. Dun 4 Co,
Atlantic transport Co., il. D. cisnin 1 Co.
United states Rubber Co.. J. II. Breslin a Bro,
Nassau Electric r.. h. Co" The Fairbants Co.
Clyde Line steamship Co, stoInway q Sons.
Mutual Gas Light Co.
These names arc taken at random. They are
corporstiona and Arms when they give; att.
mont that a charitable entertainment OF which
81 sdS ga tS g profit sO s,ti 4 Till f .o,si q sts sH.so %0 in I Pss
trihutions is ridiculously low. On only six Of tho
eighty pages of q advertising there are lao name'
like those names OF men who didn't want to ad
~vertise, but who did contribute to the "ict
fund" under tho impression that they wer'
giving to charity.
At the average price of $50 a half page. which
THE SUN knows was paid in tho cases abou
which Il has Information, the income from thu
programme would DO more than 1900, leaving
out tho six pages Of names. The six pages o
than So. 600. 1t will be seen. therefore. that thu
statement that the proceeds Of the programme
were 81, 200 and that the Herdtds share Of TIL
plumber was So, 600 is we'll under the actua
figures. The official programme bears the title