The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-24

fi'uaS morning The Post
printed the following IN a very con.
spicuous place
A STORY OF "MssREPREsENrA.
o. IL, TloN' "
Our frisky little nciRhbor ON T.xa.
day " '0''0"S yes'ef'
.- Friends Of the Chronicle tbrouObor,
Texas are mailing this psber COMES ~ "fU =
sircuiar sent out by one Of its competitors
IN Whleh TINS paper is sneered at and mis-
represented. 20 these friends VIC visb 70
say that such work merely iniures tbc
author and y really source of grati6ca.
tioh to the Chronicle. It shows that The
oun1gster' has secured a circulation and
standing IN Texas that is greatly WORRYING
us alleged competitor"
OF course the alleged comncfitorn II
luded to is The Houston Posi- AID ~
course the charge is made above that the
management OF The Post has sent ont a
circular which 'misrcpresentcd" the Chron-
clc.
The Post has not seen fit, for reasons
plainly obvious, VIC think, to intelligent
people, to notice the many foolishlv
eNtraVasant claims Of superiority of cir.
euiaton and otherwise set w by the
Chronicle but here is a charge that IN n
business way The Post management has
descended TO misrepresentation for selfish
reasons.
The Post has never been guilty Of such
conduct toward any paper and will not
stand Under any such charge
And now The Post calls on the Cbror.
ieie to state specifically and in detail
wherein he Post has "misreprescnted"
IT. In TACT The Post challenges the
Chronicle to publish the circular. MANY
copies of which it SAYS has been sent To-
IT by Its friends throughout Texas.
1t must indeed be something naughty,
TO move friends OF the Chronicle
throughout Texas" to go to the trouble
| OF mailing copies 10 the paper.
Win the Chronicle publish it,
We will see,
And We will see who has been guilty Of
| misrepresentation
We have waited since Friday. dur.
ing which time three numbers of the
Chronicle have been issued, and yet
not word has come from that source.
We specifically challenged the Chron-
icle to show wherein The Post had
"misrepresented" IT, to- in fact, pub.
fish the circular to which It referred.
1t has failed either to make the show.
ing or TO publish the offending cir.
cular,
Why
Simply because the Chronicle knows
now, and know when it printed it, that
it could not make good the charge that
The Post had misrepresentcd it in
any manner whatsoever,
And since the Chronicle seems to
have crawfsbed, The Post will print
the circular, in order that the public
may see who has been guilty of mis-
representation. Here it Is In full
Houston Texas, February g. 1905 Dear
| Sir; Commencing February 10 a midnight
edition OF The Post will be issued every
| dsy except Sunday In order that our read.
ers along the line Of the Houston and
! Texas Central and Southern Pacific rail.
wsys and connections may have their Post
| early IN the morning
! We are sure this edition will hc appre
| clated by the people Of your town and
that YOU will easily be able to add 4
large number OF regular subscribers 10
| your list.
will contain all the telegraphic news, mar
kets and other reading matter received up
TO time OF going 10 press and docs not
| mean simply an afternoon paper with q
date line changed
It will not Of course contain the telc
I graphic news received between midnigh,
and o'clock in the morning, and if any
] of your subscribers prefer 10 wait for the
| later edition VIC will send It on the reg
|
You will at least find some sale for the
second edition and we will ask that you
make a canvass OF your town at once for
new subscribers and advise us just how
many papers of the first edition and how
many OF the second edition you will re-
| qure after the 10Th instant Remember
| the Sunday Post will come as before
! Please make an active canvass for new
| business as ] am sure it will prove mutual
G. !. PALMER.
Business Manager
Now the only part of the above
which can he construed as referring
in any manner to the Chronicle is the
third paragraph which says-"And
does not mean simply an afternoon
paper with the date line changed
And even this can not be taken by
the Chronicle as an allusiou TO itself
except by inference, but tho hit hound
always boilers"
But we are going to be perfectly
csnald about this thing, and We say
to the Chronicle that the Language
used was intended for it; but claim
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