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

at the same time that the truth is
not In any sense misrepresentation.
admitting, then, that the circular
meant to say Just what the Chronicle
understood it to say--that the chron.
'o'e has been getting out an afternoon
paper and sending It out on the early
night trains with the date line chanaed
10 day ahead -The Post stands
ready to substantiate the assertion as
an absolute and unqualified truth.
The history of that circular can be
told in few words. When It was
made known that several of the rail.
ways would put on early morning
trains The Post began to figure on
an early edition to catch them as it
has done in the past. as is done uu.
der similar circumstances by most of
the leading morning papers through
out the country. The Chronicle was
I never thought of IN that connection
until The Post began to receive let
tiers from over the State asking if the
early edition would be. like the Hous.
ton Chronicle. au afternoon paper with
| tho date line moved up. These in.
qulries some of them, were prompted
no doubt by the statements made by
travelling agents of the Chronicle to
the effect that The Post was going
to get out an afternoon edition, etc
But speaking of circulars, here are
some extracts from one sent out by
the Chronicle.
Houston, Texas, February 6, 1909
| Dear sir: The Chronicle prints four and
sometimes FIVE editions between 3 D. M.
and midnight, The last one is never seen
on the streets of Houston, being issued too
late at night to be distributed in this city.
/ 1t is that edition that is going to YOU.
| Il contains all the Geographic news, com
| plete market reports and everything that
| has happened the world over from I o'clock
| in the morning until midnight
If you don't find it in that edition of
| the Chronicle, YOU can rest assured that it
! has not happened.
It's been a pretty good paper VIC have
| been sending you heretofore and We
haven't had any competition to stir us up.
| Now that VIC have walked up one OF the
old line dailes that has heretofore sucered
| at the "N ounGstcr's enterprise, and that
now proposes to issue a midnight edition
| that is bound to 60 20 press long time
| before midnight in order to catch trains.
VIC intend to So improve the Chronicle
/ that you wouldn't have any other paper
/ even if you were offered premium to
/ take it,
Just watch Us grow Yours truly.
THE HousroN CHRoNIcIT,
Now what Is to he thought of a
newspaper management that will
whine about being "misreprcscnted'
after sending out such a circular as
that?
Who is guilty of "misrepresenta-
tion?"
Note what they say csrefully-"it
contains ali the Geographic news, and
everything that has happened
from I o'clock in the morning until
midnight II you don't find it in that
edition of the Chronicle you can rest
assured that it has not happened
IN all conscience, what a bunco
game this has been
As matter of fact the country edi-
tion-the dated up fake--of the Chron-
icle leaves Houston on evening trains
some of them departing as early as
/ p. m. or whereabouts, and, except upon
rare occasions, never goes to preso
later than o'clock in the afternoon.
In this connection. here is an ad
vertisement of the Chronicle agent in
a Yoakum paper:
"a HUMMER"
Commencing Sunday morning, February
| X, the Houston Chronicle will come in on
the new San Antonio and Arkansas Pass
! train and will be delivered for the break
| fast table at the low rate Of 45 cents per
month daily Sec J. w. Cook, local agent
The train here alluded to leaves
Houston at 1915 p. m. and, accord
ing to the circular quoted, the edition
of the Chronicle catching that train
will contain everything that has hap
pened between ! o'clock In the morn
ing and midnight and if the people
Of Yoakum don't sec it in that cdi
tion" they can rest assured that il
has not happened And this same
very remarkable newspaper leavef
Houston on the Santa Fe north bound
at SIS p. m, on the Houston East and