The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-23

ANOW 4alSE appears, OCTOBER Z, l9ll,
the above fac-simile of an advertise
ment. which appeared in the Fourth
Estate, a weekly periodical published
in New York city. and appealing espe-
cially to all advertisers. particularly
those which are not local It is to be
noted that in this particular advertise
ment Mr.. Capper has omitted the fac
simile, but uses his printed name. It
is also to be noted that this ADVERTISE
ment appeared as late of this very
month of 1911.
Copies of papers containing both of
these advertisements are in the State
Journal office safe and viii be shown
to any Topeka advertiser on request
by the bookkeePer.
In the as3ve facsimile advertise
ments of Mr., Capper are contained
number of the false charges to which
the State Journal referred in its Satur-
day issue and to which the Capital is
unable to reply without equivocation
or prevarieation Or word jugglery.
The facts of the matter are that the
Capital in recent months is hedging
on some of its old staten tents by modi-
flying a statement in it's false charges
so widely circulated. The modification
is so slight that unless the reader OBJ
serves it closely. he would not detect
the hypocri of the Capitals article.
For instance, in the advertisement fac
smile as given above, Mr.. Capper
says: Larger than any other daily in
the state"
In Mr. Capper's article headed
strictly PERSONAL in Sundays Capt.
tai, he says: THE Capital has a
larger circulation in the state of Kan
sas than any other Kansas daily news
paper" This is not what Mr.. Capper
used to say in the advertisement above
his facsimile and covering one of the
minor false charges to which we refer
and the reader must note both SEN
fences very carefully to see the differ
ence In one case in the advertise
ment circulated to outside advertisers
and intended to discredit the circula-
lions of other Kansas dailies. Mr.. Cap
pers says: Larger than any other
daily in the state" But in the Sunday
Capital, which is circulated in Topeka
and which is an attempted reply to
the article in the State Journal on
Saturday, headeT Personal" Mr.. Cap
per makes an entirely different claim.
He has also modified his advertise
ment appearing October 7th, 1911, as
will be noted.
That is, he says now that 1.-The Capt.
tai has a larger circulation in the state
of Kansas than any other Kansas daily
newspaper That is an entirely diff
ferent statement.
AS was stated in the State Journal
Saturday the Topeka Capital had in
its own office the unimpeachable evil
dence of the Capitals own misdeeds.
In other words. the Wichita Daily
Eagle now has larger circulation
than either the Topeka Daily Capital
or the Topeka Daily State Journal. It
has passed us both we regret to admit.
It should be noted however, that the
Wichita Eagle has considerable cir
culation in the state of Oklahoma. No
matter what the Eagle may have in
Oklahoma, the Wichita Eagle, the
Capital and the State Journal all
know, much to Topeka's regret, that
the Eagle has a larger circulation
than any other paper in Kansas.
In an advertisement in the Editor
and Publisher. dated October II, 1911,
the old advertisement has been slight
" changed, but appears over Mr.. Cap
per's facsimile signature and says: 1T
reaches every -sostoffice in Kansas
and is the only Kansas daily with
statewide circulation; the only To-
peka daily which gives definite cir
culation statement" That was last
Saturday. You can remember the date