| Show SLANDER DER AS tS AN ASSET OP OF TIlE TIIE hERALD In tho the early half halt of ot tho month of ot March Mu-ch 1909 Tho Republican and tho Salt Lako Herald Jointly secured the i 1 services of ot a 0 committee of ot expert men counters of ot circulation and ond sellers of lit I advertising space apace gave e them thorn tho the full fulland and end free treo run of ot both offices calces and asked them thorn only to toll tho the public and especially espe cepe- daIly the business men of ot Salt Lake what was the actual circulation of tit both papers It had been hoped that tho the Tribune could bo ho Induced to become a n. th third I 1 party to that count But the Tribune having only a n little over half the tho circulation cir dr I of ot The Tho Republican naturally declined to make mako public tho number t of Its Ita sales Tho The committee was wall composed o of I perfectly reputable men and each member was accepted by tho Herald ae as b by Tho The Republican Their count r resulted in showing that The Republican Republican lican lIean had a a. daily dally circulation of ot ten thousand seven hundred and two fifty and the Herald a dall dally daily circulation of eight thousand nine nino hundred an and i twenty five and that the Herald Herold had hadI I considerably more Sunday circulation than had this paper paper but but that the total Issue of or tho the dally daily and Sunday Sundar Republican was far tar greater than the total daily and Sunday circulation of 1 ino 1 hi It n 18 1 a part of ot tho the contract from the beginning that both papers papera should print the result of ot tho count the report report re re- re- re port of ot the committee The Republican Republican Republican lican published the statement over tho signatures of ot the tho committee just justis is as they gave gao It to this paper but THE HERALD HAS FAILED AND ND REFUSED REFUSED REFUSED RE RE- FUSED TO KEEP T THAT AT PART O OF ITS AGREEMENT There Thero is only ono one reason The Herald expected to show tho the public it had a bigger circulation than The Republican Republican Republican Re Re- publican and when it could not make that showing it preferred dishonor to toa a a. frank statement of ot tho the fact a fact a fair compliance with its agreement Which la is rather an unworthy manner manner man man- ner ncr of ot doing business But tho the Herald is I. capable of ot worse It can cnn discredit It Its own o committee can committee can attack tho the very ry agents it helped employ to find and publish the exact circulation ot of tho the two papers Here Hors is a statement from a Herald editorial They did not attempt to find out now ow man many of ot The Republicans Republican's so- so called culled subscribers r represented papers paid for tor by tho the brewers and liquor dealers and sent cent to people who do donot not want the paper and never read readI I it they had bad no means meana of ot how man many of ot the alleged subscribers I were dummies s nor did they attempt to discover how many names represented seated pages torn from tho directory and put on the subscribers' subscribers list without without with with- out orders from tram the tho victims O f y There Thera la is a sort of ot underbrush method in that style tle of ot Journalism which until now would not have been expected In the tho Herald It Is what is ii called nasty And tho the Herald has baa been rated above that crado mado Tho The truth of ot tho the business Is Is The Republican by merit and hard work ork and in a community where merit and hard work ork are arc appreciated has bas Jo e cured curell tho the biggest tt circulation And the Herald convinced has hns no way of ot explaining Its failure ra to keep first place So it resorts to tho the shabby S method of ot chicano chicane and Innuendo And meantime tho the Herald continue con con- to carry cam at tho head of ot It Its Ita ft editorial page the legend claiming the tha biggest circulation In Salt Lake Lake Lake- knowing full fuU well there Is IS' no foundation tion tien for Cor the claim There is thIs much more to say cay The Herald was far for behind The Republican Republican Republican Re Re- publican at tho time the committee I t rondo made It Its Ith examination March 15 01 1900 A. AND 1909 AND D THE TIlE HERALD IS STILL FARTHER BEHIND TODAY TODA It Is rapidly toiling tailing to the place c where it will not bo be able to tho Tribune I |
