Show n DoE JOKS Tins THIS MEAN ACCEPTANCE Docs Does the Tribune finally finall mean to accept the proposition tion for a 0 count of ot sub subscription Tho The following statement statement state state- 1 ment Is made In the Tribune of oC Sunday r H r f been heen time timo l lr r There has hus never a r c u t that th the tho Tribunes Tribune's subscription t nooks hooky ook were not open to any n all ud- j. who ho might care Caro to look t th h into them There micro III not he be a n it t i tr r t A. A limer time lime r 4 f IM f if I That should remove every doubt If IC there never no has hns will bo be objection to toa and an been and Is not now r nC never nCI I any I. I a count of or Its circulation b by an any local ad advertiser crUser surely surch I there can be no objection to the organized organised or systematic j c count proposed b by The Republican Republican-a n count which shaJi I In Include l de all the morning papers of or the city fair fall method No private ate looking That Is s the only complete examination ex ex- through by one Investigator but a public r of at every feature of at the circulation status an r f Inquiry which will determine how man many papers are arc printed print print- i I ed cd d by cach each establishment where papers go how F many are deadhead J. J The h Republican ep has suggested names of or half halt a dozen peri perfectly competent and entirely fair men In this cItY Each a h of at them is a perfectly dependable character Not ot one oho n Is deserving d do erving the slur cast upon the entire number by the thc Tribune The They are not interested in favoring fa this favoring this p paper nor any n other paper They simply want to know what h t are the Ca fasts ts They want to know what is the circulation circulation cir cir cir- t I e c of ot all l the he papers The They have a a. right to to know kno Their firms are spending thousands thou ands of dollars every ever I i for rora fora advertising The They have a right to know if It the they are J setting betting from each paper what the they are paying for tor t i As the tho he Tribune bl te tebo boldly bo boldly dh s states te that h t there has hags 1 n rioter never 1 ex r been beena a time when its subscription books were not open and that there never will be such a n time we assume the J Tribune b ne is willing to accept the proposed count The s Herald agrees to it If t tI Nothing now remains but for the three papers to name I f I re representatives who shall meet and arrange the details q of ot the count They will select the advertising men who t shall make the examination the time when the count is isto s to be made In each ench of or the offices and all the details of at yr making public what t they e- e have found We tc have ha aid fald we do not believe the Tribune has the circulation it lt pretends pretends' to have the have the circulation on the i b basis i S- S Sot of ot which it i is s making its chars charges s for advertising I But t if if they accept the thel and proposition proposition and the paragraph quoted d above from their Sunday Sunda paper indicates their willingness to do so we so we ma may mayy have to revise re the tho judg jud judg- judg rf ment ent We mn may find the Tribune has as mr many or many or nearly as as' many subscribers any as has haR The Thc Rep Republican If Ie we do fin find that to be th the fact we shall plainly and p Jb publicly so state to our readers Some time Monday representatives of at the thc three papers papers papers pa pa- pers should get together and arrange tho the details of or the count int count which shall shan determine jU just t what is the circulation Uon of or the three morning papers of Salt nI Lake nut we cannot meantime forego a little self 1 tion lion at nt getting from the Tribune its open and published promise e to give ln Im obligators access acce p ff to ItS its clr circulation r records |