Show TilE THE TRIBUNE E DOES T DAKE ItE SHOW CIRCULATION TIO sure Surely I the friends o of 01 The Republican must have shared with ia us both surprIse and satisfaction at the thc snowing snow snow- in ing made Thursday morning of oC the thc relative circulation t of ot this paper pavel anti and the Herald Not ot one man in a nun hun bun would have e supposed that the new noW paper could f S S j in and a a. half hiatt so nearly nearh reach a circulation equal equal- line JUg that of ot a 11 year old paper 1 wiy iy that 01 old 1 established journal should have e had ad fully twice tho the circulation of ot The Tile Republican And nd it has ia nothing of the thc kind Here Is tho Oio statement again again again- Republican and Herald Herald for for every C day in iii the thc month mont 1 of ol S. S July Jub 1907 S Republican Herald Jal July 1 I 1907 July Jub- 2 2 1307 1907 J 9 7 July Juh 3 1907 9 75 July 4 1 1907 87 8 July 5 1907 July 6 6 1907 Jul July 7 1907 Sunday Jul July S 5 S. S 1907 87 Ci July 9 1907 1907 soo j Jul July 10 1907 I 1907 84 2 July 11 Jul July 12 1907 July 13 1907 8 00 Jul July 14 14 1907 Sunday Sunda Jul July 15 Hi 1907 Jul July 16 1907 A Jul July 17 17 1907 t t. t Jul July 18 18 1 1907 07 a July 19 1907 July 20 1907 O Jul July 21 21 1907 Sunday 1 Jul July 22 2 2 1907 5 July 23 3 3 1907 July 24 1907 i July 25 5 1907 July 28 26 1907 July 27 1907 i 1 S July 2 1307 1907 Sun Sunday ay 1 tulY 1907 AJ t. t t t y tU Oi- Oi Wt W. W f i t- t July 31 31 1907 The Tribune not to mak a showing side by side stile with the Republican haughtily wraps WI-apS the mantle of ot S its Iii bluff abo about t it It and nd lies down to troubled dreams And t they 1 are arc going soing to be bc troubled The public of or Salt Lake h have e b been en watching watching the Tribune an and the Herald for tOI a alon along lon long time The Tho people e have ha seen those papers papel's giving awa away dishes and clocks and mousetraps and flatirons and pictures and pIctures and everything c usually found in a first first- rt- rt class department store store store-as as an aid to the increasing of cir circulation S The Thi pc have not noted ell that both Tribune and Herald Her lIer- ald aM iq have referred to The Republican with contempt as asIf s If iru irit it did not and could not win to a place within reach of i them em in the favor of or the public And now now the people peo peo- S pe wint want t those iose two haughty sisters to show shuw what they h have been s so sd up stuck-up about S We believe c the Herald has nas mado a perfectly fair Cair statement of or its Us clr circulation and it Is ls a right tidy lot of or busI business considering c the Inferior l' l quality of or paper the they make But Dul the tho Tribune hollow sham that it is dares not make malte pu public Hc the shabby statement of patronage it itis is getting from the thc public x S The stol story I h is b by no means completed We Ye want the advertisers of ot Salt Lake to know Just what are aro the facts just w what at are arc the elements going to the composition of tIt I circulations of the various arious morning papers How ll much uch of It goes to far tar distant states How much of or it II itis I is deadhead How much nuch of ot it is street sales AndS And S how much of or it is subscription going lI by mall mail or carrier into the homes of tho the people of ot Utah S. S These nie essentials in the theca case These must mutt b be made J known o n The Tribune may for or a time maintain its cowardly cow cow- ar ardly J silence relying as it has in other matters on its limitless 1 less insolence and capacity for Jh lying g. g But one of ot S t o things is certain Either that pap paper r will wUl have o to toS tell tta 11 its story in full or it will be rejected b by the tho sensible S advertisers of this elt city and of oC the nation generally 5 S It has been bluffing long iong enough s. s And nd here Is another another thing Important mp in- in inthe the the present I c connection What was as the circulation m of or Tho Republican TIe J the Herald ld on Jon the tho day Yot of month each of the thc p present el e t year Here Here 7 you u have the s statements side b by side I 1 Republican Herald I January 1 1907 February r I 1 1 1 1907 07 M March 1 1 1307 1907 April 1 1 1907 I 1 May a 1 11 1907 0 7 8 tOO 9 f 8 5 J June n 1 1 1907 5 The Republican has gained 2595 a 2595 t 9 Do a steady and lesul regular regular regu regu- l lar sa gain n with each tach month month and and what is shown b by the e ilmi t day will vil be duplicated by any other ether day in the month ou S s sAnd S SS you may la select ct S An And the Herald has lost That lat is is the story loI for or the ent entire c year al' al just ended The Republican has has' gained all the tho time V t The Th The Herald a and d the Tribune have hare e a lost all an tho the time r G Ga just jUit one month farther in the tho dull s' s season a on S Here Hare rc are arc the tho lO comparative figures of The Republican and andt t tl the Herald for tor the first day o of June and the day of J July l 1907 h Republican P June JUlie 1 1 n Herald ral June 1 Republican July 1 lI Herald Jul July 1 1 S Gain i n 70 Loss At the he beginning of ot The Tc Republicans Republican's s life UCc It Is probable probable able le If a as many Salt lt L Lake ke people were taking morning papers pas pa pa- pers as s aro arc taking morning papers now Thor they were cre cret t takIng hg th the Tribune and th the Herald r Now rw w it is fair to toa a assume ume that thai tho those lost by the tho ller Herald ld h ha e c come corne to The Republican S s n The he rest est of The rue e Republicans Republican's gain has come largely come largely ely from the Tribune S That 15 Js is t to say sa more more than two thousand people people- who who ho hoS ho'S S 'S L. L formerly took the Tribune are now taking The can arc are re reading it arc paying for tor it It are believing belle th the thc truth the they find In these columns columns for for thc they have ha seen sen that tha The hc Republican is fair Calr an and fearless nn and honest nn and the they have ha seen cen tho the Tribune lose in er e every campaign n it has made m have hare seen It forced to reverse Itself lime time after time And while whilo we C have ha won more than two t thousand of them we wo hope to get more marc of oC them rhe They rhey aro a a. long suffering people and they deserve a a. good paper In tho the Tribune the they have haie not been getting a good paper And they nave have been lIeen pa paying a frightfully high price price moro more than even en a good paper is worth Also 4 Unless the Tribune hiss has twice the subscribers subscriber served lI by The Republican the thu Tribune is robbing th the merchants of oC this cit city Its rates except to favored ored friends friends and and it has ilas as a few of or them them are aro almost twice a as high as the circulation of t the te le paper paper and and the thc character of that circulation circulation warrants We Wc have clearly shown that the Tribune Is getting getting- mone money under false pretenses We c dont don't believe the they have hav aa as much circulation as has the thc Herald Heral If tile they have no not twice as much as The Republican of course the they are warranted wan in keeping a disgraceful and confessing silence But in an any event The Republican has been gaining et c every month for a year rear has been Offering no premiums of any sort has been just giving all aU the tho news for or 01 fifty cents a month printing printing- a n. fair and fearless and honest newspaper devoted to the interests of ot the Republican party part devoted dc to t the c good of Utah and the progress and the prosperity of the tho people of this tho the tho best Lest cit city in lii the mighty might West AND NOW OW Wo Yo are perfectly conscious of oC tho the fact that mistaken publishers have o in the past misrepresented their standing to their patrons that circulation n figures ures have been looked upon with much suspicion b by shrewd advertisers And we know that Ule these o advertisers have ha a way of finding out Just what arc the facts facts if if the publishers give o them the trec freedom om of oC the offices They know where to go So to convince con con- ymca vince themselves that the circulation statements are true truo or false And we Invite a committee of ot advertisers ad to make a thorough and an exhaustive investigation In of the cIrculation circulation tion of oC the tIle three morning papers of or this city We c know The Republican has made nade no false rals representations and and we c believe tho the Herald has stated staled fairly its circulation Let a Do committee be selected from the tho biggest houses of the thc city Let them be lie the tho most competent and Irreproachable Irre Irre- men that live Jive Let them have ha access to every c book and record and bill In iii each of oC the tho offices AND D LET THE TRUTH ABOUT ALL TUn E BE KNOWN Will vm the lie Herald accept this proposition Will the Tribune dare dalo reject it |