Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1857-09-30

the 10th of April, 1871. Its Weekly edition was
commenced in September of the same ar its
Semi Weekly in May. lS45. 1t was the first daily
in America to issue double eight page sheet at
a low price and II has kept least even with the
foremost of lis rivals in the rapid expansion Of
Newspaper enterprise, which the great extension
of Railroads, and the establishment of the TeIe-
graph system have crowded into these last sixteen
cventful years No larger journal is afforded at
so low price in any quarter of the world; none
in America, matter at what price issued, pays
an equal amount weekly or monthly, for inteliec-
tual labor. It employs correspondents regularly
in the leading capitals of Europe, and at the most
important points on this continent, with liberal
staff of writer's and reporters at home. regarding
full early and accurate information as the first OBJ
ject of a Newspaper, and the timely and thorough
calculation thereof the chief end of its Edito
rials In that spirit. The Tribune" has been and
will be conducted, extending and periectng Its
correspondence so fast the increase of its pa
tTonage will justify the expense. Should the
rent attempt to connect the Old with the NcwWorld
by the magnetic wire prove succcssful.wc shall
ry soon, at heavy cost to ourselves and trust,
Il corresponding advantage to our readers publish
each morning a synopsis of the preceding days
occurrences throu ghout Europe. Northern Africa
and Western Asia with regular reports of the
kets. the monetary aspects and harvest prospects
of hither Europe. With good atlas beside him
and his daily paper on his iresido table, the A
merican farmer artisan within day ride of
the city NAV then study each evening the doinGs
of the civilized world throughout the day preccd
ing; and ii seems hardly possible that any who
can read, but especially one who has children to
educate, will longer deny himself the pleasure and
profit of daily journal. The same Is true mea-
surably of those who live further inland though,
where mails infrequent, Il Semi-WcekIy,
Weekly may sufficient
The Tribune deals with questions of Political
Economy, Public Policy, Ethics Material Progress
and whatever may affect the Intellectual, Moral,
Social and Physical well be .ng of mankind dog
matte Theology alone excepted. Its leading idea
is the honorins of honest useful Work in whatever
| sphere or capacity. and the consequent elevation
Of the Laboring class in knowledge, virtue and
general esteem 1t is necessarily hostile to Slave
ry under all Its aspects TO lntemperance In what
ever form or degree with its accessories, to War
in the defense Of Country and Liberty against
actual invasion and TO every form of Gambling.
Desiring to Production extended and encour-
aged. while wild Speculation and useless Traffic
curtailcd, it favors the policy of sustaining and
diversifying Home Industry by discriminating
Tariff-a policy which tends TO increase the price
of Grain to the farmer while diminishing that of
Bread TO the artisan, by reducing the distance IL
cross which their respective products eXchang
ed and, of course, reducing the cost of their trans
fer. Regarding Elilibusterlsm In all Its phases,
and every form and device of National covctouS-
uess, with unqualified adherence as the bane of
Republics and in their triumph the grave of Equal
Human Rights seek by every means to
and win the attention Of our countrymon from pro-
jects of aggrandizcment abroad to enterprises of
developement and benefcence at home, foremost
among which rank Railroad through the
heart of territory to connect the waters of the
Atlantic with those of the Pacific. Believing that
the goods of this life not yet fairly distributed
ana tnat no one ready TO Work should ever famISh
IN unwilling idleness, 1t lends an open ear TO eve
Ty suggestion of Social improvement which does
not countervail the dictates of eternal Morality
nor war upon that natural right of every one TO
whatsoever he has fairly produced or honestly
quired, whose denial must sink mankind into the
chaos and night of barbarism and universal squal-
With profound consciousness that idIers.
drunkards, ibertlnes and prOligates can never be
other lin the main) than needy and wretGhed, it
bears aoft the great truth that Prevention is bet
ter than Punishment-that the child trained up in
the way he should CO. viii rarely in after years
desert that way for the thorny paths of Vice and
Crime-that true Observation-Disclosures, Moral
and Industrial we'll as Intellcctual-is the most
effective temporal antidote to the errors and woes
of our race. Recognizing in the most degraded
specimen of Humanity divine spark which should
be revercntIy cherished, not ruthlessly trodden
out, have charity for all forms of evil but those
which seek personal advantage through the de-
basement of our fclIow-bengs. The champion of
no class caste, the deyoee of no sect, we would
fain be the interpreter to each other of mems bet
ter impulses and aspirations. the harbinger OF
general concord between Labor and Capital, and
among those whom circumstances or misapprchcn-
sions haze thrown into unnatural antagonism.
cotemporary observed that he never knew
hard, grasping, niggardiy employer who did not
hate The Tribune, nor generous, iarge-sOUlcd,
kindly one, willing to live and let live, who did
not like it. We ask no higher praise no warmer
attestation
The circulation of The Tribune is at this time
as follows Daily. $4,000 copies; Weekly, I76 500
copies; Semi-W cekly, 10000 copies; California
That Of the Sem-Weekly and Weekly We believe
to be exceeded by no other newspaper published
in the world that of the Daily falls behind that
of some of our cotemporaries. Had our hostility
to Human Slavery and the Liquor Traffic been
more guarded and polite our Daily issues would
now be some thousands heavier and our Advertis-
ing far more lucrative but of our patronage gen
orally We have no reason, no wish, to complain.
Ot late, a concerted effort has been made to di-
mIniSh cur rural circulation through the influence
of the Postmasters some of whom embark in it
oth ntlar.
large number, we are happy, for the sake Human
Nature TO state, refuse be dragooncd into it at
all. Still, we have feen made to feel the heavy
hand OF Power, and have doubtless lost thousands
of subscribers in consequence. PrcteXts to which
no individual III his private capacity would have
stopped have been relied to Justify the stCppage
of papers within reach of their subscribers and
rightful owners, and their retention in the Post
Office till their value was destroyed Postmasters
have been schooled by rival ioarnals-several of
them living their self-proclaimed ability to
serve an antidOte to The Tribune-as to their
political duty to promote at expense the dis
semminatlon of gaZettes of adverse politics. We
shall Outliye this warfare, but do not affect in
difference to 1t. In the open field of discussion,
we fear nothing; but in the tens of thousands of
rural neighborhoods where the Postmaster can in
duce many OF his quiet neghbors to take the jour
mai he recommcuds,we have already lost some pa
irons. and expect to lose more as our subscriptions
for this year expire. We appeal therefore. to the
hearty, faithful, fearless advocates of Free Labor
and Free Soil throughout the land to take care
that this official warfare on our circulation be not
prosecuted without countcraction We employ no
travelling agents. for will not consent to have
the public harrassed with the solicitations of stran-
gers in our behalf We strike the name of each
subscriber to our Weekly and Semi w eekly from
our books as soon as his term has expired for we
VIII not haunt our patrons with duns for arrears
which they may say they never intended to incur
for papers which perhaps they never read we re-
ly Tor the renewal of our subscriptions solely on
the volunteered efforts of those who liking pa
per, believe its influence salutary and worthy to
be extended; and thus far reliance has been
justified, If ma tob ba