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

y The Tribune was hrst Issued as Daily ON
th. 10th of April, 1871. Its Weekly edition was
commenced in Septern Der of the y its
Semi-W Weekly in May, 1915. 1t was the first daily
in America to issue double or eight page sheet at
low price, and it has kept at least even with the
foremost Of its rivals in the rapid expansion Of
Newspaper enterprise, which the great extension
of Railroads, and the establishment OF the ieie-
graph system have crowded into these last sixteen
ever tful years. No larger journal is afforded at
so low a price in any quarter of the world none
in America, matter at what price issued, pays
an equal amount, weekly monthly, for inteilec-
tual labor. 1t employs correspondents regularly
in the leading capitals of Europe and at the most
important points this continent, with liberal
staff OF writers and reporters at home, regarding
full early and accurate information as the hst OBJ
ject of Newspaper, and the timely ana thorough
calculation thereof the chief end of ~ Edito-
rails In that spirit, THE Tribune has been and
viii be conducted, extending and perfeeting It's
correspondence so fast the i1crease of its pa
tronage will justify the expense Should the cur
rent attempt to connect the Old with the NewWorld
by the magnetic wire prove successful we shall ye
ry soon, at heavy cost to ourselves and, we trust
corresponding advantage TO our readers publish
each morning synopsis OF the preceding days
occurrences throughout Europe Northern Africa
and Western Asia, with regular reports OF the mar
kets, the monetary aspects and harvest prospects
of hither Europe. With good ntlas beside him
and his daily paper his iireside table, the A
merican farmer artisan within day s ride OF
the CITY NAV then study each evening the doings
of the civilized world throughout the day proceed
ing; and it seems hardly possible that any who
educate will Ion deny himself the pleasure and
profit of a daily journal. The same is true mea-
surably of those who live further inland though.
where mails infrequent, a Semi-N eekly, or G.
ven a Weekly, may seem 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 beng of mankind, dog
matte Theology alone excepted. Its leading idea
is the hOnoring of honest useful Work IN whatever
sphere or capacity, and the consequent elevation
ftnl viaIar x-frf and
general esteem. 1t is necessarily hostile to Slave
ry under all its aspects, to Intemperanee in what
ever form or degree with It's accessories, TO War
in the defense of Country and Liberty against
actual invasion. and to every form of Gam bling.
Desiring Production extended and encour
aged, while wild Speculation and useless Traffic
are curtaled il fayors 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 "a
cross which their respective products are exchang
ed and of course reducing the cost of their trans
for. Regarding Fillibusterism in all its phases,
and every form and device of National covetous-
ness, with unqualified adherence as the bane of
Republics and in their triumph the grave of Equal
Human Rights, seek by every means TO WOO
and win the attention of our countrymen from pro-
jeets of aggrandiZement abroad to enterprises of
deyelopement and bencfcenee 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 are yet fairly distributed
and that no one ready TO work should ever famish
in unwilling idleness, it lends open ear TO eve
ry suggestion of Social improvement which does
not counteryail the dictates of eternal Morality
nor upon that natural right of every one to
whatsoever he has fairly produced or honestly ac-
quired, whose denial must sink mankind into the
chaos and nj ght of barbarism and universal squal-
or. With profound consciousness that idlcrs.
drunkards, libertines and profigates can never be
other fin the main) than needy and wretched, it
bears aloft the great truth that Prevention is bet
ter than Punishment-that the child trained up in
the way he should go, will rarely in after years
desert that way for the thorny paths of Vice and
Crme-that a true Observation-Disclosures, Moral
and Industrial we'll as Intelleetual-is the most
effective temporal antidote to the errors and
of our race. Recognizing in the most degraded
specimen of Humanity divine spark which shoud
be reverently cherished, not ruthlessly trodden
out have charity for all forms of evil but those
which seek personal advantage through the de-
basement OF our fellow-beings- The champion of
class caste, the devotee of no sect, we would
fain be the interpreter to each other of men, bet
ter impulses and aspirations. the harbinger of
general concord between Labor and Capital, and
among those whom circumstances misapprehen-
sions haze thrown into unnatural antagonisrn.
cotemporary once observed that he never knew
hard, grasping niggardly employer who did not
hate sThe Tribune, nor generous, large-souled
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 Weekly, 1900 copies; California
and European. 5000 copies; Total, 230 500 copies.
That of the Semi Weekly and Weekly We believe
to be exceeded by other newspaper published
in the world that of the Daily falls behind that
of some of cotem poraries. Had our hostility
to Human Slavery and the Liquor Traffic been
more guarded and polite our Daily issues would
be some thousands heavier and our Adyertis-
ing far more lucrative; but of our patronage gen.
orally we have no reason, no wish, to complain
OF late, a concerted effort has been made to di-
minish rural circulation through the influence
of the Postmasters, some of whom embark in it
eagerly, others under political restraint, while
large number, we arc happy, for the sake Human
all. Still, we have been made to feel the heavy
hand of Power, and have doubtless lost thousands
of subscribers in consequence. Pretexts to which
no individual in his private capacity would have
stopped have been relied to justify the stoppage
of papers within reach of their subscribers and
rightful owners, and their retention in the Post
Office till their value destroyed. Postmasters
/ have been schooled by rival journals-several of
| them living on their self-prociaimed ability to
serve antidote to The Tribune-as 10 their
political duty to promote at our expense the dis
semmination of gazettes of adverse politics. We
shall outliye this warfare, but do not affect in
difference to it. In the open field of discusson,
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
| nal he recommeuds,we have already lost some pa
irons. and expect to lose more 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 circulation be not
| prosecuted without counteraction. 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 Weekly from
our books as soon as his term has expired, for we
will 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-
the volunteered efforts of those who liking our pa
i per, believe its influence salutary and worthy to