Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1857-10-07
U7HE NEW YORK TRIBUNE, 1878.

in America to issue a double 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 Eele-
graph system have crowded into these last sixteen
eyentful 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 lntellec-
tual labor. 1t employs correspondents regularly
in the leading capitals of Europe ard at the most
important points on this continent, with liberal
staff of writers and reporters at home, regarding
full carly and accurate infOrmationas the first OBJ
iect of a Newspaper, and the timely and thorough
eIucidation thereof as the chief end of its EditO
rials. In that Spirit The Tribune has been and
will be conducted, extending and periectlng Its
correspondence so fast the Increase of its pa
tronage will Justify the expense. should the cur
rent ATTEMPT to connect : Old with the NewWorld
by the magnetic wire prove suecesstul,we shall ve-
ry soon, at heavy cost 10 ourselves and we trust,
a corresponding advantage to our readers publish
each morning a 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 atlas beside him
and his daily paper on his freside table, the A.
mercan farmer artisan within day ride OF
the city may then study each evening the dolnGs
of the civilized world throughout the day preced-
ing; and it 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 a daily journal The same Is true mea-
where mails infrequcnt oemi-N eckly, 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 ork IN Whatever
sphere capacity and the consequent elevation
of the Laboring class IN knowledgeeyIrt and
general esteem 1t is necessarily hostile to Slave
ry under all its aspects to lntemperance IN what
afz snrf.A tn Anr
save in the defense of Country and Liberty against
actual invasion. and to every form of Gam bling
Desiring to see Production extended and encour-
aged, while wild Speculation ana useless Traffic
are curtaiIed il fayors the policy of sustaining and
diyersifyng Home Industry by Il discriminating
Tarf-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 u
cross which their respective products are eXchang
Cd and. of course reducing the cost of their trans
for. Regarding Fillibusterism In all It's phases,
and every form and device of National coyetous-
ness, with unqualified adherence the bane of
Republics and in their triumph the grave OF Equal
Human Rights we seek by every means to WOO
and win the attention of our couutrymen from pro-
iects of aggrandizement abroad to enterprises Of
devclopement and benefcenee 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 one ready to work should ever farnish
in unwilling idleness it lends an open ear TO eve
ry suggestion OF social improvements N4iicu uOSs
not cOuntervail the dictates of eternal Morality
nor war 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 night of baTbarsm and universal squal-
OF. With Il profound consciousness that idlcrs,
drunkards, libertines and prOhigates can never be
other lin the mainl than needy and wretched, 1t
bears aIoft the great truth that Prevention is bet
ter than Punishmcnt-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
Crime-that true observation-disclosures, Moral
and Industrial well as Intellectual-is the most
effective temporal antidote to the errors and woes
of our Recognizing in the most degraded
specimen of Humanity divine spark which should
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 deyotee of no sect, we would
fain be the Interpreter to each other of men bet
ter impulses and aspirations, the harblnger of
general concord between Labor and Capital, and
among those whom circumstances or mlsapprehens
slons haze thrown into unnatural antagonIsm.
contemporary once observed that he never knew n
hard, grasping, niggardly employer who did not
hate The 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
attestaton
The circulation of The Tribune is at this time
as follows: Daily, $4,000 copies; Weekly, lI6,o00
copies; Semi-W cekly, $4,000 copies; California
and European 6,000 copies Total, 23O. 500 copies.
That of the Semi-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 cotemporares. Had our hostility
| to Human Slavery and the Liquor Traffic been
n ore guarded and polite, our Daily issues would
now be some thousands heavier and our Adyertis-
ing lar more lucrative; but OF our~patronage gem
| orally we have reason, WISH to complain.
! OF late, concerted effort has been made to di-
minIsh our rural circulation through the influence
| Of the POstmasters, some OF whom embark in it
eagerly, others under political restraint, while a
| large number, are happy, for the sake Human
Nature, TO state, refuse to be dragoOned into it at
/ 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 was destroyed. Postmaster;
| have been schOolCd by rival jOurnals-several OF
| serve antidote to The Tribune-as to theil
! 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 discussion
| we fear nothing; but in the tens of thousands o
rural peighbOrhoods where the Postmaster can in.
duce many of his quiet neigh borS to take the jour
nal he recommeuds,we have already lost some pa
irons, and expect to lose more subscription;
for this year expire We appeal, therefore, to tho
hearty, faithful. fearless advocates of Free Labor
and Free Soil throughout the land to take care
that this official warfare circulation be no
prosecuted without counteraction. We employ nj
4 travelling agents for we will not eOAent to have
the public harrassed with the solicitations of sran
gers in our behalf We strike the name of eacl
subscriber to our Weekly and Semi Weekly from
our books his term has expired, for ",
will not haunt our patrons with duns for arrear
which they may say they never intended to incur
for papers which perhaps they never read We re
ly for the renewal of subscriptions solely oil
the volunteered efforts of those who. liking pa
per, believe its influence salutary and worthy +
be extended; and thus far reliance has beel
justified. trust it may continue to be.
The Tribune is printed on large imperial sheet
32l by II inches, folded in quarto form, and mail
ed to subscribers az the following