White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-03-25
THE New YORK TRIBUNE--rss1.s.

Nv edition WAS COmmelCGu w DC PeNsacN-
same wear; its Semi Weekly in May, l645.-
n vas ,be first daily in America to issue doa-
bic or eight-uage sheet At low price, audit hss
kent AZ leaSt even with the fore most gifts rfvas
In the rapid expansion Of Newspaper enterprise
Uhich the vrsat extension of Railroads, and the
establishment of the Telegraph system have
crowded into these last si<teen oventful years
No larger iournali Is afforded q 50 low price IN
any uuu1er of the world; none IN America no
matter at what price Issued, pays an e9eh
amount, weekly or monthly. Tor inteiiee'GA "a
Dor. Itemoloys correspondent regularly N .ns
leading caoitais OF Europe. and at the most I'm.
nortant poiuts on this continent, with liberal
staff Of writer's and reporters at home, regarelng
full, earlV and accurate information IS me nrss
object Of Newspaper. and the umeiy ane
thorough sIucida,ion thereof ~ the chief end OF
it, Editorials. IA that spirit, the Tribune mas
beer ard will be conducted. extending and per-
fectiny is correspondence fast IS the increase
Of its patronage will Justify the expense. onoe'o
the current attempt to connect the va WIN tns
New World BY the magnetic wire prove sueeess-
full, We shall very soou, at a heavy COS. 20 our
selves, and, We trust, corresponding advantage
70 our readers, publish each morning synopsis
of the preceding DAYS occurrences throughoIt
Europe, Northern Africa and Western Asia, With
regular reports Of the markets, the monetary as
poets and harvest prospects Of hithe- Europe.
With a good atlas beside him and his daily pa
per on his Preside table, the American farmer or
artizan within 4 days ride Of the city ma : then
study each evening the dOinss Of the civilized
world throughout the day preceding; snd it
seems hardly possible that any who can read,
but especially one who has children to educate,
will longer deny himself the pleasure and proAa
of daily journal. The same il true m"asuro-
ably of those who live further inland; though
where m ills are unfreqaent, Semi Weeklvb -
even a Weekly paper may seem sufficient
TIE TRIBUNE deals with GU -stions Of 20:
lihcal E,oaomv. Public Policy, Ethics, MATERIAL
Progress. and wh1tever NAV affect the lnfslee-
tual, Moral, Social and Physical Well-being OF
mankind, dogmItic Theology alone excepted.
It's leading idea il the honorng Of honest, useful
Work in whatever sphere or capacity, and the
consequent elevation Of the I.aboring Class In
knowledge, virtue and general esteem. IL 10
necessarily hostile TO Slavery Under all its a..
meets, TO Intemperancs in whatever form or de-
gree with its accessories, to War save in the DE-
fence of Country and Liberty against actual in
vasion. and to every form of Gambling, desiring
to see Production extended and encouraged
while wild Speculation and useless frame are
curtailed, ii favors the policy of sustaining ana
diversifying Home Industry BY discriminating
Tariff policy which tends to increase the
price of Grain to the farmer, while diminishing
that Of Bread to the artisan, by reducing the dis
lance across which their respective products are
exchanged, and, Of course, reducing the cost OF
their transfer. Regarding Fillibusterism in all
its phases and every form and device OF Ma
tional covetousness, with unqualified abhorreneo
as the bane of Republics, and in their triumph
the grave Of Equal Human Rights, We seek oy
every means to WOO and win the attention Of our
countrymen from projects Of ACCOMPLISHMENT
abroad to enterprises Of development and beneh'
cence athome, foremost among which We rank
Railroad through the heart Of our Territory 70
connect the waters of the Atlantic with those OF
the Pacific. Believing that the goods Of this
life are not vet fairly distributed, and thatno one
ready to work should ever fami'h in unwilling
idleness, il lends an open ear TO every suEges-
ton Of Social improvement which does not soun-
tervail the dictates Of eternal Morality nor wAs
upoa that natural right Of every one 70 Whatse-
ever he has fairly produced or honestly acquired,
whose denial must sink mankind into the chaos
and night of barbarism and universal squalof.
With profound consciousness that idlers, drunk
ards lbertines and prOhigates can never be oth-
er Tin the m Iin) than needy and WretchedI u
bears alof 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
wears desert that way for the thorny paths OF
Vice and Crime-that true Education-Relig-
ious. Moral and Industrial as well as Intelleetu-
ais the most cfe :tive temporal antidote TO the
errors and woes of our race. Recognizing in the
most degraded specimen of Humanity, divine
spark which should be reYerently cherished, nos
ruthlessly trodden out, we have charity for ali
form Of evil but those which seek personal ad.
vantage through the debasement of our fellow.
beings. The champion of no class or caste, the
devotee Of no sect, we would fain be the inter-
prefer to each other of mems better impulses and
aspirations, the harbinger Of general concord be-
Toks, md CariRnl md khOaa = hOul
circumstances or misapprehensiOns have thrown
into unnatural antagonism. A contemporary once
observed that he never knew a hard, grasping,
niggardly employer who did not hate the Tri-
bune nor n genuine, large-souled, kindly one,
willing to 1--we and let live, who did not like 10.
We ask no higher praise, no warmer attestation.
The circulation Of the Tribune Is at this time
as follows: Daily, $4,000 copies; Weekly
I78, 900 copies; Semi-W eekly, $4,000 cop
les; California and European, 5000 copies;
Total 23O,sO0 copies. That Of the Semi
Weekly and Weekly, we believe 10 be exceeded
BY no other newspaper published in the world;
that Of the Daily falls behind that Of some %
our contemporaries. Had our hostility to Human
Slavery and the Liquor Traffic been more guar
ded and polite, our Daily issues would now be
some thousands heavier, and our advertising ar
more lucrative; but Of our patronage generally
We have no reason, no wish 20 complain.
or late, 4 concerted effort has been made 70
diminish our rural circulation through the innu-
ence Of the POstmasters, some Of whom embark
in IL eagerly, others under Political constraint;
while large number, we are happy, for the sake
of Human Nature, to state, refuse TO be dragoon-
ed into il at all. Still, We have been made 10
feel the heavy hand Of Power, and have doubt
less lost thousands Of subscribers in consequences.
PreteIts 70 which no individual in his private
capacity would have stopped, have been relied
on to Justify tie stoppage Of our papers within
reach Of their subscribers and rightful owners
and their retention in the Post Office till their
value was destroyed. Post Masters have beea
schooled by rival journals-sevsral ef them liv.
ing on their self proclaimed ability 10 serve 80 an
antidote TO the Tribune-as 10 their political
duty to promote at our expense the dissemination
Of gazettes Of adverse politics. We shall outliSe
this warfare, but We do not affect indifference %
Il. In the open field Of discussion, We fear moth
ing; but in the tens Of thousands Of rural
neighborhOods where the Post Master can induce
many Of his quiet neighbors TO take the Journal
he recommends, We have already lost some pas-
rons, and expect to lose more a. our subseriD-
tons for this year expire. We appeal, therefore,
TO the hearty faithful, fearless advocates OF Free
/ Labor and Free Soil throughout the land 70 take
care that this Official warfare on our circulatioa
be not prosecuted without condensation. We
employ no travelling agents, for we will not eoa-
sent to have the public harassed with the Soliei-
tatons Of strangers in our behalf. We strike the
name OF each subscriber 10 our Weekly or Semi
/ Weekly from our books 90 soon as his tern has
expired, for We win not haunt eur patrons With
duns for arreara which iher nav aav thew nawaP