White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-05-13
THE NEW YORK TRIBVNE.. lS57 8.


nIHE TRIBUNE was first issued as q Dal-
l. ly on the 10th Of April, ls4l. Its Week
ly edition was commenced in September OF the
same year; its Semi Weekly in May, le4S.-
1t was the first daily in America to issue dou-
bic or eight-page sheet at low price, and Il has
kept at least even with the foremost its rivals
in the rapid expansion of Newspaper enterprise,
which the great extension Of Railroads, and the
establishment Of the Telegraph system have
crowded into these last sixteen 0ventful years
No larger journal is afforded at so low price In
any quarter of the world; none in America, no
matter At what price issued, pays an eqeai
amount, weekly or monthly, for intellectual Ia
Dor. 1t employs correspondents regularly IN the
leading capitals of Europe, and at the most I'M
portant points on this continent, with liberal
staff of writers and reporters at home, regaralng
full, early and accurate information as the hrst
object of a Newspaper, and the timely and
thorough calculation thereof as the chief end of
its Editorials. In that spirit, the Tribune has
been and will be conducted, extending and per-
feeting its correspondence so fast as the increase
Of its patronage will Justify the expense. Should
the current attempt to connect the Old with the
New World by the magnetic wire prove success
full, we shall very soon, at a heavy cost to our
selves, and, we trust, corresponding advantage
to our readers, publish each morning Synopsis
Of the preceding days occurrences throughe1s
Europe, Northern Africa and Western Asia, with
regular reports of the markets, the monetary as
poets and harvest prospects of hithe- Europe
With good atlas beside him and his daily pa
per on his Preside table, the American farmer or
artizan within days ride of the city may then
study each evening the doinss of the civilized
world throughout the day preceding; and 1t
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 measure
ably of those who live further inland; though,
where mails are unfrequent, Semi Weekly, or
even Weekly paper may seem sufficient.
THE TRIBUNE deals with questions of Po-
litIcal Economy, Public Policy, Ethics, Material
Progress, and whatever may affect the lntellec.
tual, Moral, Social and Physical well-being oil
mankind, dOgmltic Theology alone excepted
Its leading idea is the honoring Of honest, useful
Work in whatever sphere or capacity, and the
consequent elevation of the Laboring Glass IN
knowledge, virtue and general esteem. 1t is
necessarily hostile to Slavery under all its as
poets, 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 Traffic are
curtailed, it favors the policy Of sustaining and
diyersifying 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
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 adherence
as 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
from projects of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
abroad to enterprises of development and benef-
cence athOme, foremost among which we rank
Railroad through the heart of our Territory to
connect the waters of the Atlantic with those OF
the Pacific. Believing that the goods of this
life are not yet fairly distributed and thatno one
ready to work should ever famish in unwilling
idlcness, it lends an open ear to every sugSes-
ton of Social improvement which does not eouB-
tervail the dictates of eternal Morality nor war
upon that natural right Of every one to whatso-
ever he has fairly produced or honestly acquired,
whose denial must sink mankind into the chaos
and night of barblrism and universal squalor.
With profound consciousness that idlers, drunk
lrds, libertines aud proAgates can never be 9th
er lin the m lin) than needy and Wretched, it
bears aOft the great truth that Prevention is bet
ter than Plnishment-that the child trained up
in the way he should go, will rarely in after
ears uGSCTb biltb WY lot Tile LuOF0N pdluS Vi
Vice and Crime-that true EducatiOn-Relig-
ous, Moral and Industrial as well as Intellectu-
ais the most effe tive temporal antdOte to the
errors and woes of our race. Recognizing in the
most degraded specimen of Humanity, divine !
spark which should be reyerently cherished, not
trodden ont, we have charity for all
form of evil but those which seek personal adj
vantage through the debasement of our fellow !
beings. The champion of no class or caste, the |
.c 4 e. l. Al.
prefer toeach other of mems better impulses and !
aspirations, the harbinger Of general concord be- |
tween Labor and Capital, and among those whom I
or misapprehensions have thrown 1
into unnatural antagonism. A contemporary once \
observed that he never knew a hard, grasping,
liggardly employer who did not hate the Tri-
bune, nor a genuine, large -souled, kindly one,
willing to 1--we and let live, who did not ike il.
We ask no higher praise, no warmer attastation.
The circulation of the Tribune is at this time
rs follows: Daily, $4,000 copies; Weekly,
176, 500 copies; Semi Weekly, I6, 900 cop
les; California and Europear8 5000 copies;
Total. ESQ, 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 cOtempOraries. Had our hostility to Human
Slavery and the Liquor Traffic been more guar
1ed and polite, our Daily issues would now be
some thousands heavier, and our advertising far
more lucrative; but of our patronage generally
we have no reason, no wish 70 complain.
OF late, concerted effort has been made to
diminish our rural circulation through the infu-
ence of the Postmasters, some of whom embark
in it eagerly, others under Political constraint;
while a large number, we are happy, for the sake
Of Human Nature, ia state, refuse to be dragOon-
ed into it at all. Still, we have been made to
feel the heavy hand of Power, and have doubt
less lost thousands of subscribersin consequence.
Pretexts to which no individual in his private
capacity would have stopped, have been relied
On to justify the stOppage of our papers within
reach of their subscribers and rightful owners,
md their retention in the Post Office till their
Talue was destroyed. Post Masters have been
'chooled by rival journals-seVeral eff them liy-
ng on their proclaimed ability to serve as an
lntidote to the Tribune-as to their political
iuty to promote at our expensethe dissemination
If gazettes of adverse politics. We shall outliYe
his warfare, but We do not affect indifference to
{. In the open field of discussion, we fear moth
ng; but in the tens of thousands of rural
the Post Master can induce
many of his quiet neighbors to take the journal
ie recommends, we have already lost some pat
ons, and expect to lose more as our subscrip-
ions for this year expire. We appeal, therefore,
o the hearty, faithful fearless advocates of Free
labor and Free Sell throughout the land TO take
are that this official warfare on our Circulation
'e not prosecuted without counteraction. We .
Employ no travelling agents, for we will not con-
ent to have the public harassed with the solicit
atoms Of strangers in our behalf. We strikethet
lame Teach subscriber to our Weekly or Semi !
Weekly from our books so soon as his term has !
Xnirpd. for will not harnk 49, l