White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-10-21
FIG SEW YORK TRIBUNE 1878.

EIldE TRIBUNE vas nrst issaeo9 AZ Oai-
A.4y on the I9sh Of April, 1911 Us Week
tyeditisu IS commenced in September Of thu
sams year; It's Semi-weekly in Mas, 1879
Il Was the irst daily in An .Fica TO issue dou'
be or eight-plgc sileet AZ low price, and 4 has
ke.k Il le1st eTea With the forsm9st its rivals
ID the rapid exp lnson ofJNeqspaper enterprise,
which .hs grel extension Of Railroads. and the
establishment Of the Telegraph system hare
crowded into t57ss last sixteen 0ventful years.
NsfAfges i0urnaiis Afforded At so low price In
eeg 40 lrteF OF the World; none 10 America, no
mttter at wilt price issuel, paTs an equal
am5f3s, weekly or n 1athly. for intellectual ia
Dor Il en7loys correspondents regularly IN The
leading czpit1Is Of Europe, and at the most I'M
portlnt p5inks on this e0atineEt, with alloerai
SAT Of writers and reporters At h9me, regarding
fan, early and acsnrate information as the hrst
object Of 4 NeWsplper, and the timely and
thorough elaeiiatioa thereof as the chief end OF
IL E iitoFials. Ia that spirit, the Tribune has
been and will be conducted, extending and per
feeling its corresp1ndence fast as the increase
Of. ita patronage WilIJustify the expense. Should
the current attempt 10 connect the Old with the
New World By the magnetic sire proVe success
fnl, we shall very soon, at heavy cost to our
selves, and, We trust, a corresponding advantage
50 our readers, publish each morning synopsis
Of the preceding days occurrences throughout
Enrope, 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
artiEsn within days ride Of the city may then
study each evening the doings Of the civilized
world throaghOut the day preceding; and il
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 dlily journal. The same is true measure
ably Of those who live further inland; though,
where mills are unfreqHent, Semi Weekly, or
even Weekly PAPER may seem sufficient.
THE TRIBUNE deals with questions of Pc.
Htlc4l Es57Omy, Public Policy. Ethics, Material
Progress, and whatever may affect the Intellec-
tual, Moral, Social and Physical Well-being OF
mankind, dogmatic Theology alone excepted.
It's lea1ing idea is the holorng Of honest, useful
Work in whatever sphere or capacity, and the
consequent elevation of the Laboring Class in
knowledge, virtue and general esteem. II is
necessarily hostile to Slavery under all its as
peets, TO Intemperancs in whatever form or de-
gree with its accessories, 60 War save in the de-
fence Of Country and Liberty against actual in
ysSion, and to every form OF Gambling, desiring
20 see Production extended and encouraged,
while wild Speculation and useless Traffic are
eurtailed, it favors the policy Of sustaining and
diVersifying Home Industry by discriminating
Tariff policy which tends to- increase the
price of Grain 10 the farmer, while diminishing
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tance across which their respective products are
exchanged, and, of courso, 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
countrymen from projects of aggrandizcment
sbroadt enterprises Of Development and benef-
cence at home, 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
idleness, Il lends an open ear to every sugges-
tien of Social improvement which does not eoun-
tervan 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 depi:si must sink m Inkind into the chnos
and night of barbarism and universal squalOr.
With profound consciousness that oilers, drunk
ards, lbertines AMI prodigates can never be 9th
or lin the min than needy and wretched, il
bears alof the great truth that Prevention is bet
tst than Punishm,nt-that the child trained up
in.ths way be should go, will rarely in after
years desert that way for the thorny paths OF
Vice and Crime-.hat a true Elucstion-Relig-
ious, Moral anil Industrial as well as Intellectu-
Ais the mos.e fe tive temporal antdote to the
errors and woes Of ourrace. Recognizing in the
most degraded specimen OF Humanity, divine
spark which should be revereutlY cherished, not
ruthlessly tr1ddsn out, we hare charity for all
form Of evil But those which seek personal adj
vantage through the debasement of our fellow
beings. Tho champion of no class or caste, the
devotee OF no sect, we would fain be the inter
prefer 10 each other of meas better impulses and
aspirations, the h1rbinger of general concord be-
tween L1bor and Clpital, and among those whom
hov
into unnataralantAgonism. A cotemporary once
observed that he never knew a hard, grasping,
niggardly employer who did not hate the Tri-
bune, NOR genuine, large-souled. kindly one,
willing to i've and let live, who did not like it.
We ask no higher praise, no warner attastation
The circulation OF the Tribune is at this time
as follows: Daily, $4,000 copies; Weekly,
I76, 500 copies; Somi-Weekly, 10000 cop
les; California and European, 5000 copies;
Total. sS0,s00 copies That of the Semi
Weekly and Weekly, we believe to be exceeded
byno other newspaper published in the world;
that of the Daily falls behind that OF some Of
oua 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 far
more lucrative; bat of our patronage generally
we have no reason, no wish 20 complain.
OF late, concerted effort has been made to
diminish our rural circulation Though the infiu
enoa OF the POstm asters, some Of whom embark
in it eagerly, others under Political cOnstrant;
while q large number, We are happy, for the sake
Of Human Nature, to state. refuse to be dragoon-
ed into it at all. Still, we have been made to
feel the heavy hanlsof Power, and have doubt
less lost thousands Of subscrbersin consequence.
Pretexts 20 which no Individual in his private
capacity would have stopped, have been relied
on to justify the stoppage of oar papers within
reach of their subscribers aud rightful owners,
and their retention in the Post Oahce till their
value was destroyed. Post Masters have been
schooled by rival iournals-sevsral eff them liv-
ing on their selfproclaimed ability to serve as an
antidote to the Tdbuue--ls TO THAR political 1
duty to promote atoar Expense the dissemination
of g&zetses Of adverse politics. We shall Outliye
this Warfare, but We do not affect Indifference to-
Il. In the open field of discussion, we fear moth
ing; but in the tens OF thousands Of rural
neigbbofhoOds where the Post Mastercan induce
many of his quiet neighbors TO take the journal
he recommends, we have already lost some pat !
rons, and expsct to lose more as our subscrip-
tons for this year expire. We appeal, therefore,
TO thehearty5 faithful, fearless advocates of Free
Labor and Free Sell throughout the land to take !
care that this Official warfare on our circulation
be not prosecuted without counteraction. We |
employ no travelling agents, for We will not con-
sent to have the public harassed with the solicit 4
tatioas Of strangers in our behalf. We strike the
name Of each subscriber to our Weekly or Semi |
Weekly from our books 50 soon as his term has |
expired, for we will not haunt eur patrous with /