White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-03-04
rae NEW YORK TRIBUHE--IsS7-s.

same year; its Semi w eekiy IN MeyJ AeHS.-
| Il was the first daily in America TO issue doa'
bic or eight-page sheet at low price, and it has
kent at least even with the foremost Of lie riTsls
| in the rapid expansion Of Newspaper ehttPrise,
which the great extension Of Railroads, and th6
establishment Of the Telegraph system hate
crowded into these last sixteen sTehtfal ysots.
No larger journals afforded at so low price 10
any Quarter of the world; none in America, ne
matter at what price issued, pays an eqaai
amount, weekly or monthly, for intellectual Ia
Dor. II employs correspondents regularly IN ne
leading capitals of Europe, and at the most In
pOrtant points on this continent, with liberal
staff Of writer's and reporters at home, regarding
full, earlV aud accurate information A. the hrss
object Of a Newspaper, and the timely and
thorough calculation thereof as the chief end o.
its Editorials In that spirit, the Tribune has
been and will be conducted, extending and per-
fecting its correspondence so fast the inerOaRe
Of its patronage will justify the expense. should
the Cd mt attempt to connect the Old with the
! New World by the magnetic wire prove success
I full, We shall very soon, at heavy cost to ouO-
selves, and, We trust, corresponding advantage
! to our readers, publish each morning synopsis
Of the preceding days occurrences tmOasheae
, Europe, Northern Africa and Western Asia, win
regular reports Of the markets, the monetary as
poets and harvest prospects Of hitheE Europe
With good atlas beside him and his daily pa
/ per on his Preside table, the American farmer %
artizan within days ride OF the city may then
study each evening the doings of the civilized
world throughout the day preceding; and 10
seems hardly possible that any Who can read
but especially one who has children to educate.
will longer deny himself the pleasure and proes
! of = daily journal. The same is true measure.
I ably Of those who live further inland; though.
! where mails are unfrequent, Semi Weekly, -
/ even Weekly paper may seem sufficient.
I THE TRIBUNE deals with questions Of Pc
I lihcal Economy, Public Policy, Ethics, Material
/ Progress, and whatever may affect the lntellse-
I tuai, Moral, Social and PHYSICAL well being of
mankind, dogmatic Theology alone excepted.
It's leading idea is the honoring Of honest, useful
Work in whatever sphere or capacity, and The
consequent elevation of the Laboring Class In
knowledge, virtue and general esteem. IL 10
necessarily hostile to Slavery under all its as
pects, to Intemperancs in whatever form o. 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 Trafie are
curtailed it favors the policy Of sustaining and
diversifying Home Industry by discriminating
/ Tariffs policy which tends to increase the
price of Grain to the farmer, while diminishing
that of Bread to the artisan by reducing Ihe dis
lance across which their respective products are
exchanged, and, of course, reducing the cost Of
their transfer. Regarding Fillibusterism Ia all
its phases, and every form and device Of Ma.
| tional covetousness, with unqualified abhcrrsnsO
as the bane of Republics, and in their triumph
J the grave of Equal Human Rights, We seek by
every means to WOO and win the attention Of eaB
countrymen from projects Of aggrandizemonA
abroad to enterprises Of development and benoAs
cence at home, foremost among which We rank
Railroad through the heart of or Territory -
connect the waters Of the Atlantic with those %
the Pacific. Believing that the goods Of thIs
life are not yet fairly distributed, and that no enc
ready to work should ever famish in unwilling
idleness, it lends an open ear TO every suggeO
ton of Social Improvement which does not eoun.
tervail the dictates Of eternal Morality nor was
upon that natural right Of every one 10 WhAlso-
ever he has fairly produced or honestly acquired.
whose denial must sink mankind into the chaos
and night of barbarism and universal squAlO8
With profound consciousness that idlers, drunk
ards, libertines and proAigates can never be 9th
er lin the main) than needy and Wretehsd, 10
bears alOf the great truth that Prev ention 10 bee
ter than Punishment--that the child trained up
/ in the way he should go, will rarely in Aftag
wears desert that way for the thorny paths q
| Vice and Crime-that true Edueation-Relig.
ious, Moral and Industrial as well as Intslloeta-
Ais the mosteffeetive temporal ansidote to the
errors and woes Of our race. Recognising In the
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spark which should be reverentlT cherished, ne4
ruthlessly trodden out, We have charity for al
| form of evil but those which seek personal ads
vantage through the debasemsnt OF our fellow.
beings. The champion Of no class or caste, tie
devotee of no sect, we would fain be the intsS.
prefer to each other Of mems better impulses and
aspirations, the harbinger Of general concord BE-
tween Labor and Capital, and among those whom
circumstances or misappr 5hensionB have thrown
/ into unnatural antagonism. A contemporary onse
observed that he never knew . hard, graphing,
nigrardly employer who did not hate the tn
bune, nor genuine, large souled, kindly one,
willing to 1--we and let live, who did NOT likO u
We ask no higher praise, no warmer attessasiOa.
The circulation Of the Tribune il at this tine
as follows: Daily, $4,000 copies; Weekly,
I7s, 500 copies; Semi-Weekly, 16,OOO cop
les; California and European, 5000 sopiss;
Total, 23O,sOO copies. That Of the Semi
Weekly and Weekly, we believe 10 be exceeded
by no other newspaper published in the WoEidI
/ that Of the Daily falls behind that Of some -
our cotemporaries. Had our hostility 70 Human
/ Slavery and the Liquor Traffc been more guar
ded and polite. our Daily issues woald now Be
some thousands heavier, and our advertising ~
more lucrative; but Of our patronage generally
We have no reason, no wish 20 complain
OF late, concerted effort has bon made V
diminish our rural circulation through the inAu-
ence of the POstmasters, some OF whom embark
in it eagerly, others under political eonstrains;
while large number,-We are happy, for the sake
of Human Nature, Ia state, refuse to be dragooA.
ed into it at all. Still, we have been made -
/ feel the heavy hand Of Power, and have do1b4-
less lost thousands Of subscribers in consequenes.
Pretexts 70 which no individual in his private
capacity would have stopped, have been rsliod
on to justify the stoppage Of our papers Uithis
reach of their subscribers and rghtful owners
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