White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-01-14
THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE--lss7-s.

+ il " on the 10Th OF April, 1871. It's Week
/ " edition was commenced in September Of the
/ same year; It's Semi-Weekly in May. le4S.-
( It was the frs. daily in America 10 issue q doc
bic or eight-page sheet at low price. and Il has
kept at least even with the foremost OF its rivals
/ IN sbc rapid expansion Of Newspaper enterprise,
which the great extension Of Railroads. and the
establishment Of the Telegraph system have
/ crowded into these last sixteen eventual yeors-
No larger Journal Is afforded at 50 low price N
snv quarter Of the world: none in America, no
natter st what price iss-5ed. paws an equal
mount. weekly OF rIOnthls. for intellectual Ia
Dor. Il cuip!cys correspondents regularly in The
leading capitals OF Europe, and az the most In
portans %; nts on this continent, win liberal
staff Of wr:tCrs and reporters at home, regarding
full, early and accurate information IS me hrss
object Of Newspaper. and the timely Rnd
thorough calculation thereof As the chief end Of
It's Editorials. In that spirit, the Tribune has
been and will BE- conducted, extending AID per.
featinE its correspondence 90 fast as the increase
of its patronage will justify the expense. Should
the current attempt 20 connect the Old with the
New Word by the magnetic wire provo success
ful, We shall very soon, AZ heavy cost to our
selves, and, We trust, corresponding advantage
to our resde7s. publish each morning 8 synopsis
Of the preceding days occurrences throughoat
Europe, N0rthcra Africa and Western Asia, With
regular reports Of the markets, the monetary as
pacts and harves. prospects Of hiIher Europe
With n good atlas beside him and his daily pA-
per on hiS freside table, the American farmer -
ArtiZan within days ride OF the city NAV thea
study each evening the doings Of the e:Vfiissd
world throughout tho day preceding; and Il
seems hardly possible that snY who can read.
but especially one who has children 20 educate,
will longer deny himself the pleasure and PROBE
of a daily journal. The nme Is true measure
ably Of those who live further inland: though.
where mails are unirequent, Semi Weekly %
even Weekly paper NAV seem sufficient.
THE TRIBUNE deals with questions Of Pc
iitical Economy, Public Policv. Ethics, Material
RrOcrssRs and whatever riay ntect the Intellse-
sanl. N1el, Social and PHYSICAL Well-being e
qf1nkind, dOsmatic Theology alone excepted.
IFS leading idea is The honcring Of honest useful
Work in Whatever sphere or capacity, and she
consequent elevation of The Lsboring ClAss 10
knowledge, virtue and general esteem. Il y
necessarily hostile ID Slavcry unler all lie A.
poets, to IutempeTancs in whatever form or de-
gree with its accessories, TO War save in the e.
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
diversifying Home Industry by discriminating
TARIFF policy which tends to increase tie
price Of Grain TO the farmer, while diminishinE
that of Bread to the artisan, By reducing the dis
lance across which their respective products are
exchanged, and, Of course, reducing the cost %
their transfer. Regarding FillibusteFism Ia AZ
its phases, and every form and device Of Ma.
tional covetOusness, with unqualified abhorrenSs
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 aggrandiEemeAs
abroad to enterprises of development and bensd.
cence athome, foremost among which We rank .
Railroad through the heart Of our Territory 70
connect the waters Of the Atlantic with those q
the Pacific. Believing that the goods Of Ihl0
life not yet fairly distributed, and that no o0O
ready TO work should ever famish in unwilling
idleness, it lends IN open ear TO every suggeS-
ton Of Social improvement which does not eoan.
tervail the dictates Of eternal Morality nor va
upon that natural right Of every one TO Whatso-
ever he has fairly produced or honestly acquired,
whose denial must sink mankind into the ehsoa
and night of barbarism and universal squalor.
With profound consciousness that idlers, drunk.
ards, libertines and profigates can never be oh.
er lin the main) THAI needy and Eretched, is
bears alOt the great truth that Prevention is bet
ter than Punishment-that the child trained up
in the way he should 20, will rarely in aftse
years desert that way for the thorny paths q
| Vice and Crime-that true Educatiou--ReliK.
ious, Moral and Industrial as well as Intellecss-
ais the most effective temporal antidote to the
errors and woes Of our race. Recognizing In the
most degraded specimen OF Humanity, divine
spark which should be reverently cherished. NOS
ruthlessly trodden out, we have charity for ell
| form of evil but those which seek personal sA-
vantage through the debasement of our fellow
beings. The champion Of no class or caste, tAs
deyotee of no sect, we would fain be the inter
prefer 20 each other Of mems better impulses and
aspirations, the harbinger Of general concord be-
/ tween Labor and Capital, and among those whom
circumstances or misapprehensions have thrown
| into unnatural antagonism. A contemporary once
observed that he never knew a hard, grasptng.
niggardly employer who did not hate the m.
bune, nor \ genuine, large souled, kindly ons,
willing to 1--we and let live, who did not like T.
We ask no higher praise, no warmer attestatioa.
The circulation Of the Tribune is at this tine
as follows: Daily, $4,000 copies; Weekly,
I76, 500 copies; Semi-Weekly, 5000 cop
les; California and European, 6,00O copiesI
Total, 23O,sOO copies. That Of the ssml.
Weekly and Weekly, we believe 10 be exceeded
1 by no other newspaper published in the VoSlai
that Of the Daily falls behind that Of some d
our contemporaries. Had our hostility 70 Human
I Slavery and the Liquor Traffic been more guar.
ded ard polite. our Daily issues would noV b
some thousands heavier, and our advertising fsS
more lucrative; but Of our patronage generally
we have no reason, no wish 20 complain.
| OF late, concerted effort has been made 70
diminish our rural circulation through the inAu.
Fence of the Postmasters, some Of whom embark
in it eagerly, others under Political constrainss
while a large number, We are happy, for the sake
Of Human Nature, 70 state, refuse 70 be drAgoop.
\ ed into Il at all. Still, We have been made 70
/ feel the heavy hand Of Power, and have doubt
less lost thousands Of subscribers in consequence.
/ Prete1ts 10 which no individual in his private
capacity would have stopped, have been relied
on 10 Justify the stoppage Of our papers within
reach OF their subscribers and rightfnl owners,
/ and their retention-in the Post Office till their
value was destroyed. Post Masters have boa
schooled by rival journals-sevsral ef them av.
ing on their self proclaimed ability to serve - a.
antidote 10 the Tribune-as 10 their political
duty to promote at our expense the dissemination
of gazettes Of adverse politics We shall outliVS
this warfare, but VIC do not affect indifference 10
it. In the open field OF discussion, We fsaF moth.
\ ing; but in the tens Of thousands Of rural
neighboEhoods where the Post Master can induSo
many of his quiet neighbors 70 take the JouTnsi
he recommends, we have already lost soma pa
/ rons, and expect 70 lose more ~ our Subsefic.
tons for this year expire. We sppeal, therefore.
TO the hearty faithful, fearless advocates Of Free
Labor and Free Soil throughout the land 70 takO
care that this Official warfare on our eircuiaeioa
be not prosecuted without condensation. We
employ no travelling agents, for We win not cen
sent TO have the public harassed with the Soliei-
tations of strangers in our behalf. We strike he
name Of each subscriber to our Weekly or Semi
Weekly from our books 50 soon a. his tern has
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