White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-04-15
THE NEW FORK TRIBUXE--Iss7-s1

III " edition was commenced On September Of ~
same rear; its Semi Weekly In May, iS4ss-
j Il was the FIRST daily in America to issue dou'
bic or eight page sheet At low price, and 70 hai
kept at least eTen with the foremost OF itaFixnl'
in the rapid expansion Of Newspaper enterpt
1 which the great extension Of silrOads, and o..
establishments Of the Telegraph system have
/ crowded into these last sisteA eventual years
No l7rger journal Is afforded At 50 low price in
any quuter Of the world; none in America nc
matter at what price issuej, pays an equal
amount, weekly or monthly, for intellectual Ia.
Dor. Il employs correspondents regularly in the
/ leading capitals OF Europe, and at the most In
pOrtant points on this continent, with liberal
staff Of writer's and reporters at home, FeEzrains
full, early and accurate information as the IRA
Z object Of a Newspaper, and the timely ana
/ .'lough calculation thereof as the chief end Of
! its Editorials. In that spirit, the Tribune has
been aud nil be conducted, extending and per-
fecting 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
! ful, VIC shall very soon, at heavy cost to our
selves, and, Wo trust. corresponding advantage
| to our readers, publish each morning q synopsis
Of the preceding DAYS occurrences throughout
Europe, Northern Africa and Western Asia with
regular reports Of the markets, the monetary as
poets and harvest prospects OF hither Europe.
With a good atlas beside him and his daily pa
per on his freside tabls, the American farmer or
artiLan within days ride Of the city may then
study each evening the doings Of the civilized
world throughout the day preceding; and 10
seems hlnly 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 sam. Is true measure
ably Of those who live further inland; though,
where mills are unfrequent, a Semi Weekly Or
even Weekly paper may seem sufficient.
THE TRIBUNE deals with questions offO-
litcal ,)1omy, Public Policy. Ethics, Material
Progress, and wiltever my affect the Intellee-
tual, Moral, Social and Physical well-being az
mankind, d1gm1tic Theology alone excepted.
It's leading idea Is the hon bring Of honest. useful
Work in whatever sphere or capacity, and the
consequent elevation of the Iaboring Glass in
knowledge, virtue AMI general esteem. II is
necessarily hostile to Slavery undo oil its as
poets, IN Intemperancs in whatever fofm or de-
gree with its accessories, to War save in the de-
fence Of Country and Liberty against actual in
vasion, AMI to every form of Gambling, desiring
to see Production extended and encouraged
while wild Speculation and useless Tranie are
curtailed, it favors the policy Of sustaining snd
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 81
their transfer. Regarding Fillibusterism In all
its phases, and every form and device OF Ma
tional covetousness, with unqualified abhorrenes
as the b1ne 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 aggrandizement
abroad to enterprises Of development and beneh-
eence athome, foremost among which We rank .
Railroad through the heart of our Territory -
connect the waters Of the Atlantic with those OF
the PacGc. 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-
ton Of Social improvement which does not eoun-
teFvail 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 mInkind into the chaos
and night Of bsrbarism and universal squslor.
With profound consciousness that idlers, drunk
ards, libertines and prodigates can never be 9th
or Tin the Iin) than needy and Wretehed, IL
bears alOt the great trdth that Prevention 10 bet
ter than Punishment--that the child trained up
in the way he should go, will rarely In afteE
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 Gle tive temporal antidote TO the
errors and woes OF our race. Recognizing in the
most degraded specimen Of Humanity,a divine
spark which should be reverently cherished, NOS
trodden out, We have charity for al
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 Ein be the inter
prefer to each other Of mems better impulses and
the harbinger Of general concord be.
tween Labor and Capital, and among those whom
or misapprehensions have thrown
into unnatural anita gonism. A contemporary once
observed that he never knew 4 hard, grasping,
niggardly employer who did not hate the TFi-
bune, nor genuine, large-souled, kindly one,
willing to 1--we and let live, who did not like IL.
We ask no higher praise, no warner attestation.
The circulation OF the Tribune is at this time
As follows: Daily, $4,000 copies; Weekly,
I76, 500 copies; Semi-Weekly, 10000 cop.
les; California and European, 5000 copies:
Total. 230,s00 copies. That Of the SEMI
Weekly and Weekly, We believe 20 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
ied and polite, our Daily issues would nov Be
some thousands heavier, and our advertising kP
more lucrative; but Of our patronage generally
We have no reason, no wish 20 complain.
or late, a concerted effort has been made 10
diminish our rural circulation through the inhu-
ence Of the Postmasters, some Of whom embark
in it eagerly, others under Political constraint;
while large number, we are happy, for the sake
Of Human Nature, ta 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 subscribersin consequence.
Prete1ts 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,
and their retention in the Post Office till their
value was destroyed. Post Masters have been
schooled BY rival journals-sevsral ef them liv-
ing on their self proclaimed ability 10 serve a. N
antidote TO the Tribune-as 20 their political
duty to promote at our expense the dissemination
Of gazettes Of adverse politics. We shall ouklivo
his warfare, but We do not affect indifereneet 30
L. In the open ield Of discussion, We fear moth
ing; but in the tens Of thousands Of urai
neighborhoods where the Post Master can indues
many Of his quiet neighbors 10 take the Journal
be recommends, We have already lost some pAt-
rons, and expect 70 lose more a. our sabseTir-
lions for this year expire. We appeal, therefore,
10 the hearty, faithful fearless advocates Of Free
Labor and Free Sell throughout the land TO take
are that this Official warfare on our eirculatioa
be not prosecuted without counteraetion. We
employ no travelling agents, for we will not con
sent 10 have the public harassed with the Boliei-
iations Of strangeD In our behalf. We strike the
name Of each subscriber 10 our Weekly or Semi
Weekly from our books 90 soon a. his term has
expired, for we viii not haunt eur patrons with
iuns for arrears which they may say they neysf
Intended 10 incur, for papers which perhaps they
never read; We rely for the renewal Of our eln4K