White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-05-27
THE NEW YORK TRIBVNE--IS57-S'

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THE NEW YORK FRIENDSHIPS
0IHE TRIBUNE was first Issued as a, pat
i ly on the 10Th of April, 1s4I. It's week
" edition was commenced IN september 81 sns
same year; its Semi Weekly in May le4S:-
It was the first daily in America to issue 2 eou-
Bile or eight-page sheet at low pnce' anu Ia
vent least even with the foremost of its rivals
in the rapid expansion of Newspaper enterprise,
which the great extension Of Railroads. ana the
of the Telegraph system nave
crowded into these last sixteen sTentiai years
No larger journals afforded at so low 4 price IN
anv oiartei1of the world; none in America no
matter at what price Issued, pays an eqaai
amount, weekly or monthly, for intellectual "a
Dor. Il employs correspondents regularly IN tne
leading capitals Of Europe, and at the most IN
portant points on this continent, with hosral
staff of writer's and reporters at home regareihs
full, early and accurate information as the nrss
object Of a Newspaper, and the timely anu
thorough calculation thereof as the chief end oil
its Editorials. In that spirit, the Tribune mas
been and will be conducted, extending ana 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
full, we shall very soon, at a heavy cost TO our
selves, and, we trust, corresponding advantage
to our readers, publish each morning a synopsis
of the preceding days occurrences throughout
Europe, Northern Africa and Western Asia, with
regular reportso of the markets, the monetary as
meets and harvest prospects of hither Europe.
With a 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 doings of the civilized
world throughout the day preceding; and It
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, a Semi. Weekly, or
even n Weekly paper may seem sufficient.
THE TRIBUNE deals with questions of Po-
lihcal Ecoaomy, Public Policy, Ethics, Material
Progress, and whatever may affect the lnteliee-
tual, Moral, Social and Physical well-belng OF
mankind, dOgmatic Theology alone excepted;
Its leading idea is the honorng of honest, useful
Work in whatever sphere or capacity, and the
consequent elevation of the Laboring Glass IN
knowledge, virtue and general esteem. IL Is
necessarily hostile to Slavery under all It's as
poets, to Intemperancs in whatever form or ae-
gree with its accessories, to War save IN the ae-
fence of Country and Liberty against actual IN
to see Production extended and encouraged,
while wild Speculation and useless Traffic are
curtailed, il favors the policy of sustaining and
di1ersifying Home Industry by discriminating
TariF-a 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 OF
their transfer. Regarding Fillibusterism IN all
its phases, and every form and device OF Ma
tional coTetousness, 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 ACCOMPLISHMENT
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
idleness, it lends an open ear to every suSges-
ton of Social Improvement which does not eouR-
tervail the dictates of eternal Morality nor war
upoA that natural right of every one to whatso-
eyerhe his flirly Produced or honestly acquired,
whose denial INST sink mankind into the chaos
and night of blr5lrism and universal squalor.
With profound consciousness that idlers, drunk
ards, libertines and prohgates can never be 9th
or Tin the mlin) thIn needy and wretched, 1t
bears IOft the great trth that Prevention is bet
ter than PIniShmcnt-that the child trained up
in the way he should go, will rarely in after
years desert that way for the thorny paths OF
Vice and Crime-that true EducatiOn-Relig-
ious, Moral and Industrial as well as Intellectu-
Ais the most cffestive 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, not
ruthlessly trodien out, 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
deYotec Of no sect, we would fain be the inter-
prefer to each other of mems better impulses and
aspirations, the harbinger of general concord be-
tween Labor and Capital, aud among those whom
circumstances or misapprehensions have thrown
into unnatural antagonism. 4 cote mporary once
observed that he never knew n hard, grasping,
uiggarily employer who did not hate the Tri-
bune, nor genuine, large-souled, kindly one,
willing to 1--we and let live who did not like it.
We ask no higher praise, no warmer attsstation.
The circulation Of the Tribune is at this time
as follows: Daily, $4,000 copies; Weekly,
I76, 500 copies; mi-Weekly, $1,000 cop
/ les; California and European, 6,00O copies;
Total, gao, 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 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; but of our patronage generally
we have no reason, no wish 20 complain.
OF late, a 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 large number, we are happy, for the sake
Of Human Nature, to state, refuse TO be dragoon-
ed into il at all. Still, we have been made to
feel the heavy hand of Power, and have doubt
lesslost thousands of subscribersin consequence.
| Pretexts to which no individual in his private
capacity would have stopped, have been relied
on to justify the stoppsge of our papers within
reach Of their subscribers and rightful owners,
and their retention in the Post Office till their
value WSs destroyed. Post Masters have been
schooled by rival journals-seyeral ef them liY-
ing their selfproclaimed ability to serTe as an
antidote to the Tribune-as 10 their political
duty TO promote at our expensethe dissemination
of gazettes OF adverse politics. We shall outlive
this warfare, but we do not affect indifference to
\ it. Ie openfeld Of discussion, we fear moth
ing; ~ in the tens of thousands Of rural
Observation-Disclosures the Post Master can induce
many Of his quiet neighbors to take the journal
/ he recommends, We have already lost some pat
rons, and expect to lose more as our subscrip-
tions for this year expire. We appeal, therefore,
10 the hearty, faithful, fearless adTocatesof Free
Labor and Free Soil throughout thela 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-