White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-01-21
THE NEW YORK TRTBUKE--Iss7-G

I " edition was commenced IN September OF the
same year; its Semi Weekly in May, 1915
| 1t was the first daily in America TO issue dou-
bic or eightpage sheet at loW price, and il has
kept at least even with the foremost Of is rivals
in the 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 years.
No larger Journal is afforded at SO low price in
any quarter Of the world; none in America, no
matter st what price issued, pays an equal
amount, weekly or monthly, for Intellectual Ia
leading capitals of Europe, and at the most i'm
pOrtant points on this continent, with liberal
staff Of writer's and reporters at home, regarding
full, early and accurate information as the 6rst
objSet OF = Newspaper, and the timely and
thorough calculation thereof as the chief end %
its Editorials. In that spirit, the Tribune has
been and will be conducted, extending sad per-
feeling its correspondence 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 succeaS@
ful, we shall very soon, at heavy cost to- OUT
selves, and, We trust, corresponding advantages
to our readers, publish each morning q synopsis
Of the preceding DAYS occurrences throughou
/ Europe, Northern Africa and Western ABia, With
regular reports Of the markets, the monetary as
pscts and harvest prospects Of bither Europe
I With good atlas beside him and his daily pa
/ per on his Preside table, the American farmer o.
artizln within days ride Of the city may then
study each evening the doings Of the civilized
world throughout the day proceedings and ID
seems hardly possible that aRy who can read
! but especially one who has children to edocats,
will longer deny himself the pleasure and proGs
of . daily journal. The same Is true MEASURE
ably Of those who live further inland; though,
where mails are unfrepaent, Semi Weekly, or
even Weekly paper NAV seem sufficient, =.
/ TIE TRIBUNE deals with questions Of Po-
I litical Economy Public Policy, Ethics, Material
( fteeress, and whatever NAV affect the Intellsc-
| eal, Moral. Social and Physical well being Of
ufankind, dogmatic Theology alone excepted.
It's leading idea is the honOTng Of honest, useful
! Work in whatever sphere or capacity, and the
conseqt D elevation of tue Laboring Class In
knowledge, virtue and general esteem. II 10
necessarily hostile to Slavery under all its a.
/ poets, to Intemperancs in whatever form or 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
/ 10 see Production extended and encouraged
while wild Speculation and useless Traffic are
curtailed, It favors the policy of sustaining and
diversifying Homo Industry BY a 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
I IAAlo AlIuaS buGlE spcCblNG pEOuuEA4 ~
exchanged, and, Of course, reducing the cost %
/ their transfer. Regarding Fillibusterism In AL
! its phases, and every form and device OF Ma.
| tional covetousness, with unqualified abhonence
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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
abroad to enterprises Of development and bensh-
! cence at home, foremost among which We rank q
I p aflrn,I tbrnuerb the "a Of TarrsfOrw ~
connect the waters of the Atlantic with those Of
the Pacific. Believing that the goods Of this
life are not yet fairly distributed, and that no one
ready to work should ever famish in unwilling
idleness, it lends an open ear to every sugges-
ton Of Social improvement which does not eoun-
tervail'the dictates Of eternal Morality nor was
upoR that natural right Of every one 70 WhAtsc>
ever he has fairly produced or honestly acquired
whose denial must sink mankind INFO the chaos
and night of barbarism and universal squalor.
With profound consciousness thA idlers, drunk
ards, libertines and prohigates can never be 9th
er Cin the main) than needy and Wretchedr 10
bears alof the great truth that Prevention Is bet
ter than Punishment-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 a true Educaton-Relig.
ious, Moral and Industrial IS well as Intellectu-
ais the most effective temporal antidote 70 the
errors and woes of our race. Recognizing in the
, most degraded spDimen of Humanity, divine
spark which should be reverently cherished, nos
ruthlessly trodden 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
devotee of no sect, we would fain be the inter
prefer 10 each other of mems better impulses and
aspirations, the harbinger of general concord be-
tween Labor and Capital, and among those whom
circumstances or misrepresentation have thrown
= into unnatural antagOnism. A contemporary once
observed that he never knew hard, grasping,
nigcardly employer who did not hate the Tn
bune, nor Il genuine, large-Souled, kindly one,
willing TO i've and let live, who did not ike L.
> We ask no higher praise, no warmer atsestatiou.
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 eopiesg
Total, 23O,sOO copies. That Of the SEMI
, Weekly and Weekly, We believe to be exceeded
by no other newspaper published in the WoFidJ
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 AR
more lucrative; but of our patronage genefAliy
= we have no reason, no wish 20 complain.
, OF late, a concerted effort has been made 10
ence of the Postmasters, some Of whom embark
in il eagerly, others under Political eonstraintT
while large number, we are happy, for Che sake
of Human Nature, to state, refuse 70 be dragoon-
ed into II at all. Still, we have been made %
feel the heavy hand Of Power, and have doubt
less lost thousands Of subscribers in consequences.
Pretexts 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 beea
schooIed BY rival jOurhals-HeVsrAl ef them hy-
ing on their self proclaimed ability 10 serve a. an
antidote to the Tribuno-as to their political
duty 70 promote at our expense the dissemination
Of gazettes of adverse politics. We shall outlive
this warfare, but We do not affect indifference 70
it. In the open field Of discussion, We fear moth.
ing; but in the tens Of thousands Of rural
neighborhoods where 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 a. our subscrip-
tons for this year expire. We appeal, therefore.
to the hearty, faithful, fearless advocates Of Free
b Labor and Free Soil throughout land to take
care that this Official warfare on our circalatioa
{ be not prosecuted without countersetioE, Ne
employ no travelling agents, for We viii not ec1-
J. sent to have the public harassed with the Doic-
e tations Of strangers in our behalf We strike The
= name of each subscriber to our w eekly or SEMI
Weekly from our books 50 soon ss his term hes
expired, for We will not haunt eur patrons vita
duns for arrears which they may say they never