White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-03-11
THE NEW YORK TRIBUKE--lSS7aS.

THE TRIBUNE was first Issued as Dsl-
j IN on the 10Th OF April, 1871. Its w eek
" edition vas commenced in September Of the
same year; its Semi eekiy in May io4S.-
Il was the first daily in America to issue a9u-
bic or eight-page sheet at low price, anu !. nI1
kept at least even with the foremost OF Us
I IN he rapid EXPANSION Of Newspaper enterprise
which the great extension Of Railroads, and the
establishment Of the Telegraph system have
crowded into those last sixteen oyentfnl years
No larger journals afforded at so low price IN
anv Quarter of the world; none in Americas no
matter AZ what price Issued, pays an equai
amount, weekly or monthly, for intellectual "a
Dor. It employs correspondents regularly IN me
leading capitals Of Europe, and at the most I'M
portant points on this continent, with lioerAi
staff of writer's and reporters at home, regarslng
full. early and accurate information as the hrst
object of Newspaper, and the timely ana
thorough calculation thereof as the chief end OF
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 viii Justify the expense. Should
the current attempt to connect the Old with the
New World by the magnetic wire prove saccess-
full, we shall very soon, at a heavy cost 70 ouf-
selves, and, we trust, corresponding advantage
70 our readers, publish each morning synopsis
of the preceding DAYS occurrences througbent
Europe, Northern Africa and Western Asia, with
regular reports of the markets, the monetary as
poets and harvest prospects of hither Europe
With good atlas beside him and his daily pa
per ON his freside table, the American farmer or
artizan within a days ride Of the city NAV then
study each evening the dOings Of the civilized
world throughout the day preceding; and 1t
seems hardly possible that any who can read,
but especially one who has children to educate,
will longer deny himself the pleasure and profit
I Of Iaf1 iot1rral he - trua a.
ably of those who live further inland; though,
where mails are unfrequent, Semi Weekly, or
even Weekly paper NAV seem sufficient.
THE TRIBUNE deals with questions of POI
liucal Economy, Public Policy, Ethics, Material
Progress, and whatever NAV affect the IntellsS-
tual, Moral, Social and Physical well-being OF
mankind, dogmatie Theology alone excepted
Its leading idea is the hOnoring Of honest, useful
Work in whatever sphere or capacity, and the
consequent elevation of the LaborinS Glass in
knowledge, virtue and general esteem. 1t is
necessarily hostile to Slavery under all its as .
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
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 a discriminating
! lAFlu-d pDliCN NuiNu ttuu. W iuIEUAoC thO
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 cOvetOusneSs, with unqualified adherence
as the bane of Republics, and in their triumph
the grave of Equal Human Rights, we seslp by
every means to WOO and win the attention of our
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abroad to enterprises OF development and benef-
cence athOme, foremost among which we rank a
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 vet fairly distributed and that no one
ready to work should ever finnish in unwilling
idleness, it lends an open ear to every suggsS
ton of Social improvement which does not couD-
tervaiI 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 mankind into the chaos
and night of harbarism and universal squalOB.
With profound consciousness that idlers, drunk
ards, libertines and proAigates can never be 9th
/ err lin the miiRl than needy and wretehed, it
bears alOft the great truth that Prevention is bet
ter than Punishment-that the child trained up
in the way he should 90, will rarely in after
years desert that way for the thorny paths of
z
ious, Moral and Industrial as well as Intelectu-
tal-is the mosteffeetiye 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
ruthessly trOdden out, we have charity for all
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
deyOtee of no sect, We would fain be the inter
aspirations, the harbinger of general concord be-
tween Labor and Capital, and among those whom
circumstances or misapprehensiOns have thrown
into unnatural anita gonism. A contemporary once
observed that he never knew a hard, grasping,
niggarIly employer who did not hate the Tn
buue, nor genuine, large-soHIed, kindly one,
willing to 1--we and let live, who did not like it.
We ask no higher praise, no warmer attastation.
The circulation of the Tribuneis at this time
as follows: Daily, $4,000 copies; Weekly,
1I6.SOO copies; Semi Weekly, ZOO cop
les; California and European, 5000 copies;
Total. $50. 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 md the Liquor Traffic been more guar-
ded and polite, our Daily issues would now be
some thousands iisayier, and our advertising far
more lucrative; but % our patronage generally
we have no reason, no wish 20 complain.
OF late, a concerted effort ras been made to
diminish our rural circulation thro ugh the inhu-
ence Of the Postmasters, some Of whom embark
in it eagerly, others under Political constraint;
while large number, we are happy, for tue sake
of Human Nature, to state, refuse to be drago
ed into it at all. Still, we have been made 10
feel the heavy hand of Power, and have doubt
less lost thousaudsof subscribers in consequence.
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 rightfnl owners,
and their retention in the Post Office till their
value was destroyed. Post Masters have been
sehoOled by riEal journals--seFeral eff them liv-
ing on their proclaimed ability to serve as an
antidOte 10 the Tribune-as 10 their political
duty to promote at our expense the dissemination
Of gazettes Of adverse politics. We shall outlve
this warfare, but we do not affect Indifference 70
it. In the openfeld of discussion, I'VE fear moth
ing; but in the tens of thousands of rural
ighborhoods 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 20 lose more as our subscrip-
tons for this year expire. We appeal ,therefore;
to the hearty, faithfu, fearless adTocatesof Free
Labor and Free Sail throughout theland to take
care that this Official warfare on our circulation
be not prosecuted hSithout CONFEDERATION. We
employ no travelliRg agents, for we will not con-
sent to have the public harassed with the solicit
tations Of strangers in our behalf We strike the
name Of each subscriber 20 our Weekly or SEMI
Weekly from our books 50 soon as his term has