White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-09-09
nm NEE FORK TRIBUKE--1ss7-s.

1yeditioa was commenced in September of the
same year; its Semi Weekly in May, 1875
TWAS the first daily in America to issue dou.
BILE Or eight-page sheet at low price, and Il has
kept At least even with the foremost ofits rivals
In the rapid expansion Of Newspaper enterprise
which the great extension of Railroads, and the
establishment Of the Telegraph system have
croWdedinto these last sixteen sventful years
No larger journal Is afforded st 80 low price In
any quarter Of the world; none in America, no
matter at what price Issued, pays an eq1ai
amoants weekly or monthly, for intellectual IA
Dor. Il employs correspondents regularly In tne
leading capitals Of Europe, and at the most I'm.
pertant points on this continent, with hoerSi
staff Of writer's and reporters at home, fegaraing
full, early and accurate Information as the hrst
object of Newspaper, and the timely and
thorough calculation thereof as the chief end OF
lie Editorials. In that spirit, the Tribune has
been and viii be conducted, extending and per-
feeling its correspondence 50 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
fnls We shall very soon, at heavy cost to our
selves, and, We trust, corresponding advantage
% eur readers, publish each morning 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 good atlas beside him and his daily pa
per on his Preside table, the American farmer or
aFtizan 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,
viii 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 unfreqaent, Semi Weekly, or
even q Weekly paper may seem sufficient.
THE TRIBUNE deals with questions of Pc.
nhcal Economy, Public Policy, Ethics, Material
Progress, and whatever may affect the Intellec-
FuAl. Moral, Social and Physical ell-being Of
mankind dogmatic Theology alone excepted.
Its leading idea is the honoring Of honest, useful
Work in whatever sphere or capacity, and the
consequent elevation Of the LaboriRg Class in
knowledge, virtue and general esteem. II 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
eurtailed, it favors the policy of sustaining and
-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 Of
their transfer. Regarding Fillibusterism in all
its phases, and every form and device of Ma
tional coyetousness, with unqualified adherence
e. 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
countTymen from projects of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
sbroad to enterprises Of development and benef-
csnce 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 not yet irlydistributed, and thatno 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 coun-
terTail the dictates of eternal Morality nor war
Gpoa 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 barbarism and universal sqaalor.
With profound consciousness that idlers, drunk
ards, libertines and prohigates can never be 9th
eH Gin the m lin) than needy and Wretehed, ii
bears alof she great truth That Prevention is bet
ter than PuniShmont-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 EducatiUn--1 -iigr
1ous, Moral and Industrial as well as Intellectu-
al-is the mostcife5tiYe temporal antidOte to the
errors and woes Of our race. Recognizing in the
most degraded specimen of Humanity, divine
spark which should he reverently cherished, not
ruthlessly trodden out, we have charity for all
forfnOf 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 <e each other of mems better impulses and
aspirations, tbe harbinger of general concord be-
tween Labor and Capital, and among those whom
circumstances or misapprehensions have thrown
into unnatural antGgonism. A Contemporary once
observed that he never knew hard, grasping,
niggardly employer Who did not hate the Tri-
bune, nor genuine, large souled, kindly one,
wiling 10 live and let live, who did not like it.
We ask no higher praise, no warmer attastation.
The circulation Of the Tribune is at this time
Is follows: Daily, $4,000 copies; Weekly,
ITe, 500 copies; Semi-Weekly, 49, 900 cop
ies; California and European, 5000 copies;
Total. 230,s00 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
onr contemporaries. Had our hostility TO Human
Slavery and the Liquor Traffic been more guar
dsd 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 70 complain.
OF late, concerted effort has been made to |
Q1mlniSn our rural circuiouOn through the ln1u- |
eRcs Of the Postmasters, some of whom embark |
init eagerly, others under Political constraint;
while q 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 |
less lost thousands of subscribersin consequence.
Pretexts 10 which no individual in his private |
capacity would have stooped,- have been relied
On 10 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 iournals-several eff them liY- |
ing on their sefproelaimeda ability 10 serve as an
antidote to the Tribune-as to their political
duty 70 promote at our expense the dissemination
Of gaxettes of adverse politics. We shall outlive
this warfare, but We do not affect indifference to
ito In the open field of discussion, we fear moth
lngs but in the tens Of thousands of rural |
neighborhoods Wherc 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- |
tons for this year expire. We appeal, therefore,
70 the hearty, faithful fearless advocates of Free
labor and Free Sell throughout the land to take |
care that this Official warfare on our circulation
b. not prosecuted without counteraction. We
employ no travelling agents, for we will not con-
sent 70 have the public harassed with the solicit
tations Of strangers in our behalf We strike the |
name Of each subscriber to our Weekly or Semi
Weekly from our books so soon as his term has |
expired, for we will not haunt eur patrons with |
duns for arrears which they may say they never