, 1869-12-24

1t teems to be morally certain that, With tho e1-
Hncs1on Of slavery and ts adtuncts, snd the zat,-
ocatiun Of the Fifteenth Amendment, ques1tons
relating TO the Public Debt, Taxation, And the
Cufreucy Will be the ruling and governing issues
upon which tho country Will be divided It Ia
proper, therefore, to Indicate the vtew1 Of those
questions which TIL TRIBUNE will maintain and
defend. 1t holds
!. Tnst An inedeeuable and nuctuAttug currency
Il the most expenA1o, Injurious, and iop?ress!Ee
form Of circulating medlum for Als classes OF
people, excepting only the specu]atoss aud stock
gamblerh
T. 1hat the credit Of the n1uon IL its noet
valuabc possession, and that tho enotts Of the
government should b. constantly directed 70 tho
improvement Of i'll credit, TO the end thas ita
bonded debt may be refunded II lower rate Of
interest,"
J. Thkt, With the restoration Of the public credit,
the business Of banking shou1d be made flee, sub
ject to the sa1eguArds which arc noK Of may hero
After be prescribed bJ law.
4 That all taxes lmpoaed upon the people
should be adjusted solely with new to the rails
Ing Of revenue for the RoyernH1ent and that there
should be 4 material and speedy reduction In the
existing rate Of taxation, both under tho internal
revenue and the tartn systema
AS a NEWSPAPER
THE TH1BTNE claims rFt-emfnsnct among Ftsttr7s
journdl4. 1t eIpeods more money for news than
any other publication west Of New YORK. 1t
matn'atns corps Of correspondents and special
rrortrs equal In number and intelligence 10 those
OF any New York paper, and, BY liberal use Of
the telegraph, It .senAnled 10 bring before Test-
eEn readers ali the news Of the day-pontcal,
commercial and nlEcellan cou&-tro tdys earlier
than any Eastern Journal.
ITS MARKET REPORTS
Are unusually fult and minute. The great cotu-
nerc1a1 ktaplcd Of the West which are OF especial
Interest and importance to tts readers, and which,
In Eastern papefE, are Necessarily limited or
omitted altogether, are INFINITELY tonl1dered, and
The Western farmer or trader ga1rts this infornA-
uou from Chlcagn TWO days earlier than he can
get It from an Eastern paper, eyen Il be nnds 1t
there II all The telegraph market reports OF THx
TRIBUNE embrace eEe1y commercial centze 0! Eu-
rope and the United States which can hare ar
influence upon Western produce, tzR4ie, or indus
TT. 1a reports ot the eaftfe n.aFkfts OF Chicago
and the principal Eastern cities are prepared with
the utmost cast, by special 1epoftets Of long ex-
per1enee AID training. In its
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT
TIE WEEKLY TRIBUNE will hare the services OF
rs weiknown correspondent, RurN4 :" and viii,
In addition, contain weekly sumu,2.T OF agr1cul-
susai intelligence, relating to the latest md most
approved methods OF cultivation, and ali the &c-
fcEula arr Of value 10 An Agricultural hottlcolior-
H. and ssock. Falsing community living upon the
rich prairie lands Of the y est.
NEW FEATURES.
On the lit Of Ja1ua1J next several iMpoFtaat
changes aud Improvements will be made II
the publication Of THE WEEKLY CHICAGO
TRBrSE Increased attention will be
given to III literary and agricultural
departments. The n<r. ~ The rr<f, both local and
general viii be carefully rewritten and condensed
down to the hour OF going to press, and each
number viii coltaiu original editorial and literary
tca.ter which VII appear IN no other edition OF
ruI TRI1CHI. It Is the determination Of the
publisher to make 1t second to no jossnal IN the
Cpitcd States al a family paper, and in order 70
place It within the reach Of every Farmer. Me-
ehanic, Business Map, md Family IN the West,
1e have made the following e1traordtnalJ low
schedule Of pr:ceA fol Clubs, which, considering
the size OF the sheet md the amount Of uatter It
contains, makes The TK1srAK the cheApest paper
In The United S1a1ex
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