Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-12-23
1870 PROSPECTUS 1870
OF THk
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Thc Great Radical Republican Organ
and the Leading Newspaper
OF the West.
Cheapest and Best Family Paper in the Land.
Published Dali Tr. Weekly and Weekly.

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THR HCAGo TRB ~ IL emphaticslly the peonle,s
Advocate, II Is opposed TO monopulies rings and
combinations Of all kinds II has no interest or
anances art from those Of the gr at public TO Who's,
friendship and patronage il Is ind bled for the mer
ure prosperity II enjoys, distinguishing chara,'.
teristlc OF The GHlcaGu Tribune Is, that II always
noidly takes the INITIATIVE on important public nles
toDs, ana waits for time and reflection among the
people 10 prove that II is right
IN ISSUES.
II seems to be morally certain that with the EXITING
uon OF slavery aud It's adjuncts, an. he ratification
OF me Fifteenth Amendment, questions relating to
the Public Debt, Tax ton aud The Currency viii he
ruling aud governing issues upon which The country
WI be divided. II Is proper, therefor 10 Indicate
lhe views Of those questions which which The TRrB
uNR VII maintain and defend. 1t holds
!, mat an rredeemable and fuctuating currency
Is the most expensive, injurious and Oppressive form
OF circulating medium Tor all clases OF people except
ing only the specu ators and stock gamblers
ihat the credit Of the nation is Its most vain
able possession and that the efforts of the government
should be constantly directed to the Improvement Of
s credit to the end thar its bonded debt may he re-
funded at a lowe rate Of Interest
D. mat WIN the restoration Of the public credit
the business OF banking should be made frpr snbiac,
TO the safeguards hich are now nr ,,,a,, bo - - ~,
reseribed by law. "
a. That all taxes imposed upon The pecple he al.
usled sole with view to the raising of revenue for
the government, and that there should be materia,
ana speedy reduction in the existing rate OF taxation
bo'h under the eternal revenue and tariff systems.
As A NEWSp j Err
me FHnrfE claims pre-emjB6nce d,ao8o Irfst
"a" Journals. 1t eNpends more money for news
man an other publication Nest of New York II
maintains corps of correspondents ana snocial
reporters equal in numbers aud itttHgec TO those Of
any New York paper, and by a liberal use Of the
telegraph It Is enabled TO bling before Western read
erS all The news OF the day lcal, comercial. and
ihlScei,aheous-tloo ddyS cartier than any Eastern
journal
is MARKET REPORTS
Are unusually full and minute The great com,por
eal staples OF the West, which are of cspecisl iptpr
est and Importance to its readers and which In Tost
ern papers, are necessarily limited or omitted pto
gcther aremnutely considered and the esernifarmer
trader gains this Information from Chicago to
earlier than he can get from an Eastern paper even
If he finds 1t there ut all The telegrrDh market
reports Of THE THCuHE embrace everV comerria 4
centre OF Europe and the United states which can
have an Influence upon West, IN produce trade or
industry Its report Of the cattle markets of hcaoo
and the principal Eastern cities prcperod with the
utmost care By zeal reporters OF long experience
and training, In its
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTING T
EIWEEKH TRIBUNE wi have the services Of is
well known correspondent " ural and win in ad
dition contain weekly summary OF agricultural in
telligeuce relating the latest and most approyed
methods Of cultivation, nd all the SC snti6c + search
and practical experiments whose results are of value
to agricultural sortcural, and stock raising com.
muny living upon the rich prairie lands If the est
NE FEATURES.
On the LIST of January next, several iRDo,fant
chda0eS and improvements VIII be made In the pub.
lication If lHE WEaKLY CmGa Go TARUNg Increased
attention viii be give to its iteidt.y and d1yec,,L
tuyH departments he news of the week both
local aud general viii be carefully rewritten and
condensed down to the hour OF going To press and
each number viii contai original editorial and liter.
AIRY matter hich viii appear in Their edition of
1Mt ThNUNE. Ii Is the determination Of the publish.
ere to make 1t second TO no journal in the Unite
States as family paper, and in order 70 place it
thin he reach OF ever, Farmer, Nechoic, Business
Man and Family in the West, have made the fol-
lowing extraordinarily low schedule of prices for ns
which considering The size OF The sheet and the
amount Of reading matter that contains makes 1HE
TRlBUNG the cheapest paper in he United states.
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