, 1870-01-05
1870 PROSPECTUS 1870
OF THE
CHICAGO tribune
Published DnilY, Tri.Weekly & Weekly,
The Great Radical Republican Or
gan and the Leading. News
paper Of The West.
The Cheapest and Best Fam.
lily Paper in the Land.

The CH!cAdo TRIBCTE IL einrh6t.caLy the Pc0-
rac,s .adyocntc. It IS oppescdto mynoEo!1es,
rtnea, .ad swnd!tng combinations Of MI Kinds.
It has no interests or alliances apart f:om those
OF the great pablo To @hose friendship and pa-
tronngc II g Indebted for the measure Of pros
pertt5 1t enjoys. 4 distinguishing Characteristic
Of TUE CHICAGO TRLDCfE ls ta7t It always boldly
takcs the INITIATIVE On iuFcrtsnt Public 1ces-
11ou8 and wsIra tor time and rejection among the
people 10 rroyc TINT 1t is right.
THE ISSUE ES-
1t e.ems 10 lie mefally certain thst, with the ex-
ttnctou Of slavery and it, 6djuncts, and the rat-
ncatlon OF The Fifteenth Amendment, questions
relating TO the Public Debt, Taxation. and the
Currency will be tho ruling and governing issues
Cpou which the coautry Will he diT:ded. 1t IL
proper therefore, to Indicate the T!ewso those
quesuouB which TuH TRlDCSB WILL maintain and
defend. II holds ...... .......
!. That An !rredeemable and tuctuating currency
Is the 11ost expensive, tuju1ssa, and .orpze.s!vc
form OF circulating medium for all cla7ses OF
people, excepting only the sEecuiators aud sfoe1
gambler1
2. That the credit OF tbs nation Is Its mos1
valuable possession, and that the enorts or fao
government Rnou}d be constantly directed 10 the
Improvement OF its credit, to the end that its
bonded debt may be refunded at lower rato Of
interest. ..-.....-.
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the BUSINESS Of oznk!ug soult lie made tree, sub
Ject 10 the safeguards Which n1e ncw OF mag here
after be prescribed bJ law.
4. Tint all taxes imposed upon the people
should Be adjusted solely with y1eT to the rais-
lpg Of revenue for tho government, ami that there
should be material and speedy reduction IN tho
existing .atc D! ta1at1oD, both InGt. lie lIta.aal
.cye.ce acd .2e r:lri6 systeEs-
As 4 NEWSPAPER
n, TINA
;vp.,arS. II expe1ds more necey tcr news than
any che. publication YES: OF ScT :osk. II
p.atpiy!Eg u corps OF correspondents Anc special
Yelrrtre cG1. IL number an1 intelligence 10 taoss
6! az: New YczK pape:, and, hy Ibesa. ase
the tcte graph, It Il eEao:ed 10 bring before Vest
cru reaiers all tho news Ct tho cay-7on:1cal,
commercial, aud mitcellnneous-t@o t1Hs ea'heT
tnuu arr EaafcEu .rU.ras.
ITS MARKET REPORTS
A.c UNUSUALLY tull and n:aute. The H:c-s com
ne,c1.! staples OF the Wcst, 1h!ca are Of e:recta
1nseYe.1 AID Importance - It's readers a1t "a'en,
n Es.tcrp psrar1, are necessarily nfn!'ea or
puitteu altogether, arc Ea1nte!y consl:iere1, an1
the Western !ar1et or trader galns this lniorna.
.loo from Chicago tTo daJs earlier than ae csa
get It from an Eastern papeE, even ne nnaa II
there at all. The tsltJYal market rep2Eta Of TIA
TR1HCRg embrace ever commercial ceatTe Of Eu-
rome and the United States which can h2Sa any
influence r7on Western rrodcce, Fade, OF 1ndcs.
trY, It's reports Of the en:k 7naTttts or chicago
and The principal Eastern cities are prepared "lta
the utuoat carc, b; special reporters Of lon1 e1.
re.ience and t1aintEg. n It's -
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT
TuR WEEKLY TRIBUNE vi! haze The sersicea os
rs ye1l.Saorn correspondent, "R1ral, end Will,
II a.d.t!oc, contain weekly Summary OF asreul'
t1ral intelligence relating 10 the a:ebt a7d Eos'
approved methods o. eul:!1atlon. hnd Al Inc Sci
e11.nc resea.cn and pr7ot,ca, experiment, Those
results are Of valEc 10 II agricultural. hctic0ltcS
al, acc s.ocK..asing community uEtcE cfc2 me
rich prairie larts Of the west
NEW FEATURES
On the Is: OF January Ee1t. 6eFe1hs :"I:Fssi!'
caanc.x ard Improvements VII he nsae L
ne publication Of TIE WEEKLY cE!eA5s
TrrrrNE Increased attention wul os
giveu 10 III literary md a7-e':4d
Jt,sr:nen:s The n4r. e. the "ert, ho;h local aae
general, Will be carefully rewritten and concseses
down 10 tho ho1. Of going 70 rFess> 300 e:'cn
nu,aber viii contain or7g1ra editorial ana Ate1a'
| matter wh! ch Will appear IN no osner ed1Aoa =
rH1 TR1s, xR. Il B the determination OF th'
nrhlt.hers TO raa1e II etcord 10 no journal ID tn
t-r,,cd Sr1.es o. family 11rf:, and In order Il
| p;sce II within tie rcsch Of every FarEer, Ne
| chaa!c, l3uEne7s Man, and Family IN the West
| We have made the following estraeEd!naEJ lo7
| schedule OF p1:eeA for clabs which, coasfder1nI
the slzn Q! ,se sheet ats the a1noaat Of matter
| contain 8, Ea1es TIE TN1BCAE the caeapess pape
tn &Et Upited S:asea
| sEyC FOR i SPECIMEN ccPf.