, 1870-02-18
FHE CHICAGO TRIBUNE{
THE UHlUAGU IHlBUM 81
1870 PROSPECTUS 1870
OF TH
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Published Daily, rri.KttklI / Weekly.
The Great Radical Republican Or
Kan aadth Leading News
paper Of tho Vest.
The Cheapest and Best Fam"
lily Paper in the Land.

Tm culcAao TxnrrE u enpnAucallysns Feos
p1e'a Advocate. It opposed 70 menopo!lss,
rtnz1, And sHtndNnz combinations Of all lindk-
II has 10 tntereatz OF Alliances apart from taose
Of The great pubic 10 whose Htendahip and pa.
szon2ze i.A INDEBTED for tna measure Of ptos.
party II en}oTL a distinguishing Characteristic
OF TEE CHICAGO TRIBUNE u, that II AlwAJs Boldly
:akes the N1r1Ar1T1 on Important public Ques-
tons, nd uaita fer tine aud reelection among s4e
people 70 prove that It u right.
THE ISSUES.
II seena to b4 norally certain that with tne ex.
uac.tou Of slavery ard II adtuIctA 4a6 the ratt.
dcauuu Of the Fifteenth Amendment qoe4ttorQ
.e!AdnK TO tho Public Debt, TAIadon, and tEe
Currency will he the fu!tr9 AID governing issues
upon which tha coqnuy viii be divided. I'LL
proper, therefore, 10 indicate the ytews those
question: which TEN THuur1 Will maintain and
defend II holds
l. Tint an :Tedeeuah.t and nuctuau1g currency
in the nost e1ptnkive, luJurto1s, ard Oppressive
form Of circulating medium for Al clAas&s Of
peepla, excepting ouly tho speculstors aud rock
gamblers.
+ Tnss TIE credit Of the EATON u III n1nst
TAlcab!e possaaalo1, and that tho eoo1ta o1 the
Eoyefur1eut enoold Be constantly d.tccted 10 tue
Improvement Of II credit to the end that IL
borded deht NAY be Tet11aed u A1owtr rate OF
Interest,"
., Tnsi win ths restoration Of tho paarc credit
the bnnrezs Of banking should b u.ace free, zoo.
ject 70 tho kafeguards which now Or nay hero.
aftss be prescribed b. law.
4. That Al taxes tmposed upon the peop.s
should b adtosted solely WITH NAV 70 tie rails
Ing OF rereuus fot tho government, and t1at toern
lhouid ba a u2ate11al and speedy redrction in the
existing fata Of ts1nuor. both undet The insefuhl
Eeyenrs ane &ne tA11n sJssemA
AS 4 NEWSPAPER
TIL T1mrxa cla,na prt-tmtnenee a'aon9 Tssssr@
Journal. 1t etpencs moro mcreJ tc< ndNs tnaa
any Other publication west Of New II
maln.AlrA 4 toEps Of ecrrs*po~den4 and EpecsA
Fepc7tess equ1i IN rumoez ard Intelligence those
Of any New YORK paper, and. b. liberal use Of
Tho teic Fraph, 1t u enabled TO bring oefofe tdt.
crn lteadeEs al the news Of tho day-polttcal
commercial, and nlsceHareo1z-sssa Ea1t esse$eF
shan any Eastezu journal
IT'S MARKET REPORTS
Are unusually full acd n!n1;e The crest CON
mesc.M stAplea Of the West, which arc Of especial
interest a1d importance 10 IL feadese, and which,
tn Est.c:u p2pe1, arc necessarily uIusted OF
omitted altogether, ere r:!uatey cons!de1td, aad
the Western fArEe1 or tr1-ies gstrs tt!s tlosu1a.
uon from Chicago two days earlier than be can
set Il f1o1 an Raatelu paper, eVen u he fnds II
there a. al TIE E.e2raTA E4xrSet reports Gi Til
TRipcEK embrace every commercial centre Of Eu"
rope and the C1uted Staies Ehlct car have AM
poutnce upon Western prod1ce, usde, Of Indus.
tr1, IL te2oIts or the eas.k maylx.a at Chicago
nud the p.1rc.pa. Eastern c1ieH arc prepared viii
the 1tnost care, bJ Rpec.A repcttell oi long CT.
re11eace ard training. In !N
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT
| TUE wkxxLr TR1BrKa viii have tne seEv1ces af
!ts xell.knowa correspondent ku1sl. and VIII
In addition, contain weekly summary Of a2r.cul'
tursl intelligence, relating 10 tho latest and moz
I approves. methods Of roiuT1uon. And al the ec1
| eaa1e research nd practical experiments Waost
results afe Of ya.ze 10 an agricultural, ho1icatns
! ii, md s;oek-fa.airS community lEtug upon ~
! rich prairie l1nds Of the y ess.
NEW FEATCRRa
On the 1T Of January several important eAanat
| ana improvements wcsc Eada IN the pohacaucl
a TEE NKr1LY CHICAGO THiBcfz. Ii
| creased attention has been given 70 II
li,er4s7 and agricultural departments TIL
MRS II ii. Ehtk. both local and SCI
eral, viii be carefully rewritten a1d coodeoset
down 70 the hout Of Ro,nz to press ard eacl
numoar vii contain original editorial aEd utesa5.
matter which viii appear In no other edIuon 0
rnx TRBEHk. It u the determination Of N
publishers 70 make Il seecnd to no Journal In thI
1 Cnlted St8tas a. 4 yo.atIy paPs<. and IN order
place II within the sesct Of every FasEef, Nc
cnan!c, Bual1esa Mar, ana FaDnJ IN the Nesf
| ~ have made .he following e1Esofdicaff !os
schedule Of pEtees for cluoes which, coh4ldeF1n
the s,fe Of the sheet ard tie AMOUNT Of matter
coztslu1, nakeB TIE T2tnCsH the cheapest psps
Ii tae United Ssate4 ..-
Il BEND FOR 4 !sFECfHKT cofF.