New-York tribune., 1874-04-13
THE TRIBUYES THIRTY-FOURTH BIRTH
DAY.
rRrUupu OF INTELLECT AND MORALITY.

THE TRIBUNE announces inns morhiug Una,
toav IL enters upOn thlrtyourth year Otlf, au
10 some of its reaiers who have taken IT, read H. ana
paid for It since hrst number was Issued tue al
rnembrances and reflections Every one viii be glad TO
learn that The TRIBUNE Is In PROSPECTUS oonaiuon
because the success OF such journal. which was starter
in the cause Of morality and go0d government ra.neI
than a commercial venture ana mas always oeen nu
TO the purpose OF lts 9rgp, nonenV m t,, ,ri,,, ,i
methods may sometimes have been, is IN truth triumph
OF intellect and uorallty Rather Una" VI sueness
fu as moral agents. must also be successful as bus
ness enterprise us as good man 10 90 goou NUS, W
ia the enjoy OF good health me IhlBUNE Ws7 a. =
double success from the start ana the courage OF s
founder mis- sclf-denvng devotion 70 the duty be hai
imposed upon himself, ana tue lhte.en noa! oT
tested his work. gained for MS 0urna repua-
ton aud q place IN Journalism which no Newspaper ~
the country had ever enoyeI OF mas slHeo I ~,
The time favorable for the unGertakng, anu th'
bodness with which the TRIBUNE advocated the reform
movements which were then spfhglnK lntV @ 49,
attracted to 1t the young vigorous writers VINO NcI
looking FOR outlet for their ideas 80 the new lourna
became sort or hVe In wich an INC Dusy oees
la literature desir0us OF depositng ther money
It became at distinction and reproach 10 1e on
The IRIBUSE stan, ana some Oh tne host pliiiah, !,
lights in American journalism graduated IF"l 1t, and
have Deen proud boast OF their Indebtedness to IT,
Tue first great success o. :1s renowned paper was Ia t
name, which W2S 50 happy an Invention that IL was
immediately copied not only In all parts OF our own
cOuntry hut 10 En- gland and ireland Then the aim az
literary excellence, which had before been con
sdered OF any importance in daily newspaper. ana
which has been the distinguishing characteristic OF THB
TRIBUNE rendered necessary that other papers should
initiate ITS example, and Its lbndenee III hs iespec
upon the character OF tile American press has been OF
In the accomplishment o. the political aims OF The
TRIBUNE II has perhaps, been less successful than IN
improving the general character OF journalism lt was
vehement WING aud Proectlonlst advocate from the
start but Whigism has long been extinct lHE IhlB-
USRs candidates were always defeated and Protection
special meaning now as pohncal uOctIlne.
TIe Iigh tariff under which domestic manufactures
AJrsh Is necessity imposed by the rebellion, just as
rebellion II responsible Tor our paper money ana ior
the abolition OF slavery The TRIBUNE coniesses mat t
pays no dividends to its stocknoIders, and is
not likely to do 80 until ITS % neT building ut 'hf fse
ma gniiicent granite structure which IL now
rising from its massive foundation In Printing House
SQUARE the evidence that be given Of the sub
stutal prosperity OF this great American Journal no
other newspaper publication need be jealous OF Ihs
1RBUNEs success because lts prosperity II only PROOF
the general OF the whole and by studyngs
others may learn how success can be secured IL
is worth while 10 look back 10 the time wnen lHE
TRIBUNE started by It's hopeful young editor on Dor
rowed capital OF $500 aud contrast the condition Of the
NeWYOri press to-day with what IL was then Az tnat
time the only newspapers New York which had pub
ncaton offices Of their Own, tnat Is, that owned The
buildings which they published, we're me COM
nerciH AdrerliSer and The Journal Of Commerce
Among All tue marvellous growths Of the commercial
metropolis there none which surplss or even equAl
that the press. This IS the growth OF great moral
and material power. while the other growtns are mere
multplicatious OF numbers There are more churches,
but they are not powerful there are more schools,
but they exercise influence, aud there are more
theaters but tney lost rather than gained in their
effect upon the public mind IL is significant fact, too.
thAt the Oldest and yet prosperous journ4a5ls 45.
"a Goumgycin NST 1piA dGrerfiscr. The EgeninG Post
and The EIpress, we believe, The, three
patrarchs of tne New-York daily papers, aud their
Continued existence as prosperous Journals shows the
necessity for the afternoon paper which IN reality,
under the present tcegraphic system, enjoys the All
vantage OF anticipating publication of all the essent
tia news which appears next day at greater ength ~
the morning Journals Il is sad TO think OF IT, but OF all
OF duty when THE TRIBUNE started the only one leIt
there l. the venerable editor OF The EceHg Post who is
hale and hearty enough 10 slrvlye another geheraon
A GREAT INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER.
From ne IacI Observer. -fprt IL.
THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE entered upon the
thiry-fourth year Of s LIE yesterday. II h,s under
fury. Ii has led OrOrn hopes and directed the enOrs
OF vast majoriues; II has conquered aJverse clreu
OF all it mas made itself great ndependent ne%s-
paper Horace Greeley VINO founded TIE IklbCN has
passed awayas martyr TO liberty as tAose who
met their doom on blOod-stalned helis. The journal
into which he threw the life OF his ne as Is
present management TIE TRIBUNE ~ an excellent
newspaper. II the stockholders suffer the pubic gam
by its Lavish outlay for news, literature and good writ
lug. In speaking OF itself The TRIBUNE says frankly
that it IS paying no dydends upon s StSek r d45s S
massive structure rising IN Printing House square ~
pp talk and is followed by pretty direc hint to those
buy THE TRIBUNE that IT isnt for sale lhe
company THE TRIBUNE in its independent and upward
course.
WITHOUT AN EQUAL IN THE COUNTRY.
from The Springfield RepsJiiah
TIE TRIBUNE's ThirtyfOurth Birthday is
made the occasion of few confidential statements TO
the public by the editor, impeed thereto by unkndy
insnuendos of rival journals. IT has seen, lie says
an ordinary generation out the great humanitarian ana
pOtical causes t batted for have some succeeded
and all advanced and, although having suffered =
loss ghch can never be repaired. the death Of Its
reyered and hOnOred Ounder yet t has never been
strong and SO prosperous SO there TRIBUNE
stock 70 sell euyious and Outsrpped rivals have al
leged ana II II pays dividends, Is because al theY
must go 70 pay for the massive structure row
rising in PrintIug HOusesquare, whose entire expense
will he threequarters of million dollars Wen; Ihk
TRIBUNE is not nowadays the paper founded by Horace
Greeley" precisely the paper left by Horace greeley
an abiding legacy to his country nut Is uaOe TO DC
extremely interesting, almost any day, and as an In.
strnmcnality for disseminating news, reforming oad
politics and popularzng science, literature and re
IigiOn, there isn't lts equal In the country.
OCCUPYING FIELD NEVER so WELL FILLED
BEFORE.
F,om The " T. Grrphie
TIE TRIBUNE reached Its thlrty-tOurth year
and deserves upon its success
aud prospects It has mad peculiar history, aud has
experienced bufetlngs than befalI most Journals
Rt MISUNDERSTANDING the diosyncrases OF its founder
and the intense personalism with which its columns
ALWAYS brstled il has powerful journal, aud It's
Indnenee In the country has far outrun it, circulation
and financial returns The change Of management III
sequence of Mr. Greeleys death resulted in change
of iTs Character which is a marked Improvement In
some respects and the paper shows its enterprise
ia is extensive and varied correspondence It's fu re
morris of Lectures aud sermons its literary notices its
news In these respects II occupies Held well
filled before and III which II Is achieving deserved rep
utation Its new building, rapidly rising on tne
ste occupied by the Old and familiar structure, will be
an ornament the square and monument OF industry,
perseverance. ana journalistic ability.
THE BEST NEWSPAPER on THE CONTINENT.
IRON, The KiRg,.oa Freeman
We were right glad to read IHE IRBUSE's
editorial announcement Of its thrty-fouTth birthday.
We always sympathze with any person or paper which
IL Der secuted opinion sake aud the OF
their success resisting such raids Is very valuable
indication that the public are daily growing more sensi
Bile OF the worth and rights Of opinion. lt IL certainly
gratifying know that the withheld dividends OF THE
IRIBUSE only withheld because they Invested
fast it's valuable real estate IN Printing
Its business Is constantly growing too
1t claims with what appear TO be substantial grounds
that IL has the largest circulation OF any foucent daily
in Tie metropolis and comes next 70 Ihe Herald IN the
size city circulation All this Is better st because
paper on the cOntnentperhaps We should say In the
world.