The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-01-14
1875. PROSPECTUS 1875.
OF THE
CHICAGO TRIBUNE.
The Leading Newspaper of
the West. ~'':: -
Daily, Tri.Weekly, and Weekly.


The CHICAGO TRIBUNE, under the guild.
| ance OF it's former editor, has resumed ite
old position at the head of Republican
journals, and will do battle in the future fol-
the true principles of free government, and
for purified and honest administration Of
National, State, and Municipal affairs.
While giving to the Republican party q
cordial and earnest support in all wise
measures and to all fit candidates. THE Tai.
BUNE will never be the organ Of any indi.
vidual, faction, or ism, nor will it cease to
combat oppressive monopolies or fail to ex.
pose and denounce all corrupt schemes for
plundering the Treasury or the people. II
will wage perpetual war on lobby rings who
prowl around the halls of legislation in
quest of spoil. ~
THE RECENT ELECTIONS.
The recent elections, while inficting tenn.
porary defeat on the Republican party, have
done great good in sweeping away hnatical
and side issues which embarrassed its free
dom of action, and in crushing out those
baneful and corrupting influences known az
"Butlerisms," which: poisoned the channels
of the public life. Purified, as by fire, of
the evil things which had infested it's gar
ments, the Republican party will enter up
on the tremendous struggle of 1876 with
renewed vigor for the possession of the
government and the shaping of the policy
OF the ration when it enters upon the Sec
ond century of its existence.
PER1Ls OF THE FUTURE.
The Democratic leaders, misinterpretinp
the real causes of their triumph, are pro-
claiming the result reaction" Of the pop
ular mind against the principles of the Re
publican party, and an indorsement of the
fundamental doctrines of the Democratic
party, which means Estate Sovereiguty,H
and all that expression includes. When
that party obtains possession ofthe Govern
ment, under the resumed leadership of
their Southern right wing, steps will surely
pc taken in Congress to refund the Cotton
War Tax from the Federal Treasury, prin.
cipal and interest amounting to 500, OO0, 900
or more. - A bill will be passed to compent
safe the Democratic rebels for losses md
damages sustained by them while, resisting
the Union armies and upholding the y, ..soy4
eign" State right Of secession. And lastly
will come a demand for; the value of the
emancipated slaves, who, under the -docl
trine of State Sovereignty, are. alleged to
have been unconstitutionally liberated in
the mean time what win become Of the
rights and freedom of the colored race thus
placed under the absolute: CONTROL Of their
old masters 2 Against those perils to the
future peace and welfare of the country. all
true Republicans must present solid front
against the danger: ~.@ !
THE TR1BUNE's PLATFORM.
The CHICAGO TR1BuNEs position on
the leading measures now before the coun-
try may be condensed into the following
ennuciations !
AS Agriculture is the basis of National
wealth, whatever policy benefits that great
interest promotes the prosperity Of the
whole country. The cost of transportation
of Western farm products to foreign mar
kets consumes half the selling value, and
the high duties levied to subsidize special
interests doubles the retail price of the goods
received in exchange for the crops,-thus
bleeding and burdening the farmer until
ne staggers from weakness under the weight
OF the load. Hence the chief cause of hard
times among farmers. -
TARIFF AND TRANSPORTATION CHARGES.
The TRIBUNE will advocate the adop.
ton of such measures as will cheapentrans-
portation and reduce the taxes on goods
The ightest tariff which will provide the
Government with necessary funds to carry
It on and maintain its credit should. only
be imposed on imports, and the i national
highways should be improved to create d
stranger competition with the railroad mo-
.nopolies, which. will compelt them to. lower
their tariff. of charges. ;st,4:7-<<:ii y Il !
REDUCTION OF sfArEANDLocALT TAXATION,
The utmost reduction of all direct taxes
must be ,insistedupon by the people, With.
IN few years county,. :township,c and tnu!
nicipal taxation has enormously increased;
and become: almost beyond endurance;
throughout the Western States. Steps
must be taken to retrench these expenditures
as we'll as those Of the National Govern
ment, and choke down the Unsuitable greed
of the local tax eaters, before all the sur
plus earnings of the industrious classes are
confiscated by those tax-devourers.
THE CURRENCY.
Plenty Of currency for all the legitimate
wants of the country, with elasticity as to
quality, and stability as to value by convert
Utility into coin. An end should be put to-
the continual fluctuations in the value of
the currency, which inf1icts incalculable in
jury on industry and enterprise, as it intro
duces an element of doubt and uncertainty
in all transactions, and makes business lit
tie better than gambling. 1t is national
disgrace as well as evil for the monetary
standard of values to be kept in such vacil-
tatlng and changeable condition.
NO REPUTATION.
HE TRIBUNE will sternly combat re-
pudiation Of public obligations in the form
Of watering and debasing the currency or
any other guise it may assume. For every
dollar out Of which the public creditors
may be cheated by any form of currency
delusion. or reputation the people will suf-
fer the loss Of a hundred which will result
from the destruction Of credit that will fall
like blight on State and Municipal Gov
ernments as we'll as on corporations and in
diyiduals. The national credit must be
maintained pure and unsullied,, and, like
Of Cesar s wife, atb>oevve:slspieion.
NO MORE SUBSIDIES OR Bo1Nr1Es. I
Subsidies and bohnties of public lands;
AAOACy3 VI CAcuAt W cuIlcn x8AFOaQ ff0QB,
run steamship companies: or: furnish capi1
tai to other corporations are fragrant abuses
of the powers Of government, and tend to
promote corruption, extra aganee and. peel
ulation:' THE TRIBUNE viii therefore Ind
the future, as in the past fight ali such
schemes of public plumber: =" :. = i
The general character Of The TRIBUNE
is TOO we'll established to need recapitula-
ton. 1t is always independent and fear
less in the expression Of its views. In it's
news department it is second to none in the
United States: The weekly edition eon-
tains carefully prepared summary Of the
news Of the week, brought down to the
hour of going to press. - i
Literary; political, financial, social, and
agricultural topics will constitute, as here
tofore, leading fensures of the weekly edi-!
ton, and no pains will be spared toincrease
its attractiveness in those departments. Its:
market reports are unsurpassed, embracingi
all the information which farmers require
for the intelligent transaction of business, |
both as sellers and buyers.
The WEEKLY TRIBUNE is large eight
page sheet, the same size of the Daily Trib-
une, consisting of ffty-six columns Of close
Imprinted matter, and, as a family news
paper, and in its general makeup, is un-
h. Al