Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1880-06-12
st Louis Times. 1850.

The st Louis TINES enters upon new era.
The history ofits changes is written. Hence
forth /. is to be classed among the live, pro-
gressiye institutions of st. Louis. Its duties
are with the present and future. 1t will visit
its readers VITA purposes and convictions.
Its mission Is not hemmed and hampered by
cliques or cabals. Its place will be in the bet
ter and higher walks Of journalism. The
enemies Of the public veal will find in it lit
tie comfort, the dishonest an enemy. The
toiler will meet in it a helper.
Science and invention have abridged in
calculably the necessities of human toll But
due share of the fruit Of progress is denied
the masses. The problem ofjust distribution
is unsolved. The wise and the strong are
filled to repletion with the good things made
so abundant by the uuutilizeG powers Of
nature. The few reap the harvest, the many
are mere cleaners. The evil is in its nature
cumulative, its tendency and its scope in this
new land scarcely apprehendcd. The journal
which has humanity and discernment has in
this field mission.
The safety Of the people is in the pres
eryation of individual rights and home rule.
The Democratic party stands bulwark
against the advancing wave of monopoly,
Capitalization and class legislation. Its fund
amental principles result from truths which
are philosophical and Of universal application.
The reverses which have followed every de-
clearly demonstrated the value of those
principles and wisdom Of adhering to them.
The year 1880 will be one of sharp political
conflict. Those who shall WELD the ad-
ministrative and executive departments Of the
government are to be again chosen. The is
sues ought to be sharply made on the great
economical questions which endure and al
ways concern a commercial and producing
nation. unfortunately sectionalism will be
obtruted into the contest by
the Republican party to obscure the minds
Of the people and cover the dement's of the
enemies Of the Democracy. In this contest
the TINES will enter with of the aids and all
Of the energies characterizing journalism Of
the day. 1t news facilities, now being organ
lied and extended will rival the best. At the
national capital, and at all the great centers
Of intelligence, no event will escape its vigi.
lent news gatherers.
In nothing sectional shall the South and
West be insulted and slandered without in.
dignant protest. The state Of Missouri, with
imperial resources, and population which
has proven its worth by a progress however
surpassed, will be defencd with the weapon
of truth. The matchless advantages of this
great state have carried it to the fifth place in
the American union although handicapped
by enemies at home and traducers and Sian.
derers abroad. The TIMES hopes to promote
and desires to share the prosperity now so
apparent all over Missouri and in ST. Louis,
its greatest commercial metropolis
Those who desire to read this journal will
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train and upon all the avenues O. travel con-
Meeting with this city. It's delivery in the
city and suburbs is as regular and reliable as
vigilance can make it.
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