New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-04-10

,r;ant political organ ever puolshed IN
mos This was the paper that made MT
nu'i, fame as an able writer ana "aious
'' '.'oion but it. too, disappeared when Inc
y i'nre came into the world. lha' was s'oiS
enough for one man ri rrh,ro ,ros
!" o. cents In 1915 its once was
M. ont. and Mr.. Greeley mourned the loss OIL
.wehstcr's Dictionary" and PAIR oi ooo'S'
tho Same time The Tribune began It's
wv" .s;o,, an slavery the most fondy cherished
'sse.i,or ;,st;tntions In lsi9 The tribune
OIL ,;o, u,o. formed with captai OF slVooVo'
Asso' .Ca,cs al ~ GOO each. being "hcic" i"i
IA 10 the leading men in cach u'p" rnn, tpo
s"remen of the composing ana P ,, Imminent
I%irf clerks and bookkeepeis thc hioS' @
eallo,s. Dana. he who has made
The sun to shine SO n ",iE",H the 'pr
all George Ripley r,v wTi TAYLOR. poet and
ed vIIior ',. oprning up" the houndlcss West
.n,nng the associate editors We're James y ne,
William H. Fry %eo Tnllcr the lifted cssayist
hoplnso ,H ,of, tie paper in 1876 but continued
o. send occas onal letters from Europe ''!i ~,
'Ine Tribune, from It's louhI"'ioh WI 'ne
crno'cr campaign of lS'2-a dark hour IN l'S
r ,",c,E wos an uncNamplcd pccunary and
il''SrnaIistjc success It's influence was ar-Teach-
Inc, and always for good lis progress was
succession OF triumphant achl'N Vii'"'S.. As 81
i.ader of Thought creator OF pubhc OPINION. II
or"r had a rival The eNorbltant prices of
naocr and printing material III ls'V Drought MI
srceev face To face with the alternative OF IN
crcasing the price of The Tribune 10 three cents
80 reducing lis size He decided on the latter
course Twelve years later the price was
raised to three cents. and in 1869 II went 10
four cents the price of white paper making the
increase necessary in order TO save the publishers
fron, pecuniary loss. The circulation was
enormous. but quantity brought practlcalIy no
reduction in the price of materials required. For
decade or more The Tribune. Notwithstanding It's
mall size was sold i'm the streets at a loss Only
is advertisements sustained II. ON April 10,
1856 il was enlarged 10 lis present S,zc. and
had been published for twenty-five YEAR. without
in,ermisson. save on Sundays and the mornings
following Ncw.l ears Day and the Fourth of
july The eNiscncics OF tle war for brief
season constrained Mr.. Greeley to Issue on sun
dav mornings. well as TO intcrmit Two or
three of the semi-annual holidays He WAS very
dad 10 return TO what he REGARDED as the good
old fashion of issuing on six days only per week.
and of taking and giving the scaniY holidays.
Iirht years after his death the theology of the
times underwent a decided change. 80 far as the
mission Of the newspaper was concerned. and IN
fl.p editorial Office the cOmppSlne-loOm ana the
nress-room sundays and HOLIDAYS became n other
DAYS Thereafter nothing on tie earth was per
uitted 10 interfere with the daily publication Of
The Tribune.
give the public the benefit of considerable re-
suction in the price of white paper. lowered The
price Of The Tribune TO three cents
The old building M Nassau and spruce SITS. the
second home of The Tribune. its castle during the
stormy DAYS OF the draft riots of sos was torn
away in 1873. and with TIE removal OF the last
brick on the 3lSt Of May. tho foundations OF the
prcsent structure were begun. description OF
This immense pile would ne supcruous. as no
building in the nitci States. with the exception
Of the National Capitol. is 80 well known The
magicans wand never produced more marvel
conn a
The Tribune of SAL with The Tribune of 500
picture Of the primitive establishment Of forty
nine years ago. IN every detail, ha> alIcadF r'
presented. Look now toward Inc . ial'
sixteen, twcnty-four. and even thlriN-two PAGES
Swinging at the rate of $4,000 copies an hour
from presses that seem endowed with HE ana a
soul see the composn--room. where tie old
fashioned " case" hns hccn supplauled 10y iNpr-
setting machine so intelligent - almost 10 be ahlc
10 read the copy placed before H. See ne
glorious absence of the ComrosiorS dlresl m'iadN
-" pc See the daily happenings Of n nnlNrl So
pouring in by cable telegraph and telephone
within a few seconds Of iheir happening See
all. and wonder at the developments of hall
century
leath-Nr Reid who had been associated with
the paper since 1858, purchasing a contr9lhhI
interest in the stock. and taking entire chaT.e
NJ both the editorial and business departments.
In all its history The Tribune mas
been dominated by but two minds. yet those tWo
the happy faculty Of a>soca'ing VIII
times We summon from the ranks of The
Tribune's army of workers. dead and living.
these names Henry J. RAYMOND. Charles A.
Dana. George Ripley. Bayard TAYLOR. George
William Curtis. Richard IIdrcth. J. Il. &.
Hassard. George w Smallcy. Edward Everett
Hale. Thomas Wentworth Ilgainson. Richard
Grant White Carl Schurz. r II. Stoddard, +: e.
Stedman. Charles Nordhon. Clarence Cook: VIII.
lam Winter Amos r. Cummings. Sidney Howard
GAY. Count Gurowski. Sir J. II. Pulcston William
T. Robinson. Henry Willard. James :. Pike WIZ
lam II. Fry. T. l.. loumaans. spencer + i2lrdi
Townsend Alexander VI Thaycr. DR..
John Wood John Russell Young. 4. d.
y. {. Mecker. Soon Robinson.
Isaac II. Bromley. Henry NJ Stanley, and host
of others.
The Tribune contcmpatcs its past with salts
faction. and entcrans no doubt of It's future.