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E TRIBUNE FOR 1874. 



A ye&r ago the Editor of THE TRIBUNE 

 promised to make this journal during 1873 a 

 much more valuable and complete newspaper 

 than it had ever been before. Its facilities 

 for the collection and transmission of intelli- 

 gence from all pans of the world had been 

 largely increased; its staff of associate editors, 

 correspondents, and reporters had been 

 Htri-ngtlicucd by the engagement ot some of 

 the ablest men in the profession; and the 

 Kditor was resolved to spare neither pains 

 nor money in the effort to make TOE TRIBUNE 

 the very first newspaper IE the world. 



He points to the achievements of the past 

 twelve mouths with pardonable pride. While 

 Tut; TRIIIUNE has retained all the excellent 

 features that made it such a favorite in former 

 days, it has exhibited an enterprise and acute- 

 ness in its news department which have been 

 the wonder of all its old friends. Remember- 

 ing that the chief function of a daily journal 

 is to give its readers the fullest, the best 

 arranged, the most attractive, and the most 

 readable history of the occurrences of the 

 time, it has devoted its best energies to this 

 business, and its success has been universally 

 recognized and applauded. The year has been 

 fruitful of startling events, and every incident 

 has found in TUE TRIBUNE its promptest, 

 most accurate, and most perfectly equipped 

 historian. A TRIBUNE correspondent was 

 the only civilian who witnessed the 

 surrender of the Virginias, and his pic- 

 turesque description of that transaction, 

 transmitted by telegraph, is the only account 

 the public has yet seen of an incident upon 

 which depended for many weeks the question 

 of peace or war. TIIE TRIBUNE published the 

 only full and exhaustive account by Atlantic 

 leli .-!;,]. h of the terrible Ville du Havre dis- 

 aster, giving all the incidents of that catas- 

 troph* ten days before other journals received 

 them by the slow course of the mails. It dis- 

 tanced all competitors in its thrilling story by 

 cable of the adventures of the Polaris casta- 

 ways. It anticipated every other paper in the 

 country, and even the Government itself, by 

 its graphic narratives of Ouster's battles on 

 the Yellowstone-. The elaborate and deeply 



interesting letters of its special correspondent 

 in the West gave the only complete account 

 of the Farmers' Movement ever pub- 

 lished in an Eastern paper. The 

 reports of THE TRIBUNE presented the 

 important proceedings of the Evangelical Al- 

 liance in this city with a fullness and accuracy 

 everywhere the subject of enthusiastic praise. 

 During the panic its daily history of Wall Street 

 made it absolutely indispensable to business 

 men ; and its special correspondents afterward 

 described the condition of affairs in the manu- 

 facturing districts with an ability which no 

 other paper seriously rivaled. 



These are mere instances of the uniform 

 success in the most important branch of jour- 

 nalism which has steadily attended THE 

 TRIBUNE throughout the year, ana may 

 therefore be fairly taken as an earnest 

 of what THE TRIBUNE is likely to do 

 hereafter. Its purpose in 1874 is to surpass 

 its previous record, constantly increasing the 

 efficiency of its organization, adding to its 

 resources, and keeping up its ancient celebrity 

 as an organ of cultivated and thoughtful men, 

 and a high authority in literature, science, and 

 the arts. It will continue to devote especial 

 attention to the proceedings of learned bodies, 

 to education, to scientific discoveries and ex- 

 plorations, to new inventions, to agriculture, 

 to the promotion of American industry, and 

 to books, pictures, music, and the drama. 

 Its financial articles have won a peculiarly 

 high reputation, and will still be a prominent 

 feature in its columns. Its reports of the 

 markets have long been distinguished for 

 fullness and accuracy, and its quotations have 

 been accepted as standards in the cattle, pro- 

 duce, and provision trades for many years. Its 

 reports of local affairs are acknowledged to 

 be the most accurate, intelligent and complete ; 

 its domestic correspondence is always fresh 

 and valuable ; and abroad it is served by the 

 ablest writers and keenest observers engaged 

 upon any American periodical. 



While it never can be a neutral in politics, 

 THE TRIBUNE is entirely independent of all 

 parties and all partisans. It believes that the 

 mere organ of a clique cannot bo a thoroughly 



