Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1859-10-24

m For Locals, Telegraph. and other
matters Of interest and Information, see
First and Fourth PaeesS
suspension Of inc DniIy Gazette.
I Il will be seen from the following that the
Dayton Daily Goze1te has suspehded. The
reasons FOR this are well given in the vale
dictory ofthe publishers, and we give il en-
tire.
In this connection we viii say that We Ie-
gret the necessity which hos compelled our
cotemporary to suspend. We have, fOr sew,
eral months past, had friendly and business
relations with the Mears. Denny and al
though We have had a few "passes at arms
with them we have generally been able to
"give and take in the proper spirit; and
now that we are no longer to Interchange
daily newspaper courtesies, gossip and dis
cussion, we feel that we can lily afford TO
lose them. All things considered, we great.
ly prefer that the Gazette should visit us
every morning, as of yore and we hope that
the prOprietors may be able hereafter to
'think better Of i" and resume the issue Of
thsiv daily We assure our neighbors Of the
continuation of our good viii, and Of our
hope that they may be able to make the new
arrangement as profitable as it viii doubt
less be pleasant And, thanking them for
the many cOurtssies they have extended US
and their continued digpifed and manly
treatment Of us personally in the political
contests we have passed through together,
we present our readers with their statement
to the public
10 the Readers Of the IDaytOn3
Gazette.
We have resolved, after mature delibera-
tion, to discontinue the publication Of the
Daily Gazette, and to issue, in its stead,
large and handsome Weekly Paper. We
will also continue TO carry on, with renew
ed energy, our Job Office, and endeavor to
make it worthy Of more liberal patronage
than it has hitherto received.
The following are a few of the reasons that
have induced us to take this step;
l. Because our experience, during the
past year, demonstrates, that the Daily, per
Sc, as John Tyler would say, is not self
sustaining; or, in other words, because IL qOiR
not pay its O,Oa expenses. In order to pub
lish it, we have been compelled to exhaust
every dollar that we have made by the
Weekly and Job Office, which, by them
selves, yield remunerating profit.
2. Because there is not now, nor do we be-
lieye there will be, hereafter, enough local
advertising to support it. One fourth Of all
we have had, was derived from Cincinnati;
without which, the paper would have per-
ished the first six months. "a
3. Because we despair Of receiving any
material acquisition Of subscribers to the
paper beyond its present number. 1t could
not be sustained on less circulation than
one thousand cash patrons, with corres-
pondiug increase of advertising.
4. Because three fourths, at least, of all
official advertising patronage of the county,
has been systematically withheld from the
gazette by those who ought to have divided
it equally. The official advertising of this
county, controlled by Republican Officers
and Attornies, is about $4,000; of which, we
have received, 5000. Is this justl We do
not, Of course, when such a system Of favor
itism exists, consider it our duty to continue
the daily, desirable as its publication may
be to the future ascendancy Of the party in
the city and county. We have reason to
complain, aud do complain, of hostility OF
neglect on the part ofthose who professed to
sympathise with us in political sentiment
We have, notwithstanding our determined
opposition to the Democratic party, receiv.
ed as many friendly personal marks of favor
from its members as from our own party
We had assurances Of different state o.
things when we came here, but the promis
es thus made, like the apples Of Sodom, have
turned to ashes!
5. Because many of the business men o
Dayton do not believe in Advertising; being
apparently of the opinion, that the greater tn,
publicity their wares and merchandise re
ceiye, through the press, the less they will
sell. Men, who put sign over their door
to designate the place they do business, an,
what they sell, are nevertheless SO blind tina
they cannot see, that three hundred an,
thirteen signs, in the shape of advertisement
in the Dayton papers, and published million
of times, would be Of the greatest possibl
advantage to them. Laboring under thi
delusion, there are many respectable houses
in this city, who, during the last year, hav
never spent dime with us in advertising
1t would require two hundred advertisers il
Dayton, at S25 per annum cash, to give tn
Gazette home business enough TO keep it alive
Paltry as this sum is, to each individual, tn
most of it has been withheld.
G. Because we can make good living b
Weekly and Job Office, and make iteasily
About three hundred nights, in each yea
its proprietors have been compelled to wor
until nearly midnight-to labor when other
were asIeep-and this is enough to wear ou
the energies and shorten the lives of any Sc
ofmen. There is no rest for the printers
Night and day, and often the Sabbath, the
continue their toll. -
Z. Because we cannot compete with Gin
cinnati papers which, in the nature {
things, must always be preferred to thos
published in Dayton, Cincinnati is tn
oreat coYnrnerciaJ emOor;nn, NJ tba' Cit,