The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-07-03

The management of the BALTIMORE and Ono
Railroad continues TO afford evidence of Judi
cious and commendable economy in the conduct
of that great work. Having reduced the price
of chalk for marking cars to satisfactory figure
and instituted stringent proceedings for 'he re-
covery of several recently discovered pieces OF rusty
strap-rail, it has turned its serious attention 10
cprta;l;nc ifs advertising expenses THE DAILY
Excu,NGE has accordingly been mott ed of the
withdrawal of its patronage on and after the
LIST July, instant. This announcement has not
had the disastrous effect it might otherwise have
produced, because, like other great coming
"events' it cast 'ts shadow BEFORE and we
have felt for some time past that an economical
catastrophe was impending, in which we might
be Overwhelmingly involved The first symptoms
of a determination to retrench in this direction,
manifested themselves last winter, when Mr..
GARRETT was endeavoring to carry through the
Legislature his great measure of increasing
the stakeholder direction. The extra expenses, at
that time, being of course enormous, and the
number of ''dead-heads," which must needs pass
over the road, being too trightful to be charged
even to construction" the management were
under the necessity of retrenching somewhere, and
accordingly began by withdrawing the ''privi
'leges of the press from THE EXCHANGE office. OF
course, this was exclusively with a view to make
up for the legislative losses the Company, and not
at all because happened, by the merest acct
dent to differ with Mr.. GARRETT, at that moment,
about the propriety Of passing his Bill. 1t was
simply one of those compensations by which wise
economy endeavors to save at the spigot what runs
out at the bung-hole. Warned by this very naiu-
raj and suggestive indication, and aware that
the management had just made an extraordinary
effort TO enlist the press of the country in It's be-
half, by issuing nearly two thousand round-trip
tickets to as many editors and their wives,
we anticipated some corresponding and APP
propriate reduction of "the expenses of the
''road" about this time. Having invested
money in the press, it was but natural that
the sagacious President should endeavor to save
money out Of the same, and hence THE EXCHANGE
was selected with an eye TO that discrimination
for which the management is already so re-
markable. When this paper was started, some
two years ago, with but few friends or readers, the
patronage" OF the company was graciously be-
slowed At that time, the advertisement was
worth something to US and comparatively but little
to the management Now, when the case is re-
versed, and the favor with which the community
has rewarded our advocacy of its interests, has
caused this journal to be read by hundreds when
it was not then seen by tens, and has rendered
the loss or the gain Of any particular advertise
ment matter of perfect insgnfcance, the ''man-
"agement' being obliged to economist has still
the blow fall where it will be least felt No one OF
course will venture TO suppose that our recent ex-
posure of the "policy'' of the Road in the cattle
trade has anything TO do with this retrench-
ment-but even if it had, no one could deny the
wisdom, upon economical principles, of advertising
where advertisements can be inserted at the lowest
rates, with editorial opinions thrown in. We
have too often expressed our admiration of the
stringent economy practised by Mr.. GARRETT to
withhold our cordial appreciation of this new
manifestation Of it. But, grateful for past favors
and not forgetting, in their need, those who have
befriended US in ours, we have determined that
the interests of the Road shall not as long as we
can prevent it, be jeoparded by its necessary fru-
gality. We shall order its advertisement TO be
continued from this day forward, at our own ex-
pense, and beg the worthy and courteous Master
of Transportation to furnish us as usual, with all
the changes of schedule, which shall be regularly
and promptly inserted without charge.