The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1893-11-11
We HAVE WON OUR FIGHT
The Guarantee Investment Co.
GNCORpORATEDl
Home Office. 90 Olive ST.. St. Louis. Mo
General Offices. 203 to pa Adams Ex-
press Building. Chicago. H.
ANNOUNCEMENT Mt.
To Onr Agents md Lhe pnbIIc:


I To Our Agents and the Public:
The Guarantee Investment Company
takes great pleasure in annoan ing to
lts agents and the public that AL its
difficulties aud conten tions with tho
! postotiice authorities OF the federal
government have been settled. For
the future, and for all future business,
this company will have full access to
every department of the postotlice, in
Guiding the registered letter and post
Office money order divisions And why?
because it hasiconformed to therequire-
ments of the law department of the
federal government in the premises.
And this has been done without the
slightest impairment of the original
bond system of the Company.
Nearly every body interested knows
of the difficulties this Company mas
/ had To contend against with the law
| department OF the federai government
| Ihese troubles finally eliminated IN
the indictment of the iormer and pre-
sent Directors. The best of legal
counsel was az once obtained, ana the
opinion of ex-Judge Collins, of Chicago
that the Company could not he success
fuzzy prosecuted under the lottery law
was sent out Later the Company de
,ided. pending its trial in the federal
court, to send a representative to
J Washington, d. c., to ascertain, if
! possible, wherein its bond system was
an infringement on the federal sta
Jutes. That representative reached
/ Washington, and conferred with the
authorizes on Saturday, O-tober 2S,
and Monday October 80. the result
was that the law department rendered
IA decision that If The Guarantee In
vestment Company would change its
bond plan SO as to sell bonds only in
blocks of five, ten, fifteen. twenty, etc,
and so that applicants could write the
numb bers of the bonds that they pur-
chase in their applications for the
same, such plan would be wholly
within the federal statues and Lawful
in every respect, and the Company en-
TITLED to the use of the mails in every
department
As the changes demanded did not in
the slightest degree interfere with the
principles of the Company's bond plan
1T was decided to make the technical
alterations, and at "A meeting Of the
Directors of the Company, held in ST.
Louis, Mo, on Novem ber /, 1898, the
following resolutions were unani-
mousy adopted;
Resolved That The Guarantee Invest
. mcnt Company proceed at once to change
its bond system so as to conform in every
respect to the opinion of the Law De-
| paltmcnt of the General Postoflice. set
. t,ttI a no Lot fpnuu A - &
General Thomas, and that the President
/ OF the Company be, and Is hereby, re-
quested TO have such old printed matter
OF the Company as conflicts WI Tn the
opinion OF The department destroy ed, aud
new printed matter issued that will CON
form 10 such opinion.
Resolved, thlt from and after this date
the business of this company shall be con-
Quoted strictly on plan that Will conform
to the above letter from the Assistant
Attorney General
New p~Inted matter, in conformity
with tins resolution, is nCw being pre-
pared and will be sent out on Saturday
or Monday next Only the booklet,
setting forth the bond system and the
blank applications require change.
The arrangement uispuses of the
whole matter. When the case is called
in the federal court nolle proscqui
Will no uOuOb bt SllltItAi anu lHtl IL IL
expected that the arrangements will be
effected to admit the odd boudholders,
or those who purchased bonds previous
to Nov. /, 1898, to the use of the
money order aud registered letter de-
partlCcnts uf the postal service. Mean
while, however, they are to make re-
mittances by bank draft or express
money order as heretofore, and they
must continue 30 to do if they do not
want their bonds TO lapse, until furth-
Jer notice.
For all new BUSINESS every depart
ment of the postotiice is now open TO
this Company, its agents and its new
bondholders, and il Is believed that
this amicable settlement will inspire
our agents with courage and energy
and the public with entire confidence.
The bond system of The Guarantee
investment Company has passed mus
ter before the law officers OF the fed
eral government except as to two
technical points which the Company
has conceded.
Now let the business begin at once
and in earnest. We intend to sell 10,
600 bonds during the month of Novem-
Der on the revised plan.
Yours Respectfully,
GUARANTEE INVESTMENT co.
, G.. NJ. MACDoNALD,
President and General Manager.