The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-10-31
SECRET OF SUCCESS
Close Brothers Believe Honesty Is
 the Best Policy"

"Honesty is the best policy" runs an old maxim, the observance of which has served to advance many men, young and old, to better worldly position in the line of their employment and in posi- tions of political preferment. However, there are those in the west who believe sacred precincts of the office of eastren or English financial men. The adhtr- ents to populism and the other ms throughout the United States have he'd these people up as personal emlssarie 8 of his satanic ms sjesty with such.persist- encc that the belief has become alm ost general that their sole happiness con- sisted in getting possession of that which belonged to someone else.
 Whether or not the populistis con- tention is true as rule, it is not the purpose of the DAILY ALASKAN to argue, but we have sufficient evidence to say that there is one firm of Ameri- can and English financiers who evident keep the old maxim quoted in letters of gold and framed in gilt wh1r, it may constantly be SC n. It Is not unfair to presume that rigid adherence to the rule has contributed materially to the wonderful success that has attended Close Brothers of London and Chicago
 Some W eeks ago portion of the eq- uipment of the mechanical department of the DAILY ALASKAN, a brevier. lower case letter t, broken 'tis true, but yet t, hid itself away in the folCs of the DAILY ALASKAN and was posted in due course, under a wrapper ad- dressed to Close Brothers, 17, St. Hell en's Place, London, k. c. Whatever possessed the miSchievous type, we will leave to conjecture. Perhaps it felt that it had served the purpose of it's existence and was entitled to a trip abroad, or it may be that it, having begun many tale of marve lOus golf, had determined that its place was at the initial point of famous London golf ground. We acqrit it of any de- sign to get its proprietor in trouble for violating the customs laws of the United States or Great Britain for smuggling or for outraging the postal laws of the United States.
 But this story has to do particularly with the journey of the wayward t, and to that end the following letter is given space:
 "17 ST. HELEN's PLACE,
 LONDON, 4th Oct, 1900.
 To THE EDITOR Have you missed anything Have you missed your "t?'' We fear you may have; for on opening newspaper packet received from you this morning, the enclosed little prodi- gal fell from the folds of copy of your paper of the Sth of September.
 We should not like to think that thls far-traveled "t" were permanently di vorced from its fellows from lack of en couragement from us; and so, with all good wishes for it's safe return to your fold we speed the little wanderer on it's way. Yours truly,
 CLOSE BROTHERS.
 The DAILY ALASKAN comments the sterling honesty of Close Br1thers to its populistic readers, and welcomes the return of the long absent member of it's family circle.
 Yet we may state, and we beg pardon if it seem immodest boasting, that we had two or three more ts that have done good service in the absence of the one returned. In fact, we have gotten along very well without it, and the Lon- don financiers have perhaps misjudged the DAILY ALASKAN. We are not Close, | and. really, care little for the loss of a type or two. They might have kept it and still have retained our good will.