The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-29

standing and value to the rea4eES.
 The successful and powerful newspa- per is one that persistently strives to manufacture and preserve it's halo; first for itself and then for it's advertising customers.
 I want to change the subject again and talk to you on a little matter that pertains to the profession. You all know something of the campaign that has been conducted in Washington for the establishment of the postal curren- cy called the post ctheck currency sys- tenn. It has taken some years of steady work and quite a good many thousand dollars to make clear to the people this reform in money and induce congress to furnish the people with some conven- tent and safe way to send money through the mails, so that the farmer in the country, or any citizen, can quickly and safely send his one, two or five doi- lar bills to subscribe for newspaper or to buy any little article he wants or to pay small debt without the necessity of a long and expensive trip to the post , office.
 Last year our bureau received quite number of voluntary contributions ag- gregating a considerable sum to help along the work. sent these back, for we do not particularly need the money, and inasmuch as had enlisted to carry this measure through I preferred to pay all the bills. You know that the great power that operates all of us seems to select one man for one purpose f1, o,,I f<,. reason. not always clearly defined, we hammer along on what seems to us the right thing. seem to have a calP' to back this particular reform and cannot very well get it out of my head.
 We employ some expensive and capa- ble men to carry on the work in a thor oughly legitimate way. We never, in one single instance, have given out money for the purpose of bribing or buying influence. We have simply paid for the necessary office expenses and oughly upright lines, until to-day the post check currency bureau is known to the senators and representatives of congress as a thoroughly clean organi- zation, fearless and energetic.
 This work has brought to my notice the need of a permanent bureau that would supply to the common people of the country exact, unbiased and relia- ble facts from day to day, regarding the movements of the national government. We are just now establishing a new bureau to be conducted under the name of the Sentry Box The idea being that a sentry stands at the gateway to re- port to the people at large inside facts about the questions and movements of the day.
 We have secured the services of some thoroughly honest, fearless and capable writer's among them Hon. Henry A. Castle, the present auditor of the post office department, and one of the most prominent officials in the Treasury De- partment the one man in the United States who knows more of the inside | facts of the Postoffice Department than any other. Then we have Mir. c. E. Dawson, formerly secretary to Post master General Smith and MT. Guth- ridge, well known as the former secre- tary of the Monetary League of Indian | apolis. dip my quill in occasionally and censor all of the matter in order to know that it is in accord with the pur- pose of the bureau.
 | We secure copies of papers through out the country and set up our matter | in the same type and way as the body of each individual paper, then we send | either matrices or stereos by mail or 1 express prepaid. This service is fur nished absolutely without cost to the newspapers. It is possible that a time may come when the volume will be so heavy as to demand some small com lpensation, but that is not contemplated at present. The character of the criti- cisms and comments will be so fearless that they may, at times, conflict with the general policy of some of the papers,
 but that very fact, we believe, will make the Sentry Box articles sought and read with interest.
 We plan to release the management of the newspaper from any responsibili 1 ty by the announcement either at the top or bottom of the articles that all responsibility for the utterances of the l SentryBox is assumed and borne by the l Sentry Box Bureau, and my personal
 guarantee is thought to be sufficient
 from financial standpoint to settle
 that question.
 | Any member of this association desir- ing to avail himself of the services of
 the Sentry Box Bureau can lodge with
 us an application by addressing the Sentry Box, 825 Vermont avenue, Wash ington, D. C., and think am justified
 in predicting that the service will be
 satisfactory and valuable.
 We shall by strict fairness, fearless ness and integrity endeavor to con- struct the necessary halo about the Sen
 try Box.
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