The Saint Paul globe., 1905-03-22
NO CHANCE FOR FRAUD
IN PROYfRB CONTEST
List of Proverbs Is Known
to Editor in Chief
Alone

The following letter has been sent to
the manager of the proTerb contest in
7 h G o b e, and is of general inter
est because the same conclusion may
have occurred to other minds:
Manager Proverb Contest: Referring
to the inclosed from paper this date. the
sale, with incidental advertising. OF your
paper is. 1 suppose. your source OF pront-
The finding of answers to your problems
and making the punishment nj the
crime" Is the pleasure with educational
features. and profit of the contestants.
Independent of the money prizes. the
satisfaction to many competitors In win
ming place by thought and study Is
sufficient reward.
Assuming above is il a square deal
to buy from a professional solver a set OF
answers and use these In competition?
This makes a case of a greenhorn playing
against d sharper with marked pack
of cards. The merit of thought and study
is eliminated. and a small amount spent
in this way counts for more than many
times the sum spent for books, to say
nothing of valuable time.
You cannot, of course. entirely prevent
this. If the players are not disposed to
play fair game, but should you, I'm the
interest of square deal" advertise the
marked card dealer for the benefit of the
unfair player? james X. Walsh.
st. Paul. Mimi, March Is, 1906.
he Clio b e sells space to adver-
tisers. 1t admits to this paid portion
of ITS columns straight advertising
matter which is not fraudulent or 9TH
erwise Objectionable on its face. 1t
does not, however. guarantee the goods
advertised or the good faith of all
those who use its columns in this way.
Must Win by Merit and Work
Now there is not, in the adver-
tisement of the gentleman who offers
to send a list of answers to the prov
erbs published by e G | o b e, any
thing fraudulent or with intent to de-
ceive. 1t is anybody's privilege to
make up a list of replies and to sell
them If he can. 1t is quite true, as
our correspondent says. that these
prizes ought to be won by merit and
hard work. What he can be sure of is
that they will be.
No list of answers that any human
being can make out is better than any
other list made up by somebody else.
The readers of L h e GIob e are ad-
Vised that its proverb contest has been
run on different lines from those con-
Quoted in other parts of the country.
The newspapers of the east running
proverb pictures obtain their lists of
proverbs and the illustrated plates go
ing with them from syndicates that
make a business of furnishing this
matter. Answers to the proverbs are
known to the syndicate itself, and thus
become the property of several persons
who may communicate them to others.
There are those on the inside of the
deal who have not only an advantage
but practically "cinch' in the game.
List of Answers Secret
The Globe decided at the outset
that il would have none of this sort of
business. The list of proverbs for T h e
G o b G was prepared by the editor in
chief and iS known him olnnQ
There are but two copies in existence.
one of which is deposited with Mr..
Bailey of the Northwestern Trust COM
pany, and the other is in the possess
sion of the editor of tt e Glo b e.
The pictures illustrating these prov
erbs are made in 7 h e G 10 b e's own
office by T ne Clio b e's own artist.
For this purpose the proverbs are not
given out, but the artist is instructed
to draw a picture containing such and
such figures in. such and such arrange
ments, and he makes his design with7
out knowing what the proverb is. -
1t will thus be made clear to all our
readers and all who are working on
the proverbs that this is absolutely a
square deal" There is no chance for
eluSion, connivance or fraud. The
correct list is going to get the prize
and the brightest reader who does the
hardest work is going to furnish the
correct list. Nobody can prevent half
a dozen solvers of the proverb puzzles
from getting together, if they wish to
compare notes, and making out lists of
answers containing all the guesses of
each number of the combination. No
body can prevent another from buying
offered lists If he wishes to.
All these devices are la order; but
inasmuch as The Clio b e's list of
proverbs is absolutely new, was made
UP on different plan and illustrated
in different manner from any other
in the country, and as no knowledge OF
its contents is possessed by any human
being except the editor, and no such
knowledge will exist until the answers
have been tabulated and the list OPEN
ed by the committee announced, all
those who are at work ON our proyerb
contest may go ahead with the assur-
ance that they are going to have fair
play, and that nobody Is going to get
the better Of them through any assist
ance, whether real or fictitious.
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