"But you aren't Ben.  I can think of half a dozen reasons, for a man in Ben's business.  To avoid garbles.  To insure a printed record in the files of I.T.&T. for legal purposes.  To send a delayed message.  All sorts of reasons.  Kilgallen saw nothing odd about it - and the simple fact that Ben, or the syndicate he sells to, goes to the expense of maintaining a private statprinter in his office shows that Ben uses it regularly.