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Effect of signature on personality of press		68
Advocates for and against signature		68
Schopenhauer on anonymity		69
Daily and weekly press accept signature in part		70
Monthlies and quarterlies accept signature wholly		70
John Morley on signature		70
Experiments of The Unpopular Review		70
Effect of controversy on periodical press		71
Authoritativeness as affected by anonymity or signature		71
National preferences		71
The press an organ or a forum		72
The "wegotism" of the press		73
Comparative merits of both systems		73
"Have Papers Souls?"		73
Efforts to determine personality by comparing relative proportions of subjects		73
Matthew Arnold and the personality of the Times		74
Historian must understand personality of periodicals used		74
Chapter III
Guarantees of Probability
General constitutional guarantees		75
Specific guarantees of federal government		75
Federal post office and the press		76
State laws affording guarantees		77
Federal government the authority for information		77
State governments responsible for information		77
Responsibility of local governments		77
Guarantees under normal conditions		77
Guarantees afforded by press itself		78
Regulations of press for protecting readers		78
Explicit guarantees given		79
Guarantees as a business enterprise		80
Guarantees given advertisers		81
Information guaranteed by the press		82
Guarantees afforded by business interests		83
The church responsible for religious notices		83
Responsibility of educational authorities		83
Health boards a source of information		84
Responsible organizations behind information		84
Permanent sources of information		84
Importance of guarantees in using the press		84