ABSTRACT
In 1905 E. B. Foote Jr. was asked to give advice to sex reformers on organizing themselves against governmental censorship; the group even considered establishing its own postal system. Foote Jr., wary of the opposition’s strength, responded in Lucifer, the Light Bearer: “It would be OK if they [the sex reformers] could afford to travel and get together; but they are too poor and scattered, or the country is too big and their wallets are too small.” He also thought the private post office would be doomed to failure as long as the government held a monopoly on mail delivery (“Organizing,” 1905).1
