In addition to the prohibition or limitation of campaign contributions from certain specified sources the suggestion has been touched upon that it may prove desirable in the end to limit the campaign contributions of individuals. Just what theoretical basis might be found for fixing the exact amount of such limitation is not clear. Possibly the number of voters, the number of candidates, and the estimated legitimate costs of a given campaign could be combined in some way to give a definite result. In practice, however, the question of fixing a satisfactory limit to individual contributions will hardly present any great difficulty. Evasion of such limitations by means of dummy contributors is, as we have seen,[95] not very probable. There ought, however, to be a very stringent penalty against the custom of handing considerable sums to campaign treasurers personally with the understanding that the amount shall be turned in as the individual contribution of the treasurer himself. Limitation of the amount of individual contributions, together with the other safeguards that have been discussed, may prove a very effective substitute for ante-election publicity. If we are assured that corporation contributions are barred, that the contributions of candidates and civil service employees are either prohibited or strictly limited, and finally that the contributions of others are limited to relatively small amounts, it becomes a matter of distinctly minor importance to know who are the financial supporters on either side. Given these conditions the publication of such information would scarcely attract any notice even during the heat of a campaign.