Taylor set the standard for literary excellence and had a disdain for trite and poor writing (including his own), and he would write about sending all bad writing, or “canned bromides,” off to the “cannery” where each bad piece was placed into a numbered canister. He ended the column using only his initials, "B.L.T.", which served as Taylor's trademark and were referred to by critics of the day as "the most famous initials in America". Taylor's journalistic excellence inspired other great columnists including Franklin Pierce Adams (F.P.A.), nationally known for his "The Conning Tower" column in the "New York Post". Simeon Strunsky, columnist for "The New York Times", called Taylor "a star of the first magnitude". By the time of his death, Taylor's "A Line o' Type or Two" column was syndicated throughout the country and overseas.