A Busy Circulating Department

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D.C. · Jul 23, 1908

A Busy Circulating Department

THE circulating department of the Review and Herald Office is a busy corner these days. Recently over three tons of books were shipped out in one day, and the next mail brought additional orders, which kept the packer at his work until eleven o'clock at night.

We are informed that one day the manager and assistant manager of the Book Department, with their stenographer, checked up shipments and packed books all day. Such is the determination to get books out to the canvassers on time. But a rush of business in the circulating department also means that others are doing hard work. For several weeks the bindery has been working three nights a week until nine o'clock.

The Review and Herald at Takoma Park supplies the Chesapeake, Eastern Pennsylvania, West Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia conferences. The sales from this office for subscription books to these conferences for the month of June, 1908, amounted to $3,088.95, and for the corresponding month of last year, $1,259.38,—an increase of 143 per cent. The gain in May was $1,280, or 116 per cent. The sales to other publishing houses, including the Review and Herald branch offices for that June, 1908, reached $10,702.15, as compared with $7,034.35 for the same month last year, an increase of $3,667.80, or 52 per cent. The gain for May was $3,815.80, or 73 per cent.

Although the bins in the circulating department are nearly empty, all orders are being filled on time, and there is a sturdy determination in the factory that there shall be no disappointment in supplying books. No matter if the days are long and hot, this band of workers will stand by our agents and do faithfully their part.

While we remember our canvassers out at the front, and rejoice with them in their splendid success, let us not forget the faithful toilers in the factory who are bearing the burden and heat of these long, hot days. They should share with the field workers the credit for faithful service, as they will certainly be sharers in the reward when the work is done.