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Colporteurs’ Summary for January, 1916

Books Periodicals UNIONS AGTS. HRS. VALUE VALUE NO. COP. VALUE VALUE 1916 1915 1916 1915

ATLANTIC Maine 7 272 $210.35 $277.80 160 $16.00 $149.30 N. New England 3 300 132.85 190.25 2139 213.90 35.80 Massachusetts 12 754 705.54 780.26 5391 539.10 317.40 S. New England 3 270 336.50 125.25 885 88.50 27.00 E. New York 11 761 749.80 171.80 2245 224.50 154.50 W. New York 4 300 248.75 548.85 1040 104.00 233.00 Greater New York 10 424 559.65 437.19 2580 258.00 391.00 Totals 50 3081 2943.54 2531.40 14440 1444.00 1308.00

COLUMBIA Ohio 29 1825 1797.65 745.93 2614 261.40 352.60 Chesapeake 8 682 1061.10 1385.15 875 87.50 45.00 Virginia 5 372 416.20 311.95 560 56.00 207.50 W. Pennsylvania 8 465 548.85 466.55 1385 138.50 68.00 E. Pennsylvania 5 621 531.25 561.65 1490 149.00 111.50 W. Virginia 10 723 904.65 1310.80 1085 108.50 85.00 New Jersey 3 191 134.45 175.75 7103 710.30 95.90 Dist. of Columbia 7 400 1043.65 306.60 911 91.10 458.90 Totals 75 5279 6437.53 5264.38 16023 1602.30 1442.40

LAKE E. Michigan 10 676 622.40 711.75 6555 655.50 329.00 W. Michigan 10 868 764.75 757.95 5348 534.80 105.50 N. Michigan 6 298 186.50 60.85 582 58.20 47.50 Wisconsin 4 233 316.20 360.30 960 96.00 167.50 N. Illinois 7 468 318.80 276.30 2492 249.20 415.50 S. Illinois 15 1038 1206.34 806.95 211 21.10 30.50 Indiana 12 736 403.00 1135.70 5249 524.90 85.30 Totals 64 4317 3817.99 4109.80 21397 2139.70 1180.80

EASTERN CANADIAN Ontario 1 … 275.85 298.00 1341 134.10 281.80 Quebec 1 … 6.20 18.30 76 7.60 16.00 Maritime 1 … 124.70 39.70 200 20.00 60.00 Newfoundland … … 13.50 …. …. …. …. Total 2 … 420.25 356.00 1617 161.70 357.80

SOUTHERN Louisiana .. … 245.15 560.75 375 37.50 104.00 Alabama .. … 58.50 136.35 925 92.50 61.50 Kentucky 10 654 867.70 630.90 235 23.50 80.00 Mississippi 5 139 205.60 157.45 795 79.50 42.40 Tennessee River 7 619 350.90 511.75 858 85.80 219.00 Totals 22 1412 1727.85 1997.20 3188 318.80 506.90

SOUTHEASTERN Cumberland 8 450 492.00 432.45 835 83.50 150.00 Georgia 7 230 407.85 819.95 727 72.70 108.00 North Carolina 8 632 1003.30 370.10 595 59.50 88.50 South Carolina 6 527 895.65 377.67 360 36.00 91.70 Florida 8 536 1061.65 615.00 395 39.50 166.00 Totals 37 2375 3860.45 2555.17 2912 291.20 604.20

SOUTHWESTERN Arkansas 6 139 150.55 61.60 44 4.50 19.50 Oklahoma 9 120 85.80 293.15 452 45.20 114.70 N. Texas 5 175 214.45 33.00 594 59.40 87.40 W. Texas 3 199 315.20 46.55 25 2.50 25.00 S. Texas 10 930 1679.35 203.55 2435 243.50 90.50 N. Mexico 4 74 48.00 401.10 50 5.00 16.50 Totals 36 1637 2493.35 1038.95 3600 360.00 353.60

CENTRAL Missouri 8 927 703.10 776.67 7542 754.20 83.50 Colorado 4 355 464.00 660.70 633 63.30 143.00 Nebraska 5 669 588.70 610.43 5312 531.20 88.00 Wyoming 1 74 84.75 128.90 95 9.50 10.50 Kansas 12 1074 1022.25 728.70 1174 117.40 178.00 Totals 30 3099 2862.80 2905.40 14756 1475.60 503.90

NORTHERN Iowa 6 194 152.02 … 3036 303.60 401.00 Minnesota 4 302 297.50 258.95 6552 655.20 809.00 North Dakota .. … … 60.00 355 35.50 106.50 South Dakota 2 74 50.90 44.25 1044 104.40 83.00 Totals 12 570 600.42 363.20 10987 1098.70 1390.50

PACIFIC Cen. California 2 146 128.45 173.45 1480 148.00 102.00 California 2 143 247.00 … 8420 842.00 356.20 N. California 6 260 314.90 121.00 165 16.50 55.00

N. W. California 2 199 $200.95 $….. ….. $….. $….. S. California 1 32 34.50 611.45 3950 395.00 332.20 S. E. California 1 65 205.00 … … … …. Inter-Mountain 4 421 599.10 272.00 114 11.40 54.00 Arizona 1 50 91.00 61.00 250 25.00 32.50 Totals 19 1316 1820.90 1238.90 14379 1437.90 931.90

NORTH PACIFIC E. Oregon .. … ….. ….. ….. ….. 5.00 W. Washington 3 227 292.50 ….. 1605 160.50 429.00 Upper Columbia .. … ….. 502.50 705 70.50 185.80 W. Oregon .. … ….. 203.75 963 96.30 267.00 S. Oregon .. … 71.50 85.50 135 13.50 29.00 S. Idaho .. … ….. 87.80 671 67.10 37.50 Montana .. … ….. ….. 1491 149.10 98.00 Totals 3 227 364.00 879.55 5570 557.00 1051.30

WESTERN CANADIAN Alberta .. … ….. ….. 711 71.10 75.00 Manitoba .. … ….. ….. 2050 205.00 61.10 British Columbia .. … ….. ….. 595 59.50 51.00 Saskatchewan .. … ….. ….. 600 60.00 109.50 Totals .. … ….. ….. 3956 395.60 296.60 Foreign and miscellaneous 7084 708.40 1877.90 Subscription lists 57198 5719.80 5279.20

FOREIGN, UNION CONFERENCES, AND MISSIONS

Australasian .. 6405 8727.06 7036.37 5234 1771.41 1093.34 British 23 1437 793.36 1015.74 160165 5162.20 4559.35 Scandinavian 73 6276 2314.03 2788.52 3443 227.50 440.48 Latin 9 821 5177.75 1579.43 4162 647.70 154.61 Portugal 1 93 15.84 … 529 12.44 …. W. German 45 5400 2331.63 2159.98 86027 2089.55 2601.38 E. German 46 5224 1805.02 1965.41 69547 1768.49 2426.27 Danube 13 1283 542.14 663.75 … … …. Cen. European 63 6319 2620.03 2429.77 31793 957.75 703.27 South African 3 187 273.42 140.94 74 7.68 …. Levant .. … ….. 22.06 … … …. India 4 249 320.00 … 3481 108.72 …. Korean .. … 37.63 13.05 5443 136.15 126.15 Japan .. … 88.64 33.26 718 188.09 2.56 Philippine Islands 12 … 651.05 817.72 … 208.07 …. Hawaiian 2 50 199.25 … 500 45.00 …. Guatemala 1 71 39.50 … … 9.55 …. Canary Islands 1 79 101.34 28.93 143 25.74 .07 Porto Rican 5 381 238.23 1181.03 … … 201.80 Cuban 14 735 2034.75 471.30 … … 4.25 Jamaica 8 … 431.89 69.27 4000 240.00 120.00 Haitien .. … ….. 287.86 … … …. South American 15 588 858.18 678.89 … 78.70 90.26 Venezuelan .. … ….. 197.35 … … 42.45 Brazilian 53 4481 3568.43 … … … …. Totals, foreign 391 40079 33169.17 23580.63 375259 13774.74 13166.24 Totals, N. Amer. 350 23313 27249.08 23239.95 177107 17710.70 17094.00 Grand totals 741 63392 $60418.25 $46820.59 552366 $31485.44 $30260.24

Comparative Book Summary

1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 Jan. $44,495.65 $53,931.97 $64,262.88 $59,697.52 $46,778.58 $60,418.25 Feb. 53,923.57 53,525.18 62,813.12 67,149.45 47,943.61 . March 73,015.56 73,374.99 66,640.42 75,962.31 73,414.23 April 73,548.31 73,027.32 73,520.45 85,685.35 78,974.96 May 81,923.78 94,166.15 101,604.01 87,024.10 70,987.69 June 135,888.76 137,838.38 137,373.06 153,480.96 151,199.10 July 127,256.86 156,166.90 140,576.24 199,116.62 170,546.02 Aug. 91,810.46 103,165.69 111,660.64 105,391.65 118,773.18 Sept. 86,001.72 67,551.70 73,732.14 74,359.96 78,364.70 Oct. 81,367.69 70,210.07 84,015.90 60,357.25 76,102.53 Nov. 67,600.00 77,424.87 73,949.68 57,388.95 69,660.16 Dec. 58,386.24 57,291.91 59,749.92 57,496.17 69,145.88 Totals $976,218.80 $1,017,684.13 $1,049,943.46 $1,083,110.29 $1,088,890.64

Comparative Summary of American Periodicals

1913 1914 1915 1916 1913 1914 1915 Jan. 177080 152971 170760 177107 July 176772 210040 150880 Feb. 201659 242627 134619 . Aug. 153849 171451 152273 Mar. 166409 224757 341059 Sept. 127017 164860 130465 April. 152088 162027 18,280 Oct. 126557 174182 123027 May 166465 168934 158114 Nov. 100351 142040 98172 June 156550 189897 159635 Dec. 99504 143190 107220 Totals................................................. 1804391 2147976 762048

For two months.

† Multiply number of magazines in any month by ten cents to get value.