p. 19 | The Southwestern Union by E. R. P.

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 20, 1910

The Southwestern Union

By E. R. P.

BROTHER W. W. EASTMAN, general agent of the Southwestern Union Conference, gives us the following partial report from the work of student canvassers from Keene Academy, who worked for scholarships last summer:—

“Up to the present writing we have only ten complete reports from our student canvassers who spent the past summer canvassing for our good books. However, these ten have made a splendid average, as shown by the following figures: they have averaged 37 hours a week; their sales have averaged 78 cents an hour, or a profit of 39 cents to each canvasser, or $14.43 a week. The best record of the summer’s work was 15 weeks, 43 hours a week; sales, $1.44 an hour, or a profit of 72 cents, or $31.10 a week. The foregoing figures are the actual books delivered, . . . and the hours are those reported both in taking the orders and in delivering. . . . The canvasser who goes out as a self-supporting missionary, trusting the Lord for the pay, will not be disappointed if he will do his part.”

E. R. P.