The Summary by A. J. S. B.

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 2, 1909

The Summary

By A. J. S. B.

In this our fifth monthly summary of magazine sales we have endeavored to present a picture of what is being accomplished by our periodical agents in the sixty-five local conferences embraced in the twelve union conferences mentioned.

Following is a list of the union conferences presented in their order according to the number of magazines sold: (1) Lake; (2) Pacific; (3) Columbia; (4) North Pacific; (5) Central, (6) Atlantic; (7) Northern; (8) Southern; (9) Southwestern; (10) Southeastern; (11) Canadian; (12) Western Canadian.

What can you do to increase the sale of our truth-filled magazines in your conference? Even though you may have had but little experience in this work, the little that you could do, added to the little that many others could accomplish, would doubtless change very materially the next month's report of your conference.

At some future date we shall include in our monthly summary the sale of our periodicals in England, Germany, Australia, and other foreign fields. Thousands of faithful agents are selling our papers from door to door and on the streets of the large cities in these foreign lands. Although their profits on each copy sold are comparatively meager, yet many of these workers sell sufficient quantities daily and weekly to make fair wages.

For the first time, we are listing the sales of our new educational magazine, Christian Education. We trust that through the individual efforts of our college professors, students, church-school teachers, and pupils the circulation of this valuable and attractive ten-cent magazine will be greatly increased. Thousands of public-school teachers, university professors, and other classes interested in educational matters would be willing to purchase this magazine if it were properly presented to them.

It will be noticed that 9,547 more copies of the October magazines were sold than of the September issues. This means that a number of permanent periodical agents are being added to the large army of those already engaged in the pleasant and profitable occupation of selling these attractive messengers of truth. It means thousands of missionary visits made to the homes of the people more than were made the previous month. It means many thousands of first opportunities on the part of those not of our belief to catch a glimmer of the light of present truth. Only the Judgment will reveal the great amount of good accomplished.

One of the most encouraging features brought to view in the present summary is the large gain in the October sales of Liberty. Nearly twenty thousand more copies were sold during October than in the previous month.

It is encouraging to note that in nine of the twelve union conferences there was a substantial gain in the October sales over those made in September. Yet the three which show a loss appear as the second, sixth, and ninth in the list of sales for the month.

If you wish to become an agent for any of our ten-cent magazines, write to your conference tract society, telling those in charge which magazine you prefer to handle. The tract society secretary or the conference missionary secretary will be glad to give you the necessary information, assign you territory, and supply you with the needed sample copies, agent's outfit, etc. A. J. S. B.