Earthquake Special Circulation

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · May 31, 1906

Earthquake Special Circulation

The following items of interest are from a personal letter to the editor from Brother E. R. Palmer, dated May 15:—

The Earthquake Special of the Signs is going wonderfully. Brother Bourdeau reports to me that California has already handled 83,500. Sixty-three thousand is the largest number ever handled before. The Oakland church, when first approached, would take only 700 copies, but this served to open their eyes, and now they have already disposed of 17,000, and telephoned this morning for 5,000 more. News agents are selling thousands of copies. I am informed that thirty newsboys are selling them on the streets, and are making more money than carpenters or masons. Yesterday the Pacific Press received orders for 34,000 copies, making a total of 415,000.

Elder States, who lives in San Jose, stated that the telegraph operator in San Jose made inquiry as to what we were doing with The Signs of the Times. He said that since the earthquake the wires at San Jose had been kept hot with messages ordering the Earthquake Special. From this you will see that the orders have been coming in so rapidly that it attracted the attention of the telegraph operators.

Gifts are beginning to come in quite liberally to assist the Pacific Press and institutions that were burned out in San Francisco. Quite a little is sent direct. After information reaches the people, I suppose they will mostly send their gifts through the usual channels to Washington.