Notes From the Pacific Press
By C. H. Jones
These are busy days at our office in Oakland. Four cylinder presses, besides the large perfecting press, are constantly at work on the Capital and Labor number of The Signs of the Times, and the whir of machinery can be heard from early morning till late at night. Running at the rate of 25,000 a day, it will take forty days to print 1,000,000 copies. Extra hands have been employed, so that now our force numbers nearly two hundred and fifty. Before the date of the missionary conventions, November 21, 150,000 copies of the special Signs had been mailed from the office, and only about half the orders had been filled at that date. Orders are still coming in at the rate of from twenty-five to fifty thousand a day. The mails seem to be too slow, so now they come by wire. Here are a few samples:— Four thousand Signs immediately, half to Hilgert and half to Fitzgerald, usual address. Please send me two hundred and fifty copies of special Signs. Ship to Sharp Rochester, N. Y., twelve hundred Labor Signs. Mail me two thousand special Signs, Tremont Temple, Boston. Rush. Make the order special Signs, Philadelphia, two thousand. Rush forward. Send us at once twenty-one hundred special Signs. REVIEW AND HERALD PUB. ASSN. Several days ago proofs of the first cover page were sent out to conference presidents and others. So far as heard from, everybody seems to be pleased. At chapel services a week ago last Sunday morning, the office employees subscribed for nearly 5,000 copies. Orders for tracts are coming in about as freely as for the special Signs, and our facilities are being taxed to the utmost. But notwithstanding the rush of work and long hours, a spirit of cheerfulness and devotion pervades the entire institution. All seem willing and anxious to do all they possibly can to get the work through, and in the best possible manner. Should some of the orders be delayed just a little, we trust the brethren will be patient with us. The matter contained in this paper will not be out of date for a long time to come. One brother writes in, asking if he can be assured of being able to get these papers all through the months of January and February of next year. Of course he can. We will continue to print as long as they are called for.