Publishing Association Annual Meeting Report
The annual meeting of our senior publishing association met in Battle Creek, March 10, 11. The shares of stock represented were 1,250, and 7,924 by proxy. The number of hands employed the past year were: In the bindery, 112; type-rooms, 53; job-room, 14; press-rooms, 18; foundry, 8; engraving room, 3; proof-rooms, 8; editors and clerks, 12; stock-room, 3; superintendent’s office, 7; manager’s room, 2; circulating department, 3; subscription department, 2, sales department and packing-room, 3; counting and billing rooms, 5; miscellaneous, 9; a total of 262. These were paid last year $92,042.89. Manufacturing was done to the amount of $206,893.74. The present worth of the institution is $237,212.92. The net profits for the year were $3,079.31. There was a loss on foreign papers of $3,851.36, but a gain on the Review and Herald of about $5,400. The new board of directors are as follows: W. C. Sisley, U. Smith, C. D. Rhodes, O. A. Olsen, H. W. Kellogg, G. C. Tenney, J. H. Morrison.