LIBERAL PROPOSITION by James White

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 10, 1874

LIBERAL PROPOSITION.

By James White

We propose to continue all our periodicals at present prices, notwithstanding the heavy draft upon the Office in the prepayment of postage on periodicals, provided,

1. That all our regular patrons promptly pay the subscription prices, excepting only the very poor.

2. That our preachers everywhere call attention to our periodicals, and labor to induce as many as they possibly can to subscribe for them at full prices.

3. That they forward the names and addresses of new subscribers, and collect money and forward it to this Office, without premiums, commissions, or any pay whatever, excepting that we will furnish them, by mail, note paper, and envelopes with the printed address of this Office.

4. That the T. & M. Societies also, with no other pay than what we offer to our ministers, solicit full-paying subscribers for our periodicals, and forward their names and addresses, with the subscription prices, to this Office, and that they so labor to collect full prices from the poorer brethren that the number of half-pay poor will be no larger than duty really demands.

5. In short, we ask the hearty co-operation of our ministers, leading brethren, and T. & M. workers, in the direction of increasing our number of full-paying subscribers, and all our periodicals shall go out to all the world, post-paid, without increasing the subscription prices.

Such a victory would ever be regarded as worthy a strong and united effort. Shall it be won? We hope to receive many affirmative responses; and orders for note paper and envelopes. J. W.