ANNUALS FOR 1879 by Stephen N. Haskell

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 8, 1878

ANNUALS FOR 1879.

By Stephen N. Haskell

The Annuals for 1879 will be printed ready for delivery by the first of September, so they may reach the farthest point in the country as freight by the first of October. This will give an opportunity for each tract society to place them in the hands of all the directors at the district quarterly meetings, so that the librarians can have them to work with by the middle of October. Stores should then be supplied, and every public place where they can be sold. Cities, towns, and villages should be canvassed, and not less than one hundred and fifty thousand Annuals should be placed in as many families. They can be sold at any price from five to ten cents that the various tract societies can agree upon. The price to the tract societies will not exceed that of last year.

If our tract societies are prompt in taking hold of this matter, and each family pays ten cents for one for home use, and if the balance of the one hundred thousand can be sold at five cents each, this will pay the cost, including freight, of one hundred thousand more than could be given away.

It is now proposed to put in them a notice of the general tract and missionary society, with the names of the various presidents and secretaries of each State tract society.

The Office also proposes to make a special edition for each Conference ordering five thousand or more, with a special notice of their tract society, without extra charge, if desired. This notice can be placed on the back leaf. But that this may be done in season, it will be necessary that tract societies forward their orders to the Office immediately, stating how many they would like of this extra edition, and the nature of the notice they would like inserted.

S. N. H.