p. 19 | The Summary by Editor

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Aug 7, 1913

The Summary

By Editor

THE summary this month shows that the agents, both at home and abroad, worked, on an average, ninety and a fraction hours each, or about twenty-two and one-half hours a week. The average value of orders taken for books per hour in North America amounted to a trifle less than $1.28, while in the fields outside the United States the average per hour for each agent was fifty-eight cents. We are glad to see this good average per hour, but we wish we might see a higher average of hours per month.

If each agent had worked thirty-five hours per week instead of twenty-two

and one-half, the total value of orders per agent for the month would have been, in North America, $191 instead of $116.60, as it now stands; and in the fields abroad, $80.30 instead of $51.75. In some of the conferences the field agents are making earnest efforts to get the brethren to put in at least forty hours each week, and the sisters thirty hours. We believe this is right, and we hope that many will succeed in bringing about this result.

All will be pleased to see that our book sales show a gain over the previous month of $38,000. It also shows a small gain over the corresponding month last year. We feel to thank God each month, as we make up the summary, for his signal blessing of our colporteur work.

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