ONE DAY’S ORDERS

W. A. Spicer, C. P. Bollman, I. H. Evans, C. M. Snow, T. E. Bowen

The orders received in yesterday’s mail for Life and Health from eleven States amounted to 4,690 copies; for the Temperance number of the Youth’s Instructor (from seven States), 1,918 copies; for Liberty No. 2, 400 copies; a total of 7,008 magazines ordered in one day. On May 2 we received orders for 4,600 copies of the June Life and Health. By May 6 our entire May edition of 40,000 copies of Life and Health was exhausted. April 14 our April edition of 35,000 copies was all gone, with hundreds of orders unfilled. Our agents order from 25 to 2,500 copies of the magazine at one time.GCB May 19, 1909, page 72.13

At this point in his report, Brother Bourdeau presented extracts from letters and facts showing that many persons of eminence are speaking in the highest terms of our periodicals.GCB May 19, 1909, page 72.14

The New York branch office next made its report through its manager, L. W. Graham, as follows:—GCB May 19, 1909, page 72.15

New York Branch HouseGCB May 19, 1909, page 72.16

The New York branch house supplies our publications to the New Jersey Conference and the seven conferences of the Atlantic Union. At the beginning of 1908 only five of these conferences had State agents; but the others secured State agents, so that during the year our field was fully manned.GCB May 19, 1909, page 72.17

Seven institutes were held during the year,—6 in local conferences and 1 at the Atlantic Union Conference school. As a rule the institutes were well attended.GCB May 19, 1909, page 72.18