# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1917_S53
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Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. 1917. 63

PUBLICATION MATTERS.

REPORT OF
' THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF CONCORDIA PUBLISHING HOUSE.

The Board called attention to the enormous increase in cost of
all raw materials, necessitating an advance in prices of the finished
products. Notwithstanding increase in gross receipts, net receipts
for the triennium have shrunk considerably.
The Lutheraner, which the last Synod ordered increased to twenty
pages, has been reduced again to sixteen pages, partly on account
of the increased cost of paper, partly because the extra four pages
could not be devoted to reports from missionaries, as had been
“ expected.

Synopicat Report.
The Board reported that the subscriptions to the synodical reports
by no means approximate the cost of publication. Were it not for
the fact that many Districts order the report of their own District
in wholesale quantities for distribution in the congregations, there
would be a considerable deficit. But since more Districts are dis-
continuing this practise, Synod faces a deficit in the publication
- of various reports.
Two possible solutions were suggested. First, that any deficit
on this account be paid out of the General Treasury of Synod;
secondly, that the synodical reports appear as a quarterly publication,
each number containing the reports of several Districts. This would
necessitate condensing each report considerably, which might detract
: from its value.
In spite of every effort to collect the same, approximately $4,000
jn synodical dues is still outstanding. As it seems impossible to
collect this sum, the Board suggested charging this amount to
profit and loss.
Besides the regular periodical publications of Synod and in-
numerable tracts, twenty-seven German and the following English
publications were put on the market: —
A Treatise on Masonry, by Prof. Th. Graebner; Illustrated Historical
Sketch of Our Colored Mission, by Rev. N. J. Bakke; Immanuel, compiled
by Rev. J. H. C. Fritz; What the Evangelical Lutheran Church Stands For,
by Prof. Th. Graebner ; Protestantism vs. Romanism, by Rev. Wm. Haller-
berg; Sermons on the Catechism, by Prof. C. Abbetmeyer; Sunday-school
Manual, by Rev. A. Doerfiler; First Things First, by Louis Birk; Essay
on Revelation, Chap. 20, by Rev. F. C. G. Schumm; a Reformation pro-
gram; a Christmas program; Fourteen Days in a Mine; John Hus, by
Rev. Wm. Dallmann; Concordia Lesson Helps; The Difference, a Popular
Guide to Denominational History and Doctrine, by Rev. I: J. Monson; The
Real Truth about Socialism, by Rev. E. C. L. Schulze; The Shadow of