# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1926_S155
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Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. 1926. 185

V. PUBLICATIONS.

Report of Concordia Publishing House.
(German Report, p. 245.)

The Board of Directors of Concordia Publishing House respect-
fully submits the following report.

During the period covered’ by this report there was no change
in our personnel; but we cannot pass without mentioning the fact
that in 1924 Mr. Chas. Schroeter, who had completed thirty years of
service in our Board, and for whom. Synod elected a’ successor in 1923,

died after a long illness.
. Owing to the increasing volume of work we have deemed it wise
to elect an assistant manager, and we consider ourselves fortunate in
having secured for this position Mr. A. A. Grossmann, formerly super-
intendent of schools of our two Wisconsin District synods and still
president of the Walther League. He entered upon his duties in
November, 1924.

The three boards that cooperate with us— the Literary Board,
the Juvenile Literature Board, and the Sunday-school Board — will
each make their own report, and it will suffice to say that we grate-
fully appreciate not only their services to the cause, but also the
harmonious relations that exist between each of them and us.

As our fiscal year does not close till April 30, it is impossible to
submit our triennial financial report in time to be printed in this
book. During the sessions of Synod this report will be distributed
among the delegates and may be pasted in this volume. —

On November 6, 1925, we were permitted to dedicate with simple
ceremonies the new. addition to our plant which Synod in 1993
. authorized us to erect. Delegates and guests are cordially invited

* to inspect the buildings and their equipments.’ The new building
houses the printery and bindery, the old factory building being now
used for warehouse purposes. The total cost of the new building
and of remodeling two of the older buildings exceeded $500,000; but
this figure includes also very considerable improvements in the
mechanical equipment. The building program leaves us in debt to
‘the amount of $171,000 (at the present’ writing). We confidently
hope to liquidate this indebtedness in the course of the next trien-
nium without curtailing the usual dividends (now $120,000) we are
paying to Synod’s Treasurer in regular monthly instalments.

In accordance with a resolution of 1923 ample space in our
buildings has been made available for Synod’s offices. We are allowed
a very moderate rental for this space. .

- During the triennium just closed we failed to complete a book
that we had promised, the Concordia Cyclopedia of Religious Knowl-