Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-05-21
M. e. CONFERENCE.
Bible Circulation Removal of the Book
Concern.

the Holy Scriptures presented an elaboF-
ate and admirably we'll written report,
which was unanimously adopted.
The reply prepared by Rev. DR.. Smith
to the letter from Br. Nichols of the Bal
timore NJ. f.. Convention, now in session
in that city, was read and unanimously
approved yesterday. It expresses the
hope that these two branches of the NJ. f.
Church will be speedily united, and sug-
gests the adoption of means to bring
about this result. The letter of DIR.
Smith was unanimously adopted by the
Conference.
SOUTHERN NJ. f. PUBLISHING Z
The Committee reported that the
Church should continue to make and
publish its own books, and continue the
existence of the institution at Nashville.
DIR. Bennett, of Richmond, proposed
the establishment of Book Depositories
in other great Southern cities.
DR.. Moran opposed the adoption Of the
Committees report, and moved as a
." substitute " the removal of the "oOn-
cern" to Baltimore.
DR.. Bond spoke at length, and with ad-
mirable good taste and felicity Of express
sion corrected impressions be supposed to
existunfavOrable to prOtracted friendly
relations between himself, Drs. Green,
Hamilton and MeFerrin. He said he
would, to use a phrase somewhat familiar
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cle." He deemed DIR. Green's bantling,
the Nashville establishment, not a sick
baby but an unworthy dwarf, which sadly
needs a change of air. He was Interrupted,
but DIR. McE. said, no % let hin go on,
he knows more about babies than any
thing else. The Doctors response was
inaHdible to the reporters. He sscribed
the success of the concern since the war
to the fact that all books had been lost or
destroyed, and there was great demand
after the war, and the concern sold the
cheapest books at the highest prices. Il
had levied and exacted a terrible Inter
nal revenue" he insisted that it was a
printing and not a publishing house.
The first resolution, hat the church do
its own printing, was then adopted, and
the motion was again made tina the es-
Enlistment be removed to Baltimore.
DR.. Evans, Of Georgia, opposed the
proposition. DIR. Wilson, of Maryland,
spoke at length of the advantages of Bali
more as q great center of trade.
DR.. Moran would move the machine to
any place. He did not think that DR..
BEDFORD would assert that the work could
be done there as cheaply as in other cities.
DIR. BEDFORD said he had thoroughly in
vestigated the question of relative cheap
ness in book-making of different cities,
and none were TO be preferred to Nash
vile. Even book-binding is now done at
as little cost in Nashville as in Cincin-
natl or elsewhere in he West.
Judge Morgan, of this city, pro-
nouuced a modest lecture on good
order and courtesy in debate, and
corrected the absurd newspaper state
ment that the removal OF the ICON
Germ would lessen property values IN
Nashville Is per cent. Nashville, he
urged. is a central city of the South, and
the point of cheapest distribution.
DIR. w. p. Harrison made no speech, but
the clearest, simplest statement of facts,
Just such a speech as should be addressed
10 such a body. To upbuid a publishing
house was the work of a generation. DIR.
RedfOrd's management cannot be inn
proved, and there should be no change.
DIR. Giddings moved to lay the whole
matter on the table.
DIR. Peterson, of Virginia, made a gem
eral discursive argument against removal,
and especially against the location of the
establishment in a city OF the confines of
the Geographical boundaries ofthe church.
Hepaid the sick baby only needed food.
On this suggestion DIR. Marshall said,
amid much laughter:
Hush my babe, lie still and slumber,
Faithful doctors guard thy bed,
And the best of loving mothers,
Now resolve to give Thee bread"
Confused visions Of Dr.. Bond and Mrs.
Winslow, arm-in-arnl, ran athwart the
fsncies of the audience.
DR.. Greene didn't see the joke, at least
he never smiled, and he did not propose
to make a speech, yet he did, and a most
sensible one. He still spoke on till his
time expired, and, by unanimous consent,
he was still permitted 10 talk on in his
natural, easy way. He discussed the whole
question, and gave much information.
Dr.. Fiunie spoke OF the advantages of
St. Louis, aud advocated the creation CT
branch repositories and publishing
houses
MIR. Dawson. of Louisville, presented as
Il substitute for the pending proposition,
aresolution whichcontemplates the trans
fer of the book concern TO that city, and
the payment of $4,000 by Louisville for
the concession.
The previous question was moved, the
morning hour expired, aud the house ad-
journed till half-past three pin.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
1t is proper 10 explain that when DR..
SehOn and Mr.. Litbgow, on behalf of the
Louisville delegation, a few days ago,
withdrew the memorial embOdying the
proposition made by that city to give 500
900 TO the Conference if Louisville were
made the site OF the Publishing House,
that they did so to avoid any controversy
that might initiate against the %brotherlv
good feeling to which a discussion OF the
question might give origin. Yesterday,
Wheni 10 was asked, in the midst of the
discussion, whether Louisville would adj
here to the proposition thus made, DR..
SehOn said, surely II would. We will
give the S50, 600; and now that the sub
iecU of change of location is brought be-
fore this body, we renew our original
propositions as an entirety" Shortly af-
terward Mr.. Dawson, of Louisville, sub
mitted the proposition of Louisville in
the shape of a resolution, which was the
subject Of discussion yesterday afternoon.
When the Conference met at half-past
three O'Clock, the previous question was
refused TO be ordered, and the proposition
OF Louisville became the theme Of eX-
hanstive discussion. II was said hat the
price of every volume was o twice as
great as before the war, and 50 with the
paper published at Nashville. A monthly
and quarterly are required, which Louis
vile could sustain. The speaker, Mr..
Morton, defined with great clearness
and in a plain, direct, busIness-like way,
the advantages of Louisville.
DR.. Evans, of Georgia, objected to max
ing the book business a matter of trade;
present facilities Tor manufacturing
we've legitimate.
MIR. Lithgow answered that success in
manufacturing might be- attained at Louis
vile, and facilities or distribution we're
indispensable 20 the success of the book
concern.
DR.. McFerrin made a speech of infinite
good humOr, in which he demonstrated
the fact that Nashville was so near the
center OF the Methodist Church, South,
and of the world, hat there was no place
one starting from Nashville couldn't go
to. He didn't know how many cities
claimed the Publishing House.
n - A-NLa-...l
TO announce that Memphis would give
S75.O 900 for the transfer of the Publishing
House to this city.
DR.. McFerrin continued that the Nash
vile Publishing House had made more
money in the last our years than any
like establishment of equal capital in the
United States. He said that removal
would be a raiBOns measure, and he
prayed the brethren te let it alone. 1t
was in the very right place, WAS prosper
Gus, doing infinite good and should be let
alone.
The previous question was ordered and
the proposition Of Mr.. Dawson, of Ken
lucky, read. Sixty-three voted for the
Louisville proposition and aone hundred
and nineteen against. The original reso-
luton declaring Nashville the proper
location was almost unanimously
adopted.
DIR. BEDFORD then gave the Conference
a detailed history of the past fortunes,
present condition of the Publishing
House and defined the fattering pros
pective fortunes of the Publishing
House. His speech gave infinite satisfsc-
ton n surely bis management of the
institution does him great honor.
Dr.. Abbey presented a resolution APP
pointing DIR. Green and two others agents
Of the Conference, to prosecute the claims
Of the book concern tor damages and ma
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