Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-01-31
TINE HOME TREASURY,
Far from Having Assigned 10 Doing q Pros.
porous and Increasing Business.


tcrday that the Home Treasury had as
signed. Having a strong belief that the
rdmor was uhfouhded, journal man
called ON Mir. &. II. Mooers manager OF
the company, and asked him point plank
this question:
Mr.. Moocrs. has the Home Treasury
assiened."
| mo, SIR" was the emphatic answer.
II have heard the report, but there is not
word of truth in it,
Can you imagine what caused the
rumor?"
! No, | cannot, unless possibly, a triiline
occurrence of a few days since, a matter
OF small account, compared with The
amount 0; business VIC are doing"
| We'll, your rooms here look as though
business il good with you
Yes, the Home Treasury has had a
steady and healthy growth. About two
years and half ago, after had had three
years experience with Vickcry & HILL l
started this business, with my brother as
the ". +. Mtoers Publishing Co bad a
small Office in the basement of the Western
Union Telegraph office and did all the
work myself, / soon bought my brother s
| interest and carried on the business alone.
until about two months ago, when Mr.. ".
ID. Baker, son Of Judge II. X Baker of
dallowell. came into the concern, buying
one-third interest | still own the re-
mainder"
The business has steadily grown"
When | started, the circulation was
about 5000 per month. 1t is now over
loo, 900. From doing the work alone, we
now have go persons on the pay roll Our
advertising receipts for 1894 amounted to
less than $1,000 In 1895, they were over
$4,000. In 1891, the average daily sub
scriptions received was only Is. In 1895,
it jumped to 225. At the present time we
are receiving about 600 new names Der
day. For our February number we shall
have 5000 lines of advertising, 1900 more
than In any previous issue Does that lock
like assigning"
We'll hardly. understand also that
you are enlargiDg your quarters and facili-
ties"
Yes, we have been compelled to. Be
sides this stand, the old quarters Of the
Maine Standard, we have leased the two
floors in the Holwsy block opposite us,
formerly occupied by Pulen & Shorey.
We shall use the new rooms for printing
and mailing, and retain these for business
Offices
:" Do you propose to do all your work in
your own quarters
Yes We have formerly had our print
ing done outside but we have Just re
coived--in fact it arrived, today-a new
Whitlcck press, built expressly for US, that
has capacity Of Is, coo per day, and will
enable Us to handle $50 coo copies per
month. Mr.. K. Y Bascome, who was
with the Allen Publishing House for IA
years will have charge Of the press work
We shall put in new 5-horsc power
electric motor, and have just bought a new
dress of type
well, Mr.. Mooers. this all looks like
business prosperity, even in these hard
times -
We all feel the effects of the depression
i'll business, but we are certainly having
our share of what Is going. / bave been
much gratificd at the expressions of conf
dence in our concern have received from
prominent business men of our city, since
this malicious rumor started. They have
been very kind"
"Ot course every business concern helps
our city, and you are aiding with the
others.
81 hope SO. Here we are now, doing |
business Of about $4,000 a month. of that
$1,000 comes to us from outside the city |
and Of that the bulk is expended right in !
our city, for salaries, rent, insurance, !
labor, postage, taxes and all the small |
going to move, but intend to grow up with !
the city.
"Hcrc are some of the letters that we |
receive from advertisers You see TINT |
they are all pleased with the value of the |
Home Treasury as an advertising medium.
This pile of contracts for January and
February will also give you an idea of |
what we are doing.
And after reading some very coinpli
mentary letters from business houses aud
looking over good sized stock Of con
tracts, the journal man left the genial
manager to his work, with wishes for a
long life and prosperity for the Home
Treasury.