the States and the answers tabulated and printed in a folder
showing conclusively the status of each regarding headquarters,
press, membership, finance, political district, legislative and
Congressional work. There is an increasing demand for suffrage
facts rather than for suffrage argument. It was in response to
this demand that it became necessary to appoint an editor for the
literature department. Fully half of the publications needed
revising and bringing up to date and new compilations of data
were urgently needed. Mrs. Frances Maule Bjorkman, a trained
newspaper and magazine writer, was chosen and has filled the
position admirably.

Mrs. Dennett gave a detailed account of the pamphlets, speeches,
leaflets, plays, magazine articles, etc., published by the
association--250 kinds of printed matter--and said:

We have published over 3,000,000 pieces of literature in this
year and our total receipts from literature and supplies have
been $13,000, or $746 over the cost of the printing and purchase.
Our record month was September, when our receipts were more than
the entire receipts for the whole year of 1909. If we count our
unsold stock and our uncollected bills as assets, we have a net
gain for the year of $3,578. About $700 worth of literature has
been sold in the office, the remainder having been ordered by
mail.

Through the courtesy of the Illinois association and the
generosity of Miss Addams and Miss Breckinridge, who paid for the
rent and service, a sub-station for the supply of literature was
established at the Chicago headquarters in April. The sales at
this western branch have been $1,924. It would seem well worth
while to continue this service for western customers. Also for
their benefit Mrs. McCormick made a gift of a sample copy of
every one of our new publications to the presidents of State
associations in eighteen of the western States, as a means of
bringing them in closer touch with the national office.... Aside
from our own literature we have been grateful for a very
serviceable congressional document, thousands of which have been
distributed in the last few months, the speech of Congressman
Edward T. Taylor of Colorado. It proved a successful and timely
campaign document and we are indebted not only to Mr. Taylor but
to a