| Show TBLlSIIEO E IN 1866 Juvenile InstructorGeo Q Cannon Can-non Sons Co A PROSPEROUS PUBLISHING HOUSE I Ti IIlrth ooh ad lrODI Ilur of lb Ora of loving 111 dy holat More thin thirty one years ago i the institution which liter became the popular mil prosperous publishing publish-ing house ol George Q Cannon I Sons conipmv lead Its beginning On the 1st of J inuiry 1861 the first number ol the Juvenile Instructor I mule its appearance with Cieorjc Q Cannon is editor Its home w is in the southeast corner of the old DISH FT Nius composing room now the bookbindery of tint etab hhment and it occupied also a little room on the et end of ihe upper porch which old timers will recollect is I in attichmi to the I SiUS building Here its early forms were made up 1 its back mini I bers filed its m tiling done Us cuts md type stored Here also slept some of its bachelor workmen md here weie nnny of its articles writ tenLet Let I it be remembered that all this w is years before the coming of the riilw Piper type md above ill doc illiistritions were costly I owing to the difficult of transport ilion It was determined that by pictorial representation the purposes of the publication should be promoted pro-moted and It is i hard it this lime to realize how expensive md difficult it was to keep 1 up this feature The Juvenile nnniged however to fulfill ful-fill Us promises during those trying I times and except for a fell delays owing to the I non irnvil of paper through the vicissitudes and uncer t imlies ol tr msport uion it has made its appearance regularly from that Hy to this groning nicinwhile from ie unpretentious four pite emi nomhly in i860 to the large hind ome md illustrated journal it non is i A word is to the motives hich prompted the est ibh hnient of the magazine President Cannon who hid ever been a staunch advocate of the Sunday School ciu e mil a profound pro-found believer in the necessity of proper cducition of the youth of Zion in the principles of truth felt the grave need of home literature hich should be especially prepared nr mil adapted to local necessities He interested others in Ins vieits to the extent of promising the nd of their pens and influence lo Ins periodical period-ical and mud a score of difficulties he begin tint which during a whole generation of mankind as years ire humanly reel oned has been a h but ol love with him Started is an organ lor the youth of Israel the piper soon came to be recognized the organ mel special mouthpiece of the Descret Sunday School union end I liter I asumed and has well min J uneel the proud distinction of being in organ for young 1 liter ehy Sinus get crally md even of Sums I i J of imturer veirs The 1h Presi dent George A Smith used frequently frequent-ly to say in public discourse with the twinkle and smile that were so characteristic of him that it wis good reading for children us old as and even older than he was A natural step in connection with 11 publication having such motives and meleeel a necessary consequence VMS the preparation mel printing ol cards p tinphl ts mel books designed for bund iv Schu 1 use The hmous I nth Irciiuotint series of small lib inry books need not be mentioned F 11 I TAIN I X I d r I III 4 I I A all I e 1 I I 17114 i IN J tu I tt 7 1 I I I I I 1 III i 1 I M 11 i I I i I I 4 E 11 I I III v l r 1 IP 4 I I i I I P 7 LM iI r 1P I sr443 U9 ke I further linn to say that their popul ant v w is ilmost inlmtneou t md that they hue perfrlll I a wonder fill uu10n aniong th young people of the Chlllch I i As bu 1 I 1 s of thi kitvt 1 inlrt15ed Ill I th iia I at tftt 1 end I e liven I icntcs ol a publishing house were I I gj t 1 multiplied and through several re I 11q I 11 mov ill each time into better I em ir I 1 lers thin before the office 1 finally I I 1 I reached Us preacnl liindsoinc stone I l front home the George Q Cmnon 1 k I eV Sons conl pin building 1 I i I i I I on I South I 11i I I Temple street A few yenrs ago I Z 11 1 A the above compmy wis formed the I I founder ol the institution taking into I il partnership md making storkhold I ers m the great business then groan I I up his uliilt children md i few P I I otliers without however withdriw 11 mg in the leIt the fatherly watch I cart tilt prudent business advice I 4 mil the valuable editorial aid Wi which have made the piper md If f the business so successlu As now I i II I j equipped the office is one ol the 1 most complete in the West It wag i I the first ill the mountains to pur I f i hllvm I It f4I chase md use the tpc sitting ina t lX I 1 chine and in the equipment ol us 1I r I i r I bookbindery i has been conspicu Wll f N t ousl a It idcr in adopting the latest V I devices used m tint art A list f I 11Z1 of the works issued from itj t 11 F Iks h i presses would require many tunes I 11 more space than can be illowed to I this article but it is not unfair to siy I I I I I tint the name ol the tirm his become I be-come a ynonym for all that is i irtis 7 i tic subst nclaii and elegant in the 1 I S irt preservative This applies no I 1 1 less to large mil costly volumes than i C A 1 X to books of poems biographies I 11 r textbooks migazmes delicate ir I I Iii tilic productions and souvenirs I I tt 1 pimphlcts cards mil gcnenl job I I 1 ifM work of my and every kind As f tW5 0 before silted the Juvenile Instruc I i jI for hiving brivcl Z Wift pissed bravely through t 10 the stints md narrow winch Invo N proved fatal to well nigh every competitor I 1 I I 4 Ji com-petitor is i broadly and firmly estab I I j It t ihed in the heart > of II i vast contitll sl ency The persevtrcnce md en I erg which have made it wlnt it is i I I t I ire of themselves m example and I I 11 m inspiration and none will begrudge I I I be-grudge 1 the establishment its well I won success nor be reluctant m i expressing I I i ex-pressing the hope that its future may I Ir be as bright and porsperous as it Ii I Ins shown itself fully to deserve i I 1 |
