--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 5 number: 1 published: 1901-11 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, "Notes," *Improvement Era* 5, no. 1 (November 1901): 70.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0501unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera0501unse start_page: 70 end_page: 70 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1901-11) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0501unse publication_year: 1901 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1901, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Notes 68 IMPROVEMENT ERA. one year; five-hundred-twenty in ten years; multiply five-hundred- twenty by the figure you foolishly spend each week: result, your net saving added to your improvement in character. If you have other evil habits besides chewing, smoking, or drinking, try similar figures on them, and observe the result. The improvement in your own character will far outweigh the money that you save, but it can, perhaps, not be shown so well in figures. THE ERA FIVE PER CENT REBATE. Many officers appear to have a misunderstanding concerning the rebate allowed to all associations obtaining five per cent of the Church population of their wards, as subscribers for the Era. This rebate is given to the association, not to the subscriber, and it must not be, in any instance, given to the subscriber. The rebate is intended as a reward for the loyalty and faithfulness of the association members and officers in canvassing for the Era and obtaining subscribers, and is paid to the association for the benefit of the members, to be used for association purposes. Officers and canvassers will please remember this, and promise no rebate to any subscriber. The rebate will be paid at the end of the season to all associa- tions which have reached the requisite five per cent, and officers are requested not to deduct it from their remittances, as that causes great inconvenience in the office.