Show AM I TRACT SOCIETY Much Interest In Colporteur Work ork orkIn In Utah Washington March 20 Tho annual meeting of or the American Tract society hold held In the time Church of ot the Cove Covenant eO nant Justice presided and made a n brief address setting tho tim general work vork of ot the Tract society both bothIn in tho time home and Ind foreign field feld lie Jle em emphasized the necessity of ot this work an Its well as ns showing that there thero win Wil no other agency so well el equipped to tn turn furn furnish ish ishi Christian literature In tho the many languages and dialects Hev ev ludson hudson Swift reported tIme the years work and William Wilam H II Taft secretary of ot war de delivered te livered an address which gave nn an In ac no account IC count of ot the progress In lii tho tire Philip pities pints relating particularly to education ion tion and Christianity The Tho secretory secretary of ot the tho society said that 89 59 new publications catlon had been ben added to the time list Hit dur duro durIng during Ing the year ear These Thello were in English Polish Bohemian German Hungarian Spanish Swedish and Italian and the tho total number ot of distinct periodicals add added added ed cd was Ins ISO 10 making the grand total of ot publications Issued since Binco the organisation Ion tion ton of ot the tho society The Tho Tract r t society furnishes nil all ni or nearly all ot of the tho Christian literature ture In Inthe Inthe inthe the Spanish language and during the time year has hoo distributed In tho time American colonies upwards of ot pages and amid all time the total for tor the time year ear clr In Iii tho the Sunfish Spanish speaking countries Is IR pages SIx Mix colporteurs aro are laboring In Cuba Cuba time The work among the tho Mormons Mormon In Utah la is II of at Interest The Time distri distribution button buton of ot Christian literature by b col colporteur wagons and cind colporteurs reaches thousands thou of ot homes placing hl reading In 11 time the hands nf It t tho the youth The Time society huts ban hl expended n a 1 total ot of of ot a 1 million dollars In II creating cr ammO circulating Christian ver vem shea Ilon stations The Time great greM need of ot tho time foreign field ut at lt the time time Is a large Increase e ot of Christian literature Many Man of ot time the missionaries ml state that tho the education of ot tho hue youth nt tha oils mis Blon olon schools will wi bo be b largely in vain un no unless noless less a n amount of ot Christian and wholesome literature Is II 11 for fez them upon their graduation This ThiN i Is particularly true truo of ot India and d Japan |