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CHAPTER XXXIIIPRESENT-DAY PROBLEMS IN THE PRODUCTION ANDDISTRIBUTION OF CHRISTIAN LITERATUREW. Hopfcyn ReesT , As one examines in detail some of theInadequate ... ~ . . ..Provision problems oi Christian literature in variousareas in China, one is impressed by theenormous demand which exists for such literature today,and the inadequate provision made to meet the needs whichare ever on the increase. One is driven to the convictionthat this branch of the missionary propaganda has neveryet been fairly and squarely faced, in a conscientous andscientific manner, by either the missionary boards or by themajority of missionaries on the field. The whole matterhas been either neglected altogether, or dealt with in aperfunctory way. It cannot be gainsaid that the tract andliterature societies have been trying to make bricks with avery limited supply of straw, and it is a cause for profoundthankfulness that they have been able to accomplish so muchwith such limited resources.^ ut ^ a ** f1^ income f r this branch ofFinancialabout Hex.Support$65,000 in a year, more than twothirdshas been received from tract societies inGreat Britain, Canada and the United States, and auxiliariesof the Christian Literature Society for China. The salariesand other allowances to the missionaries set apart for thiswork have been supplied for the most part by the missionarysocieties to which they belong, but such societies are too few,not more than ten in all.^or tneLiterarygreat task of producing literature,Writers editing, translating, or writing books andmagazines, there are only twenty-four menand women missionaries, with about thirty Chinese coadjutors. "What are these among the hosts of the Lord in Chinatoday? Of all the grants received from home boards forChristian work in China, among the myriads of this people,