Norwich bulletin., 1911-11-13
FIVE YEARS OF REFORM WORK.

The Rev. Rennetts C. Miller has just made a report of his five years work in Connecticut as a reformer, to the advisory council, in which he says:
 I have given about 1,5oo public ad- dresses in the past five years-an av- craze of nearly one a day. Four-fifths of these have been given without com pensation. I have addressed about 10000 children in the public schools and elsewhere on the cigarette and other perils I believe these addresses have been an important factor in pre- venting thousands of boys from be- ginning the cigarette habit.
 Our bureau has circulated over a million pages of literature in Con necticut during the past five years, thus doing what Lincoln said was more important than passing laws or rendering ecisions-educating public sentiment. I have published the state law on obscene literature and circulat- cd it. more or less, over the state as 2 warning to careless or indifferent newsdealers along this line.
 The supreme mystery of my five years work here is that while it has, literally. received the hearty commen- dation of thousands of the best peo- pie in Connecticut. yet our financial support has been constant disap- rointment. Of course, I recognize that there many organizations, charities and philanthropic enterprises in Connecticut doing noble work, that are calling for contributions and col lections" from the generous people of the state. Still it is hard for the writ CT to understand why such an import ant work, as he has been so often as sured that he is doing, should suffer for lack of funds.
 Spol-ar churches, large and small. in nearly all the towns and cities of the state whether or not l received an offering for our work. I sympathize with the churches in the many appeals that come to them. and 1 have never un- duly pressed this phase of our work Perhaps this explains why I have never received but one collection that might be called large and that was quite a bit less than S100. The aver age church collection has been about BIO or sIz
 Twenty five hundred or three thou sand dollars a year would have pro- Nided our Connecticut work with fair ls ample means for salary, office help and rent, and travelling expenses, and had a good sum left for the pubIica- tion of some greatly needed anti-cis- arctic literature that school super intendents and principals in many parts of the state have written asking ne to prepare and publish for them
 Tn conclusion. the Rev. MT. Miller has this to say to those who believe In his work
 Recently I received another press ing call. 9 very attractive offer, from q large, well financed reform organ ization in adjoining state. am trying to settle this question in the light of duty How does it appear to you? Am l worth more to some other state than to Connefticut? must decide this question within the next few months. In fact they would like 10 have me come now, but I will not leave now. l want first to hear from the Connecticut people. The vital question is. do the people here who believe in my work, want me to stay @aserly enough to adequately support .5rir work? My decision, in justice to mF family. will be largely influenced av the peoples response to this ques- ton within the next 90 days"