Bryan in the last contest were comparatively poor in this worlds goods. and ignorant. The gentleman who for the time being presides over the Department of Agriculture gives to his subordinate this direction for the preparation of this document: In preparing this "useful information on subjects connected with agriculture." carefully collate from the work of the last national census such facts as may serve to bring out plainly the population. the agricultural wealth. and the intelligence. the manufacturing interests. and the investments of each State which at the recent election declared for the free coinage of silver at 16 to 1 or for the present gold standard. In the pamphlet it is further stated: The comparison in respect to illiteracy is confined to native whites. thus excluding the most illiterate classes of the populationthe colored in the freesilver territory and the foreign born in the goldstandard territory. Further on the pamphleteer says: The goldstandard list includes one StateKentuckywhose vote was so nearly an even balance that its decided position in either rank will perhaps be questioned. The inquiry may. therefore. arise. how the goldstandard average would be altered by omission of that State.
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Foreign born are considered the most illiterate class of the population.