Chairman. I feel justified in saying that these difficulties are minimized by the simple and entirely proper expedient I suggest. I have examined the statistics of alien immigrants arriving during the past three fiscal years as to their illiteracy. and I find that the various races maintain a practically uniform ratio of illiteracy. varying from less than half of 1 per cent of the total arrivals of one race (Scandinavian) to nearly 55 per cent of the arrivals of another (Turkish). To examine all the Scandinavians. for example. to discover and turn back the 1 illiterate out of 400 arrivals. would be an expenditure of time and labor out of all proportion to the results to be attained. The same reasoning. only in a somewhat less degree. applies to many other races. I submit herewith a compilation showing at a glance the percentage of illiteracy by races. taking the average of 1899. 1900. and 1901 of the different races represented in the alien immigration into the United States. It is as follows: Stateetent showing percentage of inmigrants who can not read. during the fiscal years 1899. 1900. and 1901. Per cent.
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