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Two and sixtenths per cent of all the Irish immigrants since the War with Spain have been illiterate. The difference is very marked. You look at the figures as to Scandinavians. Only fourtenths of 1 per cent are illiterate. 99.6 per cent could read and write. Of the Scotch.. only seventenths of 1 per cent were illiterate. Of the Dutch and Flemish. 4.4 per cent were illiterat6. and so on. and even of the northern Italians as compared with the south Italians. only 11.5 per cent of the northern Italians were illiterate. while 53.9 of the south Italians were illiterate.