Indeed I have in debate in this House heretofore pointed out how the illiteracy decreases of those who come over and avail themselves. some in a large degree. some in a small way. of the opportunilty to learn to read and write. As for their children. they make wonderful progressin our schools. they advance in education with rapidity. they are eager to store their minds with knowledge. and in exceedingly large numbers they win. through brightness of mind and great aptitude for study. their way upward in school. in college. and university. The gentleman from Wyoming said in substance that the illiterates made most undesirable immigrants and he feared the flood of illiterate immigration. Let me point out to the Members of this House that In one of the most congested districts in New Yorkin a district filled and abounding with the foreign born. whose arrival in this country was comparatively recent. the circulation of books in a branch of the great Public Library was greater than that in any other of the :5 or 40 other branches in other parts of the city. In last nights New York Globe. in a well written and pithy editorial. that subject is thus accurately alluded to:
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