I am very proud of this fact. because it shows that in this respect Vermont is ahead of every other State in the Union. On page 579. in table 10. we find that the total number of illiterates of native parentage had decreased from 3.231 in 1900 to 2.234 in 1910. the perceitage in 1910 being only 1.2. or 12 persons out of each 1.000. Again. the reports give the State percentage of illiteracy as 13.1 per cent among the foreign born. and only 1.9 per cent among the native whites. Vermont probably has a larger percentage of native sons of native sons than has any other State in the Union. I think I may come to the figures later. but. as I remember. the percentage is about 65 or 75 per cent. while in my own county the percentage is more than 80 per cent of native sons of native sons.
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