The question of illiteracy was iery freely discussed at that time. and It was charged that the foreigner brought with him illiteracy. and that therefore he ought to be barred. that lie was in large proportion illiterate. and that his Illiteracy affected the welfare of the United States. This report. in which. I presume. the gentleman participated and perhaps prepared. indicates that the Federal census of 1910 shows that there were in the United States 5.516.163 persons 10 years of age and over who were unable to read or write. and that this was nearly S per cent of the population. Now. in view of what has taken place in regard to immigration this would be a very startling indictment against the educational facilities of the United States. Mi-. STAFFORD.
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Foreigners are associated with illiteracy and seen as a threat to the welfare of the United States.