I am .glad to correct my statement. I had in mind evidently another district in the South. mentioned in the last debate. where the percentage of illiteracy was approximately 3 per cent. and I made a mistake in attributing it to the district represented by the gentleman from Kentucky . I will accept 19 per cent as the correct figure. and I say that that is a serious reflection upon his district. ruled by native Americans for many generations. and I will say further that from the experience all over the North of the competition that comes from liveblooded foreigners. if he will bring into his district from southern Europe. or any other part of Europe. men and women with nerve and ability and ambition and live red blood in their veins. the apathy and backwardness of his people will be overcome. and the percentage of illiteracy will be decreased from 19 per cent to approximately 3 per cent. as it is in the State of Minnesota. where 75 per cent of our people are foreign born or the children of foreign born. I yield back the remainder of my time.
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Generalization that immigrants from Europe will improve the apathy and backwardness of native-born Americans.