Here are the percentages of children from 5 to 17 years of age attending elementary or secondary schools. both public and private. in Pennsylvania and in some of the socalled barbarous Commonwealths: Pennsylvania. 71.5. North Dakota. 84.6. South Dakota. 82.9. Iowa. 86.1. Nebraska. 90.5. Idaho. 94.8. Kansas. 87.9. Montana. 92.2. Colorado. 95.. It may be argued that Pennsylvanias large number of foreignborn account for the comparatively low percentage of school goers. The illiteracy statistics. however. do not support such a contention. Counting only native whites. the illiteracy figures are as follows : Pennsylvania. 0.8. North Dakota. 0.4. South Dakota. 0.4 . Iowa. 0.5. Nebraska. 0.4. Idaho. 0.3. Kansas. 0.6. Montana. 0.4. For the total population. native and foreign born. the illiteracy percentages are: Pennsylvania. 4.6. North Dakota. 2.1. South Dakota. 1.7.
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