I wish to call attention to the fact that now. when it appears that the House of Representatives is about to vote measures affecting silver. the Senate having already come within 2 votes of passing silver legislation. the Secretary of the Treasury. for the purpose. apparently. of delaying further action by the Congress of the United States with reference to the silver question. sends to China an economist from Yale University to ascertain. as he says. what the effect will be upon our commerce in the Orient. From whom is he to obtain the information? From Chinese merchants. from Chinese farmers. from Chinese bankers. Bear in mind. if you will. Mr. President. that 90 percent of the 500.000.000 Chinese are illiterate. and that includes many of the merchants as well as the Chinese coolies and socalled "farmers." So. naturally. the only people whom Professor Rogers will come in contact with or be able to get any information from will be the Chinese manufacturers and the Chinese bankers. and when I say "Chinese manufacturers" I do not mean Chinese who are manufacturing. but I mean lb
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90% of Chinese are illiterate