Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-11-30 | Page 1 | Illiteracy Decreases

ILLITERACY DECREASES Favorable Conditions Shown by Census Bureau Bulletin. WASHINGTON Nov. . According to n hulletln iHued tny t,. th . nsus burnu. bImivii 1M rrA"n out of O0O In he T"nld Stafs ot n yni eld re unable to writ, which I equivalent to about ore In ten. Of the native, ut' p-.pulntlon oalr 4 out of arsry 1000, or fewer than on in twenty; for-elBn-bnrn white. 1' cut of r- 1 '. nnil of the nerr jeR. 445 out of every 1000 are illiterate. International oompartsona restrictei n fares pofii.if to corresp ndlng 'Iim of the population. popu-lation. cu- on the whole favorohl to this country. .ndlrnMns that In mont Kuropran countries unterscv Is much more prevalent than It Is hero, jlihough the Vnlted Rutes Is till far behind Germany, Sweden, Norway. L-nr, i, y ir. l S lin land Is Being Reduced. There is also eround for satisfaction In the statistical ciM-nc" ll-at lllltemcv !s StSSdily heln; rdiK .1 In 1490 the nuinhcr of Illiterate Illiter-ate .er UNO n 13.1 for th total population. 01 f. i th, noiliK white nooulatlon. ISO for las torlgn-t orp white and for negroes, Indlai .ii : .l.,iitc-jllanv. More Illiterate- Females. The femiiV -,-c s h'iowti to be mor Illiterate Illit-erate than the male. the. lllltersry for females fe-males lahiR 11? per nml for molee. 101. p.ui tht coatrast 1m leee msrkod than u j In IM-i. wh.ii the illiteracy for th two ,-e.v wah Ml nn-l Ot renpectlvely.