Deseret Evening News | 1902-10-27 | Page 3 | Illiteracy among Children

I A DI MONG n I I t g F u mu I I g it ni Oct census of at flee his has ju t issued a IllIg 1 Ii ot of figures hull roil of at of natives tile le statement ayi tile the t to children thu tho ages or of JO 10 and 1 14 years In Inthe Inthe the United States 97 U her 11 ent of at th time willie ot of Ald antI Oil II 1 lIeI Jun lt of at tIme of oC nt ate are ubi able to 10 wrIte lluIs II in tilt chiden ot of thu lotion II is due uc lur largely 81 to tie tile t fact ct that tile the or Jle I t ye I mm ly In the lie I atud lit ermI states where time the school hl has already 11 n a of at great lt of native children h ot of parents live In Iii time states II in region about 10 vet edIt cent or of are Illiterate 11 When Ihl the II is curried olt oltI out I by geographic III tue the two classes II li part ot of tIme the United States except the Atlantic states Is II to he be Ilch Ie thun In the whole country Yet these thue that In ill every re Ilon except the North Atlantic elates tIme Iho I It ti child rem ot Immigrant hull lre Ills 1 0 larger Cent of oC limo tho whole I I I bl ot of Ill ei lId 1 time the lt II t I 1 ot of whites are ot of 11 all children ot of nale native whites IS ly by til tue ll s ot of and nd their y II Imi cites ci ties ot of tilt the tile Iho native live inure lutlO hlo IV fOI Ien II rally II Ill the hit rural In iii tilt North Atlantic II tIlde there tire native white 10 to 1 14 1111 etti old olti an horn of at ot of whom 2 Iler cent cont le live In Ith hay Ing ImIg nt at On time the oIlier huM among Ihl tIle white MillIe ehl 10 to 10 1 ii years ot of ie age born or of who live itt In the group ot of iia states 62 Pet eI Cent 1110 live in similar cities Thell There IS s 10 rel HOI to Inter Infer the enaus tile the of oC 1111 grants ore I a 1 Ii class In tilt the I It wi will lie be noticed that the tho to who been In tl the country long enough for tor their bor born hero here to have hale tile the II sige or of 10 years Whether among time the who ilave Illee 1 90 there thero tile tho to acquire nt at In cation It If is still too early to Ilet fIUre figures i