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7. Connecticut 99-43

8. Utah 99-34

9. Massachusetts 99-33

10. Michigan 99-3

1 1. Washington 99-3

1 3. Minnesota 99-29

1 3. Wisconsin 99-^7

14. New York 99.26

15. Illinois 99.18

16. Wyoming 99.08

1 7. Vermont 99-OS

18. South Dakota 99.00

19. California 98.99

20. Pennsylvania 98.99

21. New Jersey 98.81

22. Idaho 98.77

23. Colorado 98.48

24. New Hampshire 98.31

25. District of Columbia 98.25

26. Rhode Island 98.12

27. Montana 98.07

28. Maine 97-92

29. North Dakota 97-65

30. Oklahoma 97.26

31. Missouri 96.64

32. Delaware 95-49

33. Maryland 95.36

34. West Virginia 94-74

35. Nevada 91.88

36. Kentucky 91.56

37. Texas 90.74

38. Florida 86.24

39. Tennessee 85.08

40. Virginia 84.33

41. Arkansas 83.80

42. New Mexico 80.07

43. North Carolina 78.25

44. Arizona 77-79

45. Mississippi 77.62

46. Georgia 77-21

47. Indian Territory 75.6 1

48. Alabama 71.11

49. South Carolina 70.44

50. Louisiana 67.12

It may be urged that the relative illiteracy is not a fair test of the excellence of the laws for the protection of children ; for the agricultural states of the Northwest, having neither vast foreign immigration nor highly developed manufacture and commerce, are confronted by no such task as the education of the immigrant children who flood Chicago and are tempted to remain illiterate by reason of the opportunities for employment for all comers. Granting, for the sake of argument, that the task of Washington, or of Nebraska, may be lighter than that of Illinois, what is to be said of the present relation of Illinois to New York ? Why should

Nebraska 98.75. 7

New York 98.62. 8

Wisconsin 98.35. 9

Minnesota 98.21. 10

Oregon 98.20. 1 1

Michigan 98.17. 12

Indiana 98.00. 13

California 97*93- 14

New Jersey 97.86. 15

Pennsylvania 97.82. 16

Washington 97-75- 17

Maine 97-57- 18

Vermont 97-57- 19

South Dakota 97-55- 20

Colorado 97-21. 21

New Hampshire 96.63. 22

Montana 96.47. 23

Utah 96.24. 24

Wyoming 96.23. 25

Idaho 96.18. 26

Rhode Island 96.03. 27

North Dakota 95-58. 28

District of Columbia 94.61. 29

Missouri 94.48. 30

Nevada 92.83. 31

Oklahoma 91.81. 32

Delaware 90.96. 33

Maryland 90.54. 34

West Virginia 89.16. 35

Texas 85.55. 36

Kentucky 85.17. 37

Florida 82.43. 38

Tennessee 80.94. 39

Arizona 79.62. 40

Arkansas 77.89. 41

Virginia 77-32. 42

Mississippi 73-47- 43

New Mexico 72.04. 44

North Carolina 69.38. 45

Georgia 66.73. 46

Alabama 64.50. 47

South Carolina 61.03. 48

Louisiana 57-26. 49