Author: Hyrum M. Smith

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-05-20

Total Pages: 22

ISBN-13: 9780259804383

Excerpt from The Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 76: April 2, 1914 In 1910 Utah had a population of about 75 per cent, of whom were Mormons. The percentage of illiterates, i.e., people over ten years of age who cannot read or write, in the State for the same year was per cent, and only per cent among native whites. Utah stands third among forty-eight states in the matter of illiteracy. The average for the United States for the same year was per cent. Utah spends more per capita on education than any other state, country or nation on the globe. In 1913, eighty per cent of the total revenues of the State were appropriated for educational pur poses. This does not include money spent by the Mormon Church and other denominational institutions in the State for the same purpose. The valuation of public school property in Utah has increased from in 1906, to in 1913, and 'the school population from to The amount expended annually for the support of common schools during the same period increased from to In addition to this the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints maintains two colleges and twenty-nine academies, with an enrollment of in 1913, with a large yearly expenditure for maintenance. Instruction in all state and Church schools is free. The birth-rate for the United Kingdom in 1911 was per thou sand. In the United States it was In the State of Utah and among the Mormon population in 1912 it was The death-rate for the United Kingdom in 1911 was per thousand. In the United States it was In the State of Utah it was and in 1912 among the Mormon population it was per thousand. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.