The following table, showing the per cent of literacy of the employees studied in these industries, is based on information for 500,329 employees, and hence has a remarkable trustworthiness: LITERACY OF EMPLOYEES IN MINING AND MANUFACTURING[239] ══════════════════════════════════╤═══════════╤═══════════ NATIVITY │ MALES │ FEMALES ──────────────────────────────────┼───────────┼─────────── „ │ PER CENT │ PER CENT │ WHO │ WHO ──────────────────────────────────┼─────┬─────┼─────┬───── „ │ │Read │ │Read │ │ and │ │ and │Read │Write│Read │Write ──────────────────────────────────┼─────┼─────┼─────┼───── Native-born white of native father│ 98.2│ 97.9│ 98.8│ 98.4 Native-born of foreign father │ 99.0│ 98.7│ 99.0│ 98.8 Foreign-born │ 85.6│ 83.6│ 90.8│ 89.2 ══════════════════════════════════╧═════╧═════╧═════╧═════ Footnote 239: _Ibid._, pp. 162–165. Foreign-born male employees of the following races have the following literacy, as shown by the per cent who can read and write: south Italian, 67.6; Macedonian, 67.1; Portuguese, 46.1; Ruthenian, 63.6; Servian, 69.5; Turkish, 54.1. From the foregoing table it appears that in respect to literacy the native-born employees of foreign fathers are superior to the native-born whites of native fathers, and that the foreign-born females are superior to the foreign-born males. The important matter of ability to speak English is forcibly portrayed in the following table: