Intensely and energetically Interested in the material prosperity of his countrymen and entertaining the friendliest feeling for the United States and its people. he would lave been glad to see many more Germans admitted to this country. to become a part of it and partners with its people in its government. I took it upon myself to explain the situation to him. I am sure that I succeeded In convincing him that Germany would be receiving more than her share of our total immigration so long as the 1890 census base should be applied. and that Germany would receive no less than her share when the nationalorigins plan should come into effect. Of course. he regretted any cut in the German quota. no matter how it should be effected. But the Steuben Society impugns not only the fairness but the accuracy of the nationalorigins method. saying: An immigration quota. based upon the unauthorltative figures of a census of 1790. must always remain open to dispute and attack. as the records of this census were partly destroyed when the British burned our Capitol in Washington in 1812. It Is true that a small part of these records were so destroyed. I take the following statement from the introductlon to the reprint of the 1790 census. which gives the names of the heads of families of all the people enumerated: The first census of the United States (17.90) contains an enumeration of the inhabitants of the present States of Connecticut.
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