By the nationalorigin plan we can do It without changing Its proportions. and since the 1890 basis did not .affect an equality as between countries in these groups some countries have a great advantage. and of course those countries dislike to lose that advantage. Let me give you some figures. The northern and western countries under the 1890 census get 86 per cent of the total immigration. and the southern and eastern countries get 12 per cent. We missed it a little in the calculation when we proposed the 1890 census. but the 1890 census was fairer than any other. and if we were permanently to have a census base 1890 was the one to have. The fair proportion should be 82 per cent and 16 per cent. But Great Britain and northern Ireland. which have contributed nearly half the blood of our present population. get. and if this resolution is sustained will continue to get. 34.000 immigrants. or 21 per cent of the total. The total of Germany is 51.227. or 32 per cent. One does not need to be a statistician to realize that that per cent Is wrong.
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