I do not see how anyone could be surprised at the fact that the German element forms a smaller portion of our total population in 1920 than It did of the foreignborn population In 1890. and In the same way with some of the other nationalities. Everyone must know. I suppose. that the English formed a larger proportion of the original stock in 1790 than any other nationality. and that they must form a larger proportion of the present population than they did in the foreign born In 1890. That seems to me almost selfevident without regard to whether our figures are accurate or not. That Is a general fact that must result from the shifting from the 1890 to the nationalorigins basis. (Senate hearings. 1928. p. 17.) Doctor Hill further testified as to the lack of accuracy of the 1890 census figures showing the foreign born merely as statistical records of such foreign born by countries of birth. with the following result: Senator REED. If the question be raised of the element of uncertainty due to changes In political boundaries of Europe. it is true. is It not. that the element of uncertainty pertains as much to the 1890 basis as to national origins? Doctor HILL.
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