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the way the 3,172,000 that were divided. That is really where the 
whole dispute has come, the size of the 1790 stock. 
The origins committee finds that the 1790 stock—they do not give 
these figures in this approximate, but they do give in document No. 
65 the total population in 1920, derived from the 1790 stock, which 
is 41,285,570, and then they give the amount for each country. 
So to arrive at what the strength was in 1790 I simply divide those 
totals in this column, column 2 of page 11, document 635, by 13, and 
that would give us the strength in 1917 to those derived from Eng- 
land, Scotland, Wales, and North Ireland as 1,439,915; and the 
Irish Free State, 140,076; to Germany, 231,360; to the Netherlands. 
104.519; and those are the largest groups right there. 
The Cuamrmaxn. Pardon me. 
Mr, Lewrs. Yes, sir. 
The Cuamman. First, if T am following you, and if I am not 
you will correct me, please; you are figuring that back from the 1920 
census to indicate the appropriate number of each of the racial 
groups in 1790; is that correct ? 
Mr. Lewrs. IT am figuring back, sir, from the origin committee, 
Mr. Hill’s report here, where he gives those derived from the original 
native stock in column 2. 
The Crairman. I understand. 
Mr. Lewrs. And that is part of the 1920 census. 
The Crmarman. That is the conclusion from the 1920 census? 
Mr, Lewis. Yes, sir. 
Senator Reep.. It is not stated in the 1920 census. 
Mr. Lewis. No; it is not stated in the 1920 census. 
The Cramyan. But it is derived from the 1920 census? 
My. Lewrs. Oh, yes; the whole origin figures are. 
The Cuamrman. You are reaching the conclusion as to the racial 
groups in 1790 by dividing by 13. 
Mr. Lewrs. The 1790 population was 3,172,000, I believe, and the 
origin committee finds that the population in 1920 derived from that 
vas 41,288,570. 
The Cuamrman. Then, I am correct, am 1 not, in my estimation ? 
You take the result of the 1920 census. Am I wrong? 
Senator Reep. Yes, sir. 
The Cramrman. Let us get it right. That is all T am seeking to do. 
Mr. Lewis. I am starting off, Mr. Chairman, with the origins com- 
mittee’s figures, the 1790 population, and I was going to compare 
those with the estimates of some representative historians of several 
racial groups in this country. 
Now, then, to start off with, the origins committee—— 
Mr. Rern. Let me interrupt vou, to make it clearer? 
Mr. Lewis. Yes, sir. 
Senator Reep. In the 1920 census the population of the United 
States was shown to be about 105,000,000, was it not? 
Mr. Lewts. Yes; white, colored, and all that. 
Mr. Rep. The origins committees quota board finds that 41,000,000 
of those were descended from what is known as colonial stocks: 
and they state that the factor of increase has been 137 
Mr. Lewis. Yes, sir—they do not state that, but it is. 
Mr. Ree. It follows necessarily ? 
Mr. Lewis. It is the mathematics of it: that is all.