Session #46 · 1879–81

Speech #460134868

As we increase in population and in wealth. as our resources are teveloped. of necessity the sources from which we draw this immense revenue will be enlarged. As the gentleman last mentioned has shown. we have added twelve million souls to our population within the past ten years. Five hundred thousand annually by immigration alone is a low estimate. The greater the number of consumers the larger the annual revenues to the Government. The practical question. then. isand we are dealing with a purely practical questionwhat shall be done with the immense revenues now accumulating and hereafter so rapidly to accumulate in our Federal Treasury I Shall they be hoarded or pessibly squandered by injudicious appropriations and subsidies. or shall they be applied to the extinguishmeu of our bonded debt?
Keywords matched
immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic contributor

Speaker & context

Speaker
ADLAI STEVENSON
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
IL
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
460134868
Paragraph
#0
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