Session #47 · 1881–83

Speech #470153926

That is the difference between the Senator from Massachusetts and myself. No wonder the Senator says he is willing that the Holyokes and Lawrences of his country should be alluded to as examples of the accumulation of wealth. I hold in my hand a paper published in New England. the Hartlbrd Courant. of January 12. in which an account of the doings and the prosperity of some of these companies that he speaks of is recorded. and I notice that the "Southington Cutlery Company." which has a protective tariff of 50 per cent. in its behalf to protect it against foreign paupersluavc justdeelarced a dividend of 71 per cent.. making the cash dividends of this company for the past year 201 per cent.. which. with 6t2.000 in addition added to the surplus. makes the total dividends of this company for the past year on their capital stock about 30 per cent. All levied under this high protective tariff of 50 per cent. on cutlery to protect American laborers! Thirty per cent. in the pockets of the manufacturer is what they call protecting American labor!
Identified stereotypes
Generalization that immigrants are paupers.
Keywords matched
foreign paupersluavc

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
⚠️ Yes
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
ZEBULON VANCE
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
NC
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
470153926
Paragraph
#1
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