Session #48 · 1883–85

Speech #480052116

Should all the people of this country have continuously paid that quinine tax forever to keep those few men from seeking other work? In the same speech Mr. KELLEY denounces the importation of contract labor that is being brought here by Pennsylvania protectionists. It seems that while they talk so much of protecting American labor they will have cheaper labor if they must bring it here under contract or go themselves to Europe to use it there. Verily. "for ways that are dark and tricks that are vain" the Pennsylvania protectionists are "peculiar." Advocates of protection profess great concern for the wages of factory operatives.
Keywords matched
contract labor

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
WILLIAM KELLEY
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
PA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
480052116
Paragraph
#0
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