Session #48 · 1883–85

Speech #480053532

Or will it be claimed that the rates established by the bill are insufficient for protection? To this it may be said now. and gentlemen may rely upon it it will be insisted upon again in that other forum to which we are all tending. that no gentleman who has so far spoken upon this floor has undertaken to point out a single rate established by the bill which is below the requirements of protection. They do not condescend to so simple a means of argument. but in presence of a measure which leaves the average rate of all tariff duties over 30 per cent. ad valorem they fall to shrieking about free trade and the pauper labor of Europe. And now. Mr.
Identified stereotypes
European labor is described as 'pauper labor'.
Keywords matched
pauper labor

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
GILBERT WOODWARD
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
WI
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
480053532
Paragraph
#4
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