Session #48 · 1883–85

Speech #480060022

With all this great field spread out. with all that is to be accomplished by this bureau. $25.000 a year is appropriated. It is perfectly evident that the means proposed are utterly inadequate to the end in viev. Now. Mr. President. only a word or two more. Why stop at an inquiry into Chinese immigration? Direct it to all foreign labor coming here tnder contract. The latter is more destructive of American interests. True. it may interfere with the privilege heretofore exercised by iron and glass manufacturers. to supply contract labor from Europe. and thus take tile bread from the mouths of our own people. All tile labor orgapizations demand the above amendments. You say they ask tbr this bill.
Keywords matched
immigration contract labor

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
CHARLES VAN WYCK
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
NE
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
480060022
Paragraph
#1
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