Session #48 · 1883–85

Speech #480118926

It is a very easy thing for gentlemen who desire to import labor under contractto have it called "skilled labor." The man who worksinthe mines is a skilled laborer. I think- the man who works in a factory is a skilled laborer. When the men were locked out of the glassmaking establishments in this country there were found "skilled workmen" to take their places. and when the iron manufacturers close their doors against American workmen because they will not work at reduced wages. and sometimes at starvation wages equal to those of the pauper labor of Europe. then it will be said that it is " skilled labor" that is to be brought under contract from foreign countries. So I move that those words be stricken from the bill.
Keywords matched
pauper labor

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
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
480118926
Paragraph
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