Session #48 · 1883–85

Speech #480122031

They may go and come as they please. But we have seen within the past few years. and see at the present time. when large numbers of American laborers are being thrown out of the market. that organizations and companieshavebeenformed inthis country which havebrought in large numbers of ignorant and degraded foreigners to work in our mines and upon ourrailroads. Itisinthese two industries chiefly that the contract labor brought in fron Europe is today employed. In the mines of Pennsylvania. and in some other portions of the country. this labor has been introduced. andithas broughtwith it crime andmisery. It has driven out of employment large numbers of free American citizens. voters like ourselves. who have their rights as American citizens. They have been driven from their employment by the bringing in of cheap foreign labor under contract. Large numbers of these contract laborers have been brought from Hungary. Still larger numbers have come from Italy. Therehasbeen and still exists.
Identified stereotypes
Foreigners are described as ignorant and degraded, bringing crime and misery.
Keywords matched
contract labor contract laborers

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Hungarian Italian
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
⚠️ Yes
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Criminal

Speaker & context

Speaker
WARNER MILLER
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
NY
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
480122031
Paragraph
#1
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