Session #49 · 1885–87

Speech #490035288

The provincialfishermen are deeply agitated over the present state of affairs. and well they might be. for it strikes right home to their pockets. By the present condition of things the business is practically taken out of the hands of our fisherman. and American bottoms are doing what ought to be done by provincial vessels. If this condition of things continues it will not be difficult to see the result. Either our fishermen will have to change their vocation or starve or emigrate. Quite a number of fishermen belonging to down the bay have already taken the oath of allegiance to the United States. We do not feel the effects of the present arrangement so much in St.
Keywords matched
emigrate

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
WILLIAM FRYE
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
ME
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
490035288
Paragraph
#0
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