Session #49 · 1885–87

Speech #490159086

That is surrendered to foreign countries in order to enable a few men to rob our 60.000.000 people at home. That is the way the fact stands. and the record shows that I am right in that. When all the farmers of America have to carry their cotton. their wheat. their cattle. their every product. or their surplus abroad to the markets of the world and sell in those markets in competition with "the pauper labor" of foreign countries without protection anywhere. and they are obliged to pay double for all they want in order to protect American labor. the proposition now presented will not bear argument when it comes to be discussed. The PostmasterGeneral today is carrying in the cheapest way he can our mails everywhere. and he says he can do it and get better service if not hampered by a subsidy. This $500.000 the House of Representatives think is a repetition of the Roach and the Pacific mail subsidies given to a few men to crowd all other competition out and to put money in the pockets of a few for labor they do not perform.
Identified stereotypes
Foreign laborers are described as 'pauper labor' implying they are a drain on the economy.
Keywords matched
pauper labor

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
JAMES BECK
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
KY
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
490159086
Paragraph
#0
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