Session #50 · 1887–89

Speech #500032605

KNUTE NELSON. M. C. price fixed by the export price. are. notwithstanding all these disad- The truth is. and if a fair protective tariff is just. as I believe it is. vantages able to and. with head erect. do enter the markets of the it can afford to plant itself on the truth. that the main cause for lower world and compete not only with the socalled pauper labor of Europe wages in Europe is to be found. in the greater density of population and but also with that great and uncounted horde of Asiatics in the valleys in a far greater oversupply of labor than here. Senator FRYE again. and plains of India. in his Boston speech. unconsciously bears witness to this. This is what As it has been the fashion to ascribe all our growth and prosperity he says: to the tariff. so it has also been the fashion to ascribe the higher wages Step up to Belgium.
Identified stereotypes
Asiatics are described as a horde that causes lower wages.
Keywords matched
pauper labor Asiatics

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Europeans
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
⚠️ Yes
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
KNUTE NELSON
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
MN
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
500032605
Paragraph
#1
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