Session #50 · 1887–89

Speech #500053167

Ttat we demand of the Representatives in Congress from this city that they not only vote against this most recent attack on the prosperity of American labor. but that they use their utmost endeavors to secure its defeat. R:esolved. That we protest against a bill which puts rawimterial on the freelist when that socalled raw material isthe product of American labor. Resotred. That we protest against a bill which would break down the barrier which defends American labor from competition with the pauper labor of Europe and Asia. and aims to reduce our families to the foreign level of cheapness and povertr. Recsolved. That we demand that the internalrevenue war taxes be repealed. and that protection to American labor be maintained and made more effective.
Keywords matched
pauper labor

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
MARTIN FORAN
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
OH
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
500053167
Paragraph
#0
← Prev Next →