Session #50 · 1887–89

Speech #500053748

Nor does the Northern fhrmer. whose lot is cast along the Canadian border. escape your attention. On the Canadian side of the line land is cheaper. houses are poorer. the scale of living is much lower. and the rate of wages correspondingly lower. It is only because of our higher wages that the constant flow of emigration sets to our side from Canada. of which they make such complaint. and yet you propose to reduce our border farmers to the level of the Canadian standard by placing a considerable list of products common to both countries upon the free schedule. Is this fair and just? Is it wise or expedient?
Keywords matched
emigration

Classification

Target group
None Specific
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
70%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
JOHN STEWART
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
VT
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
500053748
Paragraph
#0
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