Session #50 · 1887–89

Speech #500078240

I know none of these owners of patents. Mr. Wakefield or any other. I believe. however. the patent expired a year or two ago. Now.whateverthe result maybe certainly under this enteringwedgeand I wish to call the attention of the gentleman from Arkansas to the fact there is one clause inside this Mills bill which shows the animus of its freetrade sentiment. and that is this one in reference to rattans and reeds in favor of Asiatic labor. That bears the mark of the freetrader and none more so than the last part of the clause we are now considering. What is the intention?
Keywords matched
Asiatic

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
60%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
JOHN FARQUHAR
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
NY
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
500078240
Paragraph
#0
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