Session #50 · 1887–89

Speech #500097239

Edgar ThomsonThomson without a "p -and the same. I presume..of sweet and precious memory. whose name is associated with that great philanthropic and eleemosynary institution the Edgar Thomson Steel Works at Pittsburgh. an institution which a few weeks since was striving to reduce the wages of its operatives to a basis near the verge of starvation. while its chief officer. -s he has himself confessed. draws $1.500.000 per year out of the business. and who is now pleasure riding with Mr. Blaine through the lowlands of England and the highlands of Scotland. recuperating their energies for another great struggle for protection against the " pauper labor of Europe "-these twelve gentlemen came here to the doors of Congress. knocked. and it was opened unto them. asked and it was given to them. But I can not go further into that. my time will not permit. Such were the methods prior to 1861 and such the methods subsequent to 1861.
Keywords matched
pauper labor

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
70%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
WILLIAM STONE
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
MO
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
500097239
Paragraph
#0
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