Session #50 · 1887–89

Speech #500148554

The Senator from Alabama on January 4. arguing that the committee was as open to the charge of free trade as were Senators on that side of the Chamber because the committee put certain things on thefreelist. used the language I shall quote. He was referring to paragraph 351. "Animals brought into the United States." etc. He said: We can certainly raise hero all the animals we want for any purpose. but be cause a man emigrates from Canada to the United States to compete with our coalminers and operatives in the factories or to compete with our agriculturists we let him in free with his"Teams of animals. including their harness and tackle and the wagons or other vehicles actually owned by persons emigrating from foreign countries to the United States with their families. and in actual use for the purpose of such emigration. under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe."
Keywords matched
emigrating emigration emigrates

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic contributor

Speaker & context

Speaker
ORVILLE PLATT
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
CT
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
500148554
Paragraph
#2
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