Session #51 · 1889–91

Speech #510212260

No. not conclusive. It ought not to be conclusive. in my judgment. There is another difference between these two bills. of a very mate rial character. and that is in the head tax. The bill under con ideration does not provide for any increase of it. You know that now th. head tax is 50 cents. Receiving nearly 500.000 immigrants ye xly. that creates a sufficient fund to administer the system of inspection which we now have. In someyears it leaves a surplus over. lnothers there is a deficiency. It is not uniform. but I maintain that it is insufficient. if we are to have efficient inspection. and therefore it ought to be increased.
Keywords matched
immigrants head tax

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
WILLIAM OATES
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
AL
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
510212260
Paragraph
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