Session #55 · 1897–99

Speech #550001552

The men who own the pine trees let the contract of logging. let the contract of driving. let the contract of sawing. and When the lumber is piled upon the docks they then convert it into money. Who are the men that they engage in these industries? Do they discriminate between American citizens and the pauper labor of Europe? By no means. Today. my friends. it is a fact that there are nearly as many mills running upon the Saginaw River and giving employment to menmills sawing Canadian logs. towed across the lake and up the riveras there are mills on the river cutting American pine. and now they come here and ask Congress to place a tariff of $2 a thousand on lumber.
Keywords matched
pauper labor

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic contributor

Speaker & context

Speaker
FERDINAND BRUCKER
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
MI
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
550001552
Paragraph
#1
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