Session #55 · 1897–99

Speech #550024462

In San Francisco. I supposethat is. -I suppose most of the men who own the plantations live there. .I understood that at least a great many of them live there. The labor.that produces that sugar is:cooly labor. and there is only 3 per cent of the population in the Sandwich Islands white .people. JUNE .0. .If this profit went to the labor of the Sandwich Islandsas all the other taxes that we levy here are for the benefit of laborit would not be for the benefit of the white laborer. but it would go to coolies. it would not go to Americans or people speaking the language of our country. It may be possible that a lot of San Francisco or California people may own the plantations in Hawaii. and it may be of enormous value to them to be allowed to bring their sugar in and sell it at the same price it would sell for duty paid. but is there any justice in levying a tax upon the masses of the people to enable those who happen to own plantations in Hawaii .to sell their sugar to the American people at a higher price than they would sell it but for this law?
Keywords matched
coolies

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
JAMES JONES
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
AR
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
550024462
Paragraph
#0
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