Session #56 · 1899–1901

Speech #560134549

Those crops have come into great importance and have attracted the attention of the people of the United States to a large extent. The tobacco crop. as is well known. is a staple of four or five States. but the rice crop and the sugar crop appear to be confined to certain sections of the South. Now. the rice crop has certainly come into great importance in Louisiana and in Texas. and I may say that that has been largely due to the enterprise and skill of some Northern immigrants into that part of the country. who have applied to the culture of rice the same advanced mechanism that is applied in the North tothe culture of wheat. The rice belt in Texas and Louisiana is very extensive. and the crop is growing in importance and value every year. Now. it is necessary.
Keywords matched
immigrants

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Positive
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic contributor

Speaker & context

Speaker
DONELSON CAFFERY
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
LA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
560134549
Paragraph
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