Session #58 · 1903–05

Speech #580016548

Chairman. At the time that the WilsonGorman bill went into effect there was. from a protectionists standpoint. some need for protection upon these things. Now today they are shipping these very things to the markets of the world outside of America. selling wherever they are not shut out by foreign tariffs in competition with the worlds "pauper labor." thereby proving that they have no need of the duty at all. unless they need it for the purpose of extorting higher prices from the home consumer. Now. the gentleman tells us about the railroads everywhere. and that the earnings of the railroads have increased. Now.
Keywords matched
pauper labor

Classification

Target group
None Specific
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
70%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
JOHN WILLIAMS
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
MS
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
580016548
Paragraph
#0
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