Session #60 · 1907–09

Speech #600143826

Mr. Chairman. section 24 of the immigration law provides that in order to enforce the contractlabor law the Secretary of Commerce and Labor can expend up to $50.000 a year without filing vouchers. if he certifies that it is not for the best interest of the public that the vouchers should be filed. The Committee on Immigration came to the conclusion when the bill was in the Fiftyninth Congress that if you are to enforce the contractlabor lawand it ought to be enforced. it is on the statute booksthe only way you can do it is to allow the Secretary to go outside of the civilservice law and hire men. not only here but abroad. to detect contract labor. at its inception. if necessary. and follow the laborers into the large factories and places of business here where they go under the inducements of the~employers.
Keywords matched
immigration contract labor Immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
WILLIAM BENNET
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
NY
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
600143826
Paragraph
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