Session #61 · 1909–11

Speech #610005977

We are confronted with the proposition that the American laborer is perhaps the only thing except "dividivi." "catgut." and matters of that kind upon the free list. You will find that American labor is put down in the same schedule. If you thought of American labor as you say that you do. why do you not enact into law some protection for him from the horde of foreign immigrants that come from these pauper countries year by year? You know you are asking for the cheapest labor that you can get. I do not criticise a man because he hires a hand just as cheaply as he can.
Keywords matched
immigrants

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
THOMAS SISSON
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
MS
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
610005977
Paragraph
#0
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