Session #61 · 1909–11

Speech #610110047

COOLIES. The abandoned American line to Australia. while in operation actually received under the Harrison oceanmail act less mail pay than either European or Japanese ships performing similar service for their countries. The line was withdrawn two years ago because of the defeat of the oceanmail bill providing additional compensation. Mr. STEENERSON voted against that bill. the failure of which drove American steamships. manned by American seamen. built by American material and by American workmen. off the Pacific Ocean. thus affording larger employmnent for the cooly labor of the Orient. and turning over to the control of foreigners all of the commerce we had with Australia. which as a result was completely wiped out.
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90%
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gemini-2.0-flash
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Economic threat

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