Session #62 · 1911–13

Speech #620021085

Englishmen. and Irishmen from the workshops. factories. and mines of our highly protected Industries. And in the steel mills of Pittsburg. Chicago. and Milwaukee. where 30 years ago the socalled princes of labor used to get from $10 to $15 a day. the modern white coolies get $1.75 for 12 hours a day. seven days in the weekhaving no. time to praise the Lord. and no reason eithern As for the manufacturers of woolen goods. Bulletin 57 of the Census Bureau. which gives the figures on manufactures for 1905. shows (p. 93) that 44.452 youths and men. 24.552 girls and women. and 3.743 children under 16 employed in the manufacture of woolen goods receive a yearly average of $396 and a weekly average of $7.61. The same bulletin shows that 29.883 youths and men. :32.130 girls and women. and 7.238 children under 16 employed in the manufacture of worsted goods receive a yearly average of $379 and a weekly average of $7.30.
Keywords matched
coolies

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
English
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
80%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic contributor

Speaker & context

Speaker
VICTOR BERGER
Party
S
Chamber
H
State
WI
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
620021085
Paragraph
#1
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