Session #63 · 1913–15

Speech #630010527

It not being profitable to raise lemons. Thousands of trees have been grafted. thus discontinuing to that extent the raising of lemons in California. The gentleman ought to have stated to the Members of this House that Italy and Sicily now supply the whole world. outside of the United States. with lemons. and that from onehalf to twothirds of all the lemons consumed In the United States come from Sicily and Italy. The gentlemen who appeared before the committee in January favoring a lower rate of duty on lemons denounced the lemon growers of California for the employment of alien labor. foreign laborJapanese. Chinese. Mexicans.
Keywords matched
alien labor

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Chinese Mexicans
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic contributor

Speaker & context

Speaker
JOSEPH FORDNEY
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
MI
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
630010527
Paragraph
#0
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