Session #63 · 1913–15

Speech #630384001

Hungarians. 72.2. Croatians. 84.9 per cent. Slovenians. 70.5. of the Greeks. 95.1. and Lithuanians. 70.6 per cent. from which it appears that of the nationalities. the races. to which I last referred substantially from 70 to 80 per cent. upon an average. were males. and they constitute a large element in the immigration of those 12 years. Returning to the commissions Investigation of the industries in the United States. the following startling conditions are disclosed: Of the wage earners in the manufactories of America. it was found that 55 per cent of them were married men. but that threefourths of all the married men had left their wives in Europe. and substantially 86 per cent of all the men engaged in the manufactures of the United States were leading single lives. without any of those home influences which everybody in America recognizes as being so essential to good citizenship. They were living in colonies in the cities and under conditions which were undesirable and unAmerican. leading lives that ought not to be led in a country that is selfgoverning. as is the United States.
Identified stereotypes
Immigrants are described as living single lives without home influences, leading to poor citizenship.
Keywords matched
immigration

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Hungarians Croatians Slovenians Greeks Lithuanians
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
⚠️ Yes
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Cultural threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
WILLIAM DILLINGHAM
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
VT
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
630384001
Paragraph
#1
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