Session #64 · 1915–17

Speech #640066319

No -wonder the -working people of allclasses in this land feel a deep and earnest interest in this proposed legislation. Continue to keep our doors -wide open and the time will come when we will have an overpopulated country. just as they have in Italy. where they work longer hours for lower wages ..just as they are doing in Germany. in Poland. in Hungary. in Austria. in China. in Japan. and in other overcrowded countries. where they work for onethird and as low as onetenth of what Is paid in:the American workshops. Keep the doors wide open and the ceaseless tide of immigration to our shores. and our women will work for from 8 to 15 cents a day in the textile mills of America. and skilled mechanics will labor longer hours at lower or starvation wages. Our high standard of wages and living will be a thing of the past. No wonder the faithful engineer at the throttle appeals to our patriotism. no wonder the representative of more than 2.000.000 honest American farmers knocks at the doors of Congress for .relief. no wonder Mr.
Keywords matched
immigration

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
RICHARD AUSTIN
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
TN
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
640066319
Paragraph
#1
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