Session #67 · 1921–23

Speech #670350727

We will take up other matters. We will hold our conference and cure your ills. but not in that fashion." Then another one pipes up. who doubtless had read the speeches made on the other side of the Chamber. and he says. " You deny us markets by your tariff bill. Destroy your tariff wall. repeal your tariff law. and you will cure us of our economic ills." "No. you can not talk to me about that." says the creditor. "That is my own domestic concern. which I will submit to no mans arbitration. to the arbitrament of no set of men." Then another says. "Oh. let down your immigration bars. Perhaps with some of our people leaving our country you may aid us a bit." "Immigration bars? Who are you to say to me that immigration shall be as you desire? We determine that. Pass to another matter and let this conference be a success." So it goes down the line with every question of import and every one of concern. and finally the conference is adjourned with the benediction and the blessing of the great creditor who called it. with the imprecations and the maledictions of every other man who attended it. and after it is all over up comes a bewhiskered gentleman scratching his head and saying. "I am a farmer.
Keywords matched
Immigration immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
80%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
HIRAM JOHNSON
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
CA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
670350727
Paragraph
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