Session #67 · 1921–23

Speech #670414697

The greatest amount of gold which has been brought to this country for many years on account of exports has been paid for cotton. The cotton producer gets no protection front the tariff as do other sections of our country. A- tariff duty of 100per cent on cotton. would not help the cotton grower one dollar. He must compete with the pauper labor of the world in growing cotton. If Congress would pass this measure and help the farmers of the South It would alsobe helping the New England cotton mills. and every section of our country. It isnot a sectional matter. it affects the Natiln and the world CottOn. clothes are worn all over the world.
Keywords matched
pauper labor

Classification

Target group
None Specific
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
70%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Economic contributor

Speaker & context

Speaker
WILLIAM HARRIS
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
GA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
670414697
Paragraph
#0
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