Session #68 · 1923–25

Speech #680191881

On thermosbottle covers. used by both men and women. 50 per cent ad valorem. Those are made from hides and skins. On leather belts anld bags they charge 50 per cent ad valorem. but on hides it is all free. On belts. card cases. pocketbooks. Jewel boxes. and on the moccasins that the old Mexican peons and the poor Indians wear upon their feet. 50 per cent ad valorem. But the old farmer and stock raiser gets not one cent to prevent his coming in competition with the pauper labor of South America and other foreign countries. We pay our cowboys a decent wage. They do not.
Identified stereotypes
Associating Mexican peons and poor Indians with cheap labor and unfair competition.
Keywords matched
pauper labor

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Indians
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
⚠️ Yes
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
CLAUDE HUDSPETH
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
TX
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
680191881
Paragraph
#0
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