Session #69 · 1925–27

Speech #690006421

They know that the farmers of the Middle West. far removed as they are from the lanes of commerce on the ocean. can not improve their economic condition unless their costs be reduced by waterway transportation and by a better regulated and more evenly distributed supply of moisture. They no longer blame the cotton and grain exchanges for those adverse conditions which they now know are attributable to economic restrictions and handicaps. They know that if we would sustain and Improve our prosperity we mut prepare to sell to and buy from Latin America. where there are abundant natural resources and to which the tide of European emigration must flow now that we have closed our gates. and to the Orient. which has been opened by the Panama Canal. Knowledge of the facts has opened their eyes to many things. and the Mississippi Valley Association. Mr.
Keywords matched
emigration

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Latin Americans
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic contributor

Speaker & context

Speaker
JAMES OCONNOR
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
LA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
690006421
Paragraph
#0
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