Session #69 · 1925–27

Speech #690134404

It somewhat astonishes me. however. to see many men holding up their hands in horror when the word "subsidy" is mentioned when I recall the policies of past legislation. Every time a man pays more for a manufactured article than lie would have paid if an import duty had not been laid upon it. lie pays a subsidy. Every time an employer of labor pays higher wages to his employee than he would have paid had not the immigration law been in existence. he pays a subsidy. But our legislation is not confined to indirect subsidies. I understand perfectly that there are many respects in which general industry. like agriculture or like manufacturing. is not parallel with a public utility.
Keywords matched
immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
ALBERT CUMMINS
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
IA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
690134404
Paragraph
#0
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