Session #71 · 1929–31

Speech #710093160

A. B. Cook. a leading beet grower. said frankly: Cultivating and harvesting beets is not a real American farmers Job. * It Is a toilsome and a dirty job. For many years immigrant labor from Europe was plentiful. It has been cut off by our restrictive immigration policy. a policy not likely to be altered. Sugar growers. not only in the Southwest but in the Middle West as well. have been forced to turn to Mexican labor pushing up from the south. Even this supply will probably not be available indefinitely. Restrictions upon the entry of Mexican labor into the United States have been urged strongly for many years.
Keywords matched
immigrant immigration

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
European
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic contributor

Speaker & context

Speaker
ROBERT LA FOLLETTE
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
WI
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
710093160
Paragraph
#1
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