Session #71 · 1929–31

Speech #710205164

We have therefore seen that both organized farmers and organized workmen have shifted their position on the tariff question. while internationally organized business has taken the antiprotection end of the argument. Mr. Shelley stands for a tariff on all competitive manufactured products approximately the difference in labor costs at home and abroad. without which we must shut up shop Industrially or submit to the lowering of wages to the European and Asiatic scale. and on agricultural products for a tariff additionally that will take into account the differences in cost of land. taxes. material costs. living costs. and transportation. This is a matter of special importance to Montana. In soil and mineral wealth Montana is the peer of Pennsylvania.
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Asiatic

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Asians
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
80%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat

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Speech ID
710205164
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