Session #72 · 1931–33

Speech #720197385

I am pleading not to exploit the creditor class. but I am pleading to stop the exploitation of the debtor class by the creditor class at this very moment. I am pleading for the adoption of some safe. sane. conservative method of bringing up commodity prices. so that the farmer can pay back what he borrowed with money of value equal to that of money at the time he borrowed. in 1926 and 1924. I am pleading to give purchasing power to the untold millions of people in China. in India. and in various other parts of the world. so that our great manufacturing plants may be opened up. so that the mill workers in Lowell and Haverill in my own home State of Massachusetts may have employment. so that the mill workers down in North Carolina. the home of the distinguished junior Senator from North Carolina . who does me the honor to listen to what I am saying. will be able to compete in the world market with the cotton manufacturers of ShanghaL I am pleading so that the cotton workers in the State of Georgia and the cotton workers throughout the South may not be thrown out of work. so that their living standards may not be driven down. so that children will not have to be worked long hours in order to compete with the coolie labor and the depreciated currency in Tokio and in Shanghai. Mr. President.
Keywords matched
coolie

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Positive
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
60%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic contributor

Speaker & context

Speaker
BURTON WHEELER
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
MT
Gender
M
Date
—
Speech ID
720197385
Paragraph
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