Session #77 · 1941–43

Speech #770055905

That is exactly what I was getting at. I was asking for information from:those .who have given great study to this subject. but I certainly have governed my own vote heretofore for sugar legislation upon the theory. first. that the tariff did not effec-. tively meet the situation. second. that a quota System was highly serviceable and was apparently necessary at that time in the light of all that we knew about the situation and how to meet it. It undoubtedly is true that the offshore producerEfor instance. Cubahave not only restricted the expansion of sugar production but in the case of Cuba they are actually producing less since the JonesCostigan Act and the 1937 act. and they are selling us much less sugar than they did prior to that time.
Keywords matched
quota System

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
70%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural Economic contributor

Speaker & context

Speaker
WALTER GEORGE
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
GA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
770055905
Paragraph
#0
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