Session #85 · 1957–59

Speech #850221905

Furthermore. he has the same machinery. the same knowhow. the same mass production methods as our textile manufacturers. He has modern machinerymost of it paid for with American dollarsbut this machinery is operated and maintained and goods produced thereon under sweatshop conditions. Do you. my friends. approve of textile goods or merchandise of any kind made in sweatshops at coolie wages being sold to the American consuming public? I know that Eric Johnston and his 600employee Ringling Bros.. Barnum & Bailey Circus extravaganza. produced to influence the vote of Members of this House. and Charles Taft and his highly paid assistants claim that Japanese textile imports are not hurting our local textile manufacturers.
Keywords matched
coolie

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
ROBERT ASHMORE
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
SC
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
850221905
Paragraph
#0
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