Federico Echevarria’s Rally-Protest Speech in Favor of Protectionism
1. INTRODUCTION
The text we analyze is a fragment of the rally-protest speech that the Basque businessman Federico Echevarria gave in Bilbao on December 9, 1893 in favour of protectionism.
As regards the origin, it is a primary source. As regards the form, it is a public meeting/rally, then it is a narrative text; in the content, it is an economical text.
The text is addressed to the Government and to businessmen, therefore it is a public text.
The main objective of Echevarria was to eliminate free
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