Speech of Hon. Samuel S. Blair, of Pennsylvania (Classic Reprint)
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| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
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Excerpt from Speech of Hon. Samuel S. Blair, of Pennsylvania Mr. Blair said: Mr. Chairman: The bill under consideration, reported from the Committee of Ways and Means, for the readjustment of the duties on foreign imports, suppose to be second in importance to none now on the calendar, nor indeed to any measure that has heretofore been considered by the present Congress. I am aware that more exciting topics of discussion touching the fundamental principles of constitutional government have at different times engaged the attention of Congress and of the country, the importance of which I would not under-estimate. Whenever they are presented by real occasions, they will justly challenge the attention of all men, whether in public or private station. But, sir, they must not be permitted to monopolize the grave thought and anxious solicitude of those to whom the high trust of legislation is committed at a time like the present, when the public necessities which have called forth the bill before us invite attention. I therefore desire to submit an outline of the view which I have taken of this measure, and the reasons which govern me in giving my vote in its favor. Although, in the arrangement of some of its details the bill falls short of that standard of protection to the industrial pursuits of the nation, which protectionists had hoped would be reached by the deliberations of the committee, yet in the main it exhibits a fair appreciation of the wants of the country, and a commendable recognition of the claims of American labor to the fostering care of the Government. And whilst it is acceptable to us because it is to some extent protective, I had indulged the expectation that its moderate discriminations in favor of all the leading branches of industry in our country would not be obnoxious even to the prejudices of those who favor the imposition of duties on foreign imports solely with a view to the public revenue. The bill comes to us from the Committee of Ways and Means, with its provisions matured by a wide and comprehensive investigation, as well of the wants of the Treasury as of the present condition of trade. It is the fruit, I am inclined to believe, of careful and severe study; and though, as I have observed, protectionists have anticipated more radical changes of the existing tariff law than are to be found in the bill, yet in my judgment it has received, and will continue to receive, the general approbation of the country. There has not been a bill on your table for near twenty years that has excited an anxiety for its passage into a law so intense, and so wide-spread, as that which now animates the hopes or alarms the fears of all classes and conditions of men, for the ultimate fate of this measure. Its defeat can be justified in the eyes of the people by no fallacy however artful, by no excuse however plausible; neither can they be deceived by impracticable substitutes, or misled by partisan promises, which they have learned by bitter experience are often made only to be broken and trampled under foot, when they have served the temporary purposes of a selfish ambition. Whatever objections the future discussions of the different clauses of the bill may present, I have thus far heard of none from its enemies, except to the duties proposed to be levied on the imports of iron in its various stages of manufacture. In the production of this commodity, many of the citizens of Pennsylvania, though not alone, are nevertheless extensively engaged, and it is but natural that her Representatives, fully realizing the extent to which the general prosperity of the State, and of the country, depends on the maintenance of her numerous establishments, and those of other States, should manifest a corresponding interest in whatever legislation may affect their welfare. We do not claim, in the dlscriminations of this bill, a rate of protection for the iron interest which we do not
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