Whether the cost of the necessities are increased or diminished by this policy is a matter of comparative indifference, so that the people are employed at fair wages in making or producing all the articles that can be profitably produced in the United States.
Sherman argues that the employment of people at fair wages is more important than the cost of necessities.
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It seems to me that in the present condition of our finances there is no necessity for conferring these large powers on the Secretary of the Treasury.
He took strong ground against the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, and in 1859 was a competitor with me for the position of speaker, but withdrew in my favor after the first ballot.
Nothing is wanting but cultivation to make this a most delightful country.
I have participated in framing many tariff bills, but have never succeeded in securing one that I entirely approved.
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