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FOURTH SESSiON-SIXTH PARLIAMENT.

SPEECH OF HON. EDWARD BLAKE, M.P.,

ON THE

ADJOURNMENT & TARIFF DEBATE,

TUESDAY, 1st APRIL. 1890.

Mr. BLAKE. After the statement of the hon.
iiuMiilnTforSoutliOxfdril (Sir Riuhiu'd Ciutwriglit),
thiit lie does not think the ])rincij)al dehiite can
close until Tliursday, 1 tliiuk theciuestion is settled.
I agree witii tlie First Minister that the jjresent
debate should be disposed of before the adjouni-
meat, and as the hon. member for South (jxford
(Sir Riohard Caitwright) is of oj)inion. from what
he has learned, that the debate cannot be closed on
\\'eilnesday, I do not see how an adjournment can
take place untirriiui-.sday. Even if it were possible,
I woidd, as a privati- member, xciy strongly oliject
to the coui.se whicli the First Minister suggests,
namely, that we slioidil so expedite matters as to
'la.ss tiie whole taritl' of tins country through all the
preliminary stages, introduce the fiill, pass it, give
tlie second reading and get it into committee.
These various stages are for a purpose : they are for
the ptirpose ci avoi<ling too rajiid action, for the ])ur-
pose of giving time for consideration, and for the
purpose of giving an oiiportunity for representa-
tion.s being ituide from various persons all over
this broad coimtry with reference to the proposed
clianges, in order that no mistaki's may be made.
What the hon. gentlenuin profjoses is that we
shall proceed, first of all, and forthwith, to almost
the last stage. \ow. Sir, the regidations of the
House give us a Cotmiiittee of the Whole upon
these I'esolutions, which, for the moment, we
waive inorder toaH'oid the lion, gentleman the con-
venience of putting them in force, provisionally, at
the Customs lu)uses at once. That opportunity
we should have at this stage, of a fidl and free
discu.ssion, and on the concurrence and on the
stages of the Hill we shall have opi)ortinMties for
nre.'tenting our views iorinally by motion. It is '
likely, and I hope it will bethe'case, that there '
will b(! upon the I5ill itself very little discussion,
but there may be discussion, and the opportmiity
Hhuuld be aft'orded for it. Certain consideratioua I

[ may be brought to our attention before the later
stage, and in the interval, which may make it very
important that we should bring them forward. It
is to be remeiidiered that even the (i,-vernme;it
itself, when it frames these taritl' changes, acts
under very consider^'' 1 ■ ditficulty. It is utterly
impossible for the (■( • jinmeut to obtain at first
that tliorough and full ad', ice on these subjects
which it is important, that it should obtain. It
cannot indicate its intentions cm these matters
beforehand, without the gros.sest frauds being
perpetrated at the Customs houses, or without its
ii-i,entions being made u,se of for private pi>rposes.
Therefore, those who are framing the tariff retpi ire
a certain interval after their proposition is
clalx)rated, just as much as the Hou.se ami the
country does, to consider the vaiious bearings ot
t.lii.s proposition. I feel now, as I have always
felt that it would be a monstrous thing to imputt!
seriousincapacityor neglect to a Finance Ministei,
who, liringingdown propositions for a change under
these <litficulties, shotild.say frankly at a sid>sei[uent
date dift'ereiit views were presented to me after I
brouvlit down those resolutions which doi\iodify my
opinion upon them. .My view is. that the ilifficul-
ties of the ca.s(^ lu^cessarily renuive that that degree
of ela.stic.'ity should be readily jiccordeil, without
coniiiK^nt or observation, to the Finance Miliister,
sf) that he, like the rest of us, may have ai\ oppor-
tunity, in a country which stretches :{,((<»() miles
across,' to get at public opinion uuon this subject,
'i'herefore, without the slightest desiie to j)rolract
the Ses.sion, 1 umst protest against what. J thiidt,
are the evil and daugeroas conse(|ilences of hurry-
ing through all the preliminary stages, and at a
very early date getting towards the final stages,
in a matter which it really <locs retpiiie time .md
consideration ami general fnformation to projierly
mature.

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