Either one or several powers of the Constitution as a basis of the implied power to collect information regarding the social and industrial condition of the country. My answer is that there is not one power conferred upon Congress by the Constitution for the exercise of which a wise and prudent disposition of Congress will not provide for full and thorough information as to the conditions existing in the country for which we legislate. Be it the power of taxation. be it the power bf regulating immigration. be it the power of regulating commerce. be it the power of establishing post offices and post roads. be it the power of declaring war and making peace. whatever it be. it is our duty to know the conditions of the country regarding which we are legislating. and full and accurate knowledge regarding those conditions will make us better legislators and better able to perform our duty. and in order that we may -be ab le to perform our duty upon instruction and knowledge rather than upon evolving ideas from our inner consciousness. I say that we have the implied power to collect that information and to put it in a form where it will be available for us and available for those who sent us here and who pass upon our acts.
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