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Woodrow Wilson: We have year after year debated, without end or conclusion, the best policy to pursue with regard to the use of the ores…

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We have year after year debated, without end or conclusion, the best policy to pursue with regard to the use of the ores and forests and water powers of our national domain in the rich States of the West, when we should have acted; and they are still locked up.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Wilson reflects on the indecision regarding the use of national resources in the West.

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