In the long run, the profits from Child labor, low pay and overwork enure not to the locality or region where they exist but to the absentee owners who have sent their capital into these exploited communities to gather larger profits for themselves.
Roosevelt highlights the negative impact of child labor and low wages on local communities versus absentee owners.
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All Federal agencies are directed to cooperate with the Secretary of the Interior to the fullest extent possible.
The Secretary of the Interior shall make employment available and provide protection to all employees working at such mines.
We must go on to do all in our power to conquer the doubts and the fears, the ignorance and the greed, which made this horror possible.
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