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Teddy Roosevelt: “It would probably result on the one hand in enlarging the holdings of some of the great land owners, and on the other in…”

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It would probably result on the one hand in enlarging the holdings of some of the great land owners, and on the other in needless suffering and failure on the part of a very considerable proportion of the bona fide settlers who give faith to the implied assurance of the Government that such an area is sufficient.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt highlights the potential negative consequences of arbitrary land size limits for both large landowners and settlers.

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