In farming, this simply means that we wish to see the farmer own his own land; we do not wish to see the farms so large that they become the property of absentee landlords who farm them by tenants, nor yet so small that the farmer becomes like a European peasant.
Roosevelt discusses the importance of land ownership for farmers, opposing large absentee-owned farms.
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