Teddy Roosevelt: “We have spent hundreds of millions of dollars upon these waterways…”

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We have spent hundreds of millions of dollars upon these waterways, yet the traffic on nearly all of them is steadily declining.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt highlights the significant financial investment in waterways and the concerning decline in their usage.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “We have spent hundreds of millions of dollars upon these waterways, yet the traffic on nearly all of them is steadily…”