Teddy Roosevelt: “Seven years ago we bought three-fourths of our rice; by helping the rice growers on the Gulf coast to secure seeds from…”

“Seven years ago we bought three-fourths of our rice; by helping the rice growers on the Gulf coast to secure seeds from the Orient suited to their conditions, and by giving them adequate protection, they now supply home demand and export to the islands of the Caribbean Sea and to other rice-growing countries.”