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Teddy Roosevelt: “But that there will come a strain, a jar, here and there, from commercial and agricultural—that is, from…”

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But that there will come a strain, a jar, here and there, from commercial and agricultural—that is, from industrial—competition, is almost inevitable.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

This quote acknowledges the inevitability of competition leading to tensions in commerce and agriculture.

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