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The Government must in increasing degree supervise and regulate the workings of the railways engaged in interstate commerce; and such increased supervision is the only alternative to an increase of the present evils on the one hand or a still more radical policy on the other.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt calls for increased government oversight of railways to prevent worsening issues in interstate commerce.

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