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Such shortsighted, vacillating, and futile methods are accompanied by decreasing water-borne commerce and increasing traffic congestion on land, by increasing floods, and by the waste of public money.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt criticizes ineffective methods of waterway management that lead to economic and environmental issues.

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