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Teddy Roosevelt: The men on those six million farms receive from the protective tariff what they most need, and that is the best of all…

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The men on those six million farms receive from the protective tariff what they most need, and that is the best of all possible markets.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Roosevelt claims that farmers benefit from the protective tariff by gaining access to better markets.

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