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Teddy Roosevelt: It is the upper altitudes of the forested mountains that are most valuable to the Nation as a whole, especially because…

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It is the upper altitudes of the forested mountains that are most valuable to the Nation as a whole, especially because of their effects upon the water supply.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Roosevelt points out the value of forested mountains for the nation's water supply.

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