The wage-worker would do well to remember that if protection is “robbery,” and is to be punished accordingly, he will be the first to pay the penalty; for either he will be turned adrift entirely, or his wages will be cut down to the starvation point.
Roosevelt warns wage-workers about the consequences of viewing protection as robbery.
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