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But the conditions of labor, such as we have to work with in the tropics, are so absolutely different that there is no possible analogy between them; and an eight-hour law for the Panama Canal is an absurdity.
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Roosevelt argues against the application of the eight-hour law to the Panama Canal due to unique labor conditions.
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