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Teddy Roosevelt: The forest-reserve policy can be successful only when it has the full support of the people of the West.

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The forest-reserve policy can be successful only when it has the full support of the people of the West.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Roosevelt insists that the success of forest-reserve policy relies on the support of the local populace.

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