Teddy Roosevelt: “The fee system should be entirely abolished, and a due equivalent made…”

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The fee system should be entirely abolished, and a due equivalent made in salary to the officers who now eke out their subsistence by means of fees.

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Republican · New York

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He argues for the abolition of the fee system to ensure fair salaries for diplomatic officers.

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