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Teddy Roosevelt: “It is not creditable to us as a nation that our great export and import trade should be wellnigh exclusively in the…”

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It is not creditable to us as a nation that our great export and import trade should be wellnigh exclusively in the hands of foreigners.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt emphasizes the importance of American control over trade to maintain national integrity.

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