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The Congress has created the Department of Commerce and Labor, including the Bureau of Corporations, with for the first time authority to secure proper publicity of such proceedings of these great corporations as the public has the right to know.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt discusses the creation of the Department of Commerce and Labor, emphasizing its role in corporate transparency.

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