Teddy Roosevelt said "If the present rate of forest destruction is allowed to continue, a timber famine is inevitable." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJanuary 4, 1905

If the present rate of forest destruction is allowed to continue, a timber famine is inevitable.

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Republican · New York

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Remarks at a Meeting of the American Forest Congress

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