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The great corporations which are managed and largely owned in the older States are those which are most in evidence in developing and using the mines and water powers and forests of the new Territories and new States, from Alaska to Arizona.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt discusses the influence of large corporations from older states on the resources of newer territories.

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