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Teddy Roosevelt: “The best way to avert the very undesirable move for the government ownership of railways is to secure by the Government…”

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The best way to avert the very undesirable move for the government ownership of railways is to secure by the Government on behalf of the people as a whole such adequate control and regulation of the great interstate common carriers as will do away with the evils which give rise to the agitation against them.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

He asserts that effective government regulation can prevent the push for government ownership of railways.

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