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Teddy Roosevelt: The great industries of agriculture, transportation, mining, grazing, and, of course, lumbering, are each one of them…

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The great industries of agriculture, transportation, mining, grazing, and, of course, lumbering, are each one of them vitally and immediately dependent upon wood, water, or grass from the forest.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Roosevelt outlines the dependence of various industries on forest resources.

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