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Unless the forests of the United States can be made ready to meet the vast demands which this growth will inevitably bring, commercial disaster, that means disaster to the whole country, is inevitable.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “Unless the forests of the United States can be made ready to meet the vast demands which this growth will inevitably…”
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Roosevelt warns that failure to prepare forests for future demands could lead to national disaster, stressing the importance of conservation.
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