Yet, if protection is indeed “robbery,” and if our opponents really believe what they say, then it is precisely to the destruction and uprooting of the tariff, and therefore of our business and industry, that they are pledged.
Roosevelt challenges opponents of protectionism, suggesting their beliefs would harm American business and industry.
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