Teddy Roosevelt: “Such reserves would be a paying investment, not only in protection to…”

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Such reserves would be a paying investment, not only in protection to many interests, but in dollars and cents to the Government.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt argues that forest reserves would be a beneficial investment for the government.

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