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Teddy Roosevelt: “Any plan must, of course, guard the interests of western and southern bankers as carefully as it guards the interests of…”

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Any plan must, of course, guard the interests of western and southern bankers as carefully as it guards the interests of New York or Chicago bankers; and must be drawn from the standpoints of the farmer and the merchant no less than from the standpoints of the city banker and the country banker.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt stresses the need for any banking plan to consider the interests of all regions and sectors, not just major cities.

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