Many representatives of corporations owning franchises heartily approve of having them properly taxed; and I am confident that, in the end, this will be of positive benefit to the franchise owners, and in no way oppressive to them, save as all taxes are oppressive to all owners of property.
Roosevelt expresses confidence that proper taxation of franchises will ultimately benefit their owners.
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