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Teddy Roosevelt: “We must preserve the right of the railway employee to proper wages and the right of the investor to proper interest as…”

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We must preserve the right of the railway employee to proper wages and the right of the investor to proper interest as scrupulously as we preserve the right of the shipper and the producer and the consumer.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt insists on the importance of protecting the rights of all parties involved in the railway industry.

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