Teddy Roosevelt: “The land law system which was designed to meet the needs of the fertile and well-watered regions of the Middle West has…”

“The land law system which was designed to meet the needs of the fertile and well-watered regions of the Middle West has largely broken down when applied to the dryer regions of the Great Plains, the mountains, and much of the Pacific slope, where a farm of 160 acres is inadequate for self-support.”