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Teddy Roosevelt: “When they speak of protection as “robbery,” they of course must mean that it is immoral to enact a tariff designed (as…”

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When they speak of protection as “robbery,” they of course must mean that it is immoral to enact a tariff designed (as is the present protective tariff) to secure to the American wage-worker the benefit of the high standard of living which we desire to see kept up in this country.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt defends protective tariffs as essential for maintaining American workers' living standards.

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