Teddy Roosevelt: “The ranges must be treated as a great invested capital; and that old…”

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The ranges must be treated as a great invested capital; and that old system tended to dissipate and partially to destroy that capital.

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Republican · New York

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He stresses the need to treat grazing lands as valuable capital that must be preserved.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “The ranges must be treated as a great invested capital; and that old system tended to dissipate and partially to destroy…”