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Teddy Roosevelt: “His standard of living should be such that he will not, by pressure of competition, lower the standard of living of our…”

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His standard of living should be such that he will not, by pressure of competition, lower the standard of living of our own wage-workers; for it must ever be a prime object of our legislation to keep high their standard of living.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt highlights the need to protect the living standards of American workers from competition with immigrants.

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