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Teddy Roosevelt: “At present the Treasury Department is at irregularly recurring intervals obliged, in the interest of the business…”

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At present the Treasury Department is at irregularly recurring intervals obliged, in the interest of the business world--that is, in the interests of the American public--to try to avert financial crises by providing a remedy which should be provided by Congressional action.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt criticizes the Treasury Department's reactive measures to financial crises instead of proactive legislative solutions.

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