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On the recordOctober 4, 1909
It has made me much more alive to the immense importance of the conservation of our natural resources, especially of the importance of dealing properly with our arid lands.
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Robert Taft
Republican · Ohio

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Address at a Banquet Tendered by Citizens of San Francisco at the Hotel Fairmont

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