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On the recordNovember 7, 1909
Unless we can have uniform State operation, uniform State legislation with reference to the preservation of our forests, the equalization of water which falls from the clouds, and the preservation of our soil from being washed out to sea, we shall not be able to carry out the program set for us by Theodore Roosevelt.
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

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Remarks at the Georgia-Carolina Fair in Augusta, Georgia

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