There is no difference between the reasons which call for the application of the leasing system to the coal lands still retained by the Government in the United States proper and those which exist in Alaska.
Message to the Congress Concerning the Work of the Interior Department and Other Matters
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There may be a change of persons, but the government of the United States is in the people of the United States and there are a good many of the people of the United States in Chicago.
I can not make myself a party to dealing with the industries of the country in this way.
I earnestly hope that Congress will take immediate action in this regard, as recommended by the Secretary of War.
The important thing is to get our tariff legislation out of the slough of guesswork and logrolling and ex parte statements of interested persons, and to establish that legislation on the basis of tested and determined facts.
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