Remarks at the New Bowery Mission in New York City
12/12/1909
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I am in full sympathy with the concern of reasonable and patriotic men that the valuable resources of Alaska should not ...
If I fail to recommend the reduction of excessive duties to this extent, I shall fail in my duty to the consuming public...
An evil which menaces the general health of the people strikes at the life of the Nation.
I shall not hesitate to invite the attention of Congress to this fact and to the necessity for action predicated thereon...