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Theodore Roosevelt

CHAPTER XV
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We say directly that "the people" are absolutely to control in any way they see fit, the "business" of the country.

I again challenge Mr.Wilson to quote any words of the platform that justify the statements he has made to the contrary.

If he cannot do it--and of course he cannot do it, and he must know that he cannot do it--surely he will not hesitate to say so frankly.
Mr.Wilson must know that every monopoly in the United States opposes the Progressive party.

If he challenges this statement, I challenge him in return (as is clearly my right) to name the monopoly that did support the Progressive party, whether it was the Sugar Trust, the Steel Trust, the Harvester Trust, the Standard Oil Trust, the Tobacco Trust, or any other.

Every sane man in the country knows well that there is not one word of justification that can truthfully be adduced for Mr.Wilson's statement that the Progressive programme was agreeable to the monopolies.


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