Address of President Roosevelt at Keokuk, Iowa, October 1, 1907

· 1919

I am glad indeed to see you and to speak to you in this thriving city of your great and prosperous State. I believe with all my heart in the people of Iowa, for I think that you are good, typical Americans, and that among you there has been developed to a very high degree that body of characteristics which we like to regard as distinctively American. During the last few years we of the United States have been forced to consider very seriously certain economic problems. We have made a beginning in the attempt to deal with the relations of the National Government――that is, with the relations of the people of the country――to the huge and wealthy corporations, controlled for the most part by a …

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