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Roosevelt and the Trusts

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NO OCCASION FOR GENERAL ALARM
President Roosevelt: "Don't be afraid, gentlemen: he will hurt only the crooks."   The original cartoon was in the Utica, N.Y. Saturday Globe.

This cartoon makes the point that T.R. believed it possible to disguish between "good" and "bad" trusts, proper and improper behavior, based in expertly gathered evidence, in applying the antitrust law.

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