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English: 1908 US editorial cartoon on Theodore Roosevelt and conservation. Roosevelt is pointing to a sign with a quote:
"Protect and preserve the remaining forests upon public lands from devastation and destruction which have been the fate of those in forest sections of the country."

From a statement by Commissioner of the General Land Office William A. Richards on March 9, 1903:

The President's purpose and desire is to protect and preserve the remaining forests upon public lands from the devestation [sic] and destruction which has been the fate of those in large portions of the Appalachian mountains and in other forest sections of the country.

(10 March 1903). "Forests on public lands: President Roosevelt will try to save them from further depletion". The Indianapolis Journal: 4. Indianapolis: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress..
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Source 1908 editorial cartoon in St. Paul MN "Pioneer Press".
Author cartoonist for "St. Paul Pioneer Press"

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