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Uncle Sam as Patriarch in Vast National Schemes
Washington April 23. Frank G. Carpenter writes that Uncle Sam has evolved from a mere tax collector to a paternal creator of national wealth. He highlights reclamation projects, desert farming, swamp drainage, river power, and canal plans from the Great Lakes to the Gulf, plus mining, corn and cotton programs and seed research shaping a prosperous, government driven expansion.
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Frank G. Carpenter
Washington, D.C
Speisl
Uncle Sam
Ocean
Great Lakes
Gulf
Sam
Rooosevalt
Holland
United States
Earth
Missiasippi
Dnece Sam
Fountain Head
Washington