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The treaty submitted to you for approval secures 

 to the United States economic advantages as great 

 as those given to Cuba. Not an American interest 

 is sacrificed. By the treaty a large Cuban market is 

 secured to our producers. It is a market which lies 

 at our doors, which is already large, which is capa- 

 ble of great expansion, and which is especially im- 

 portant to the development of our export trade. It 

 would be indeed shortsighted for us to refuse to 

 take advantage of such an opportunity, and to force 

 Cuba into making arrangements with other countries 

 to our disadvantage. 



This reciprocity treaty stands by itself. It is de- 

 manded on considerations of broad national policy 

 as well as by our economic interest. It will do harm 

 to no industry. It will benefit many industries. It 

 is in the interest of our people as a whole, both be- 

 cause of its importance from the broad standpoint 

 of international policy, and because economically it 

 intimately concerns us to develop and secure the rich 

 Cuban market for our farmers, artisans, merchants, 

 and manufacturers. Finally, Jt is desirable as a 

 guaranty of the good faith of our Nation toward 

 her young sister republic to the south, whose wel- 

 fare must ever be closely bound with ours. We gave 

 her liberty. We are knit to her by the memories 

 of the blood and the courage of our soldiers who 

 fought for her in war ; by the memory of the wisdom 

 and integrity of our administrators who served her 

 in peace and who started her so well on the difficult 

 path of self-government. We must help her onward 



