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and upward; and in helping her we shall help our- 

 selves. 



The foregoing considerations caused the negotia- 

 tions of the treaty with Cuba and its ratification by 

 the Senate. They now with equal force support 

 the legislation by the Congress which by the terms 

 of the treaty is necessary to render it operative. A 

 failure to enact such legislation would come peril- 

 ously near a repudiation of the pledged faith of the 

 Nation. 



I transmit herewith the treaty, as amended by the 

 Senate and ratified by the Cuban Government. 



THEODORE ROOSEVELT. 



WHITE HOUSE, 

 November 10, 1903. 



MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 

 STATES COMMUNICATED TO THE TWO 

 HOUSES OF CONGRESS AT THE BEGIN- 

 NING OF THE SECOND SESSION OF THE 

 FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS 



To the Senate and House of Representatives: 



The country is to be congratulated on the amount 

 of substantial achievement which has marked the 

 past year both as regards our foreign and as regards 

 our domestic policy. 



With a nation as with a man the most important 

 things are those of the household, and therefore the 

 country is especially to be congratulated on what 

 has been accomplished in the direction of providing 



