We are not afraid to expand now.
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Remarks in Springfield, Massachusetts
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The American people are to be heartily congratulated on everything of importance that has been done in connection with the building of the Panama Canal.
It is unlawful for any person to hunt, trap, capture, willfully disturb, or kill any bird of any kind whatever, or take the eggs of such birds within the limits of this reservation.
I am happy to report to you that the accompanying document shows in clearest fashion that the Congress was wise in the position it took, and that it would be an inexcusable folly to change from the proposed lock canal to a sea-level canal.
It is hereby ordered that two small islands of the Pribilof group, located approximately in latitude fifty-seven degrees north, longitude one hundred and seventy degrees west from Greenwich, be and same are hereby reserved.





