Special Message
03/06/1904
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I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested... do proclaim tha...
I desire only to take counsel with the farmers as fellow-citizens.
By virtue of the power in me vested by the Act of Congress, I do proclaim that the said lands are hereby added to the Si...
It deserves, and should have, the widest possible distribution among the people.