On the recordMay 23, 1911
Provided, That nothing herein shall affect any valid existing rights of any person
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Executive Order 1359—Reserving Land in New Mexico for Indian Purposes
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I am in full sympathy with the concern of reasonable and patriotic men that the valuable resources of Alaska should not be turned over to be exploited for the profit of greedy, absorbing, and monopolistic corporations or syndicates.
The statute can be easily amended to include the evil I have described.
Nothing, however, halts business and interferes with the course of prosperity so much as the threatened revision of the tariff.
If I fail to recommend the reduction of excessive duties to this extent, I shall fail in my duty to the consuming public.