It should be our duty to assist in every proper way to build up the waste places of the island, encourage the industry of the people, and assist them to form a government which shall be free and independent, thus realizing the best aspirations of the Cuban people.
McKinley expresses a commitment to help rebuild Cuba and support its people in forming an independent government.
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