Bill Taft: “The Secretary suggests not an act making all Porto Rican citizens American citizens with or without their consent, but…”

I earnestly recommend the establishment of a Bureau of National Parks.

I think it to be greatly in the interest of fair dealing, which ought always to be encouraged by law.

Now, Therefore, I, William Howard Taft, President of the United States of America, do, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Congress and the joint resolution of Congress herein named, declare and proclaim the fact that the…

Now that they can be studied and understood—all the business men who touch the decision in any way will conduct their business hereafter according to the law.