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Ray Stannard Baker will send President Roosevelt a proof of his new article on “Lawless Finance” in hopes that the President will help make the article stronger or fairer. Baker will bring out Roosevelt’s point for financial moderation.
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1905-01-28
Ray Stannard Baker writes to Theodore Roosevelt about the District of Columbia homicide statistics that Roosevelt sent Baker. Baker believes that the rate of lynchings runs in proportion to the number of homicides. Baker also highlights the question of railroad monopolies.
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1905-01-14
Ray Stannard Baker thanks President Roosevelt for the commendation regarding his lynching article in McClure’s Magazine and accepts an invitation to lunch with Roosevelt to discuss the railroad problem.
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1905-01-10
Galley proofs for Ray Stannard Baker’s article about railroad rebates: what rebates are, how they are paid, who pays them, and how they affect industry.
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1905-09
Incomplete article discusses coming election along with Theodore Roosevelt’s ideals and principles. Prints of various Roosevelt photographs.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
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1910-11-10
Baker, Ray Stannard, 1870-1946
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
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Ray Stannard Baker sends President Roosevelt a copy of a new book that he has written titled Adventures in Contentment. Baker sends Roosevelt the book not because it has any new ideas in it, but because it expresses the joys of simplicity and morality that Roosevelt has expressed himself. He does not want to overburden Roosevelt’s schedule, but after their recent conversation, Baker thought Roosevelt might enjoy looking at the book.
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1908-06-20
Ray Stannard Baker sends President Roosevelt proofs of his July and August articles that he could not include in his previous letter. He also encloses a humorous editorial that shows that Southerners have not had a favorable interpretation of his article like Roosevelt suggested.
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1908-06-09
Ray Stannard Baker responds to President Roosevelt’s letter and clarifies that he is not standing by Senator Benjamin R. Tillman or others like him. Rather, as a journalist, Baker is “seeing and reporting the facts on which other men act.” Baker believes that Roosevelt asserted socialistic thought in his letter, and states that people have been moving toward socialism because, like Roosevelt, they have been emphasizing personal goodness and have found that it does not always lead to the betterment of man. Baker tells Roosevelt that he has articles coming out soon which will clarify his views on race and society. As Roosevelt suggested in his letter, he would like to meet with Roosevelt to discuss his views in depth.
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1908-06-08
Ray Stannard Baker congratulates President Roosevelt for publishing facts regarding the bribery of reporters by the Beef Trust lawyers. Baker continues to detail the ways in which the lawyers are twisting the truth regarding this case.
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1906-01-27
Ray Stannard Baker discusses the maximum rate problem with President Roosevelt. He also comments on how trusts like Standard Oil and the Beef Trust are not disturbed by competition.
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1905-11-25
Ray Stannard Baker sends President Roosevelt advance proofs of his January article on the Beef Trust, which outlines the “evil relationship between the trusts and the railroad.” Baker asks Roosevelt if the commission should “condemn a rate” rather than “fix a rate” in order to give the railroads some flexibility.
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1905-11-17
Ray Stannard Baker discusses the manipulation of railroad rates and the relationship between the railroad industry and the Beef Trust.
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1905-11-11
Ray Stannard Baker offers his opinion on John Revelstoke Rathom’s pamphlet, The Farmer and His Friends, and informs President Roosevelt of how the railroad industry utilizes newspapers for its own gain.
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1905-10-13
Ray Stannard Baker writes to President Roosevelt to thank him for reading the proofs of his article. A recent trip through the mid-west has convinced Baker of the importance of issues relating to railroads, insurance, and tariffs.
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1905-09-18
Ray Stannard Baker sends President Roosevelt the proofs of an article he has written on the railroads. Baker invites Roosevelt to make suggestions about the article.
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1905-09-11
Ray Stannard Baker writes to President Roosevelt to discuss a series of articles he will be writing about the railroad and asks for Roosevelt’s advice on articulating his position.
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1905-09-07
Ray Stannard Baker supports President Roosevelt’s stance regarding the labor issue and will support him in the election. Baker thinks that many voters may not understand how broad Roosevelt’s actions have been.
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1904-09-06
Ray Stannard Baker writes President Roosevelt to see if the President would be willing to be interviewed, as part of a guide to the presidential candidates, about how he made his decisions in the various labor cases that have come before him.
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1904-08-26
Using the various subsidiaries of a beef trust run by J. Ogden Armour, Ray Stannard Baker illustrates the ways in which large companies and trusts can manipulate and take advantage of railroads to gain advantageous shipping rates and contracts.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-17