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Hanks, Charles Stedman, 1856-1908

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Letter from Charles Stedman Hanks to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Charles Stedman Hanks to Theodore Roosevelt

Charles Stedman Hanks requests that President Roosevelt submit two questions to Dr. Charles Patrick Neill. The first question is whether Neill, if he were President and responsible for a just enforcement of the Hepburn Bill, would uphold the Interstate Commerce Commission in continuing the practices Hanks criticizes. The second question is whether Neill would give it as his best judgement that the matter should be dropped and the Commission upheld in continuing the practices Hanks criticizes.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-29

Creator(s)

Hanks, Charles Stedman, 1856-1908

Letter from Charles Stedman Hanks to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Charles Stedman Hanks to Theodore Roosevelt

Charles Stedman Hanks gives his opinion on what will make the Hepburn Act more successful and what constitutes a legal merger of railroads. Hanks cites various examples of suspicious stock prices, mergers, and rates of sales for land that indicate the Hepburn Act can be tightened to be more effective in regulating the railroads. He claims that a large percentage of Americans believe that railroad traffic rates are too high.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-10

Creator(s)

Hanks, Charles Stedman, 1856-1908

Rules for playing the terminal game

Rules for playing the terminal game

Charles Stedman Hanks details what he views as problematic statistical inaccuracies practiced by railroad companies and their statisticians that will interfere with the effectiveness of the Hepburn bill. In his letter, Hanks describes the “terminal game” document as a “hypothetical case” based on facts he had Mr. Harriman work out, which he hopes will impress upon President Roosevelt what the railroad terminal situation means as applied to the statistical reports and to the regulation of rates by the Commission. The document includes an illustration.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-10

Creator(s)

Hanks, Charles Stedman, 1856-1908