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Representative Hill responds to President Roosevelt’s questions on laws governing currency. Hill is very concerned about fiat money. Hill is a proponent of a bill, presently in committee, that will move the United States back to the gold standard.
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1904-11-14
Ebenezer J. Hill writes to William Loeb concerning Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw’s views regarding the German tariff issue. Hill asserts that Shaw’s takes both on the alcohol duty in Cuba and other places, and on the necessity of a tariff war with Germany are wrong. Hill especially discusses “the tariff question” as it relates to the upcoming Presidential election and expresses concerns that the Republican party must “adjust itself to changing conditions” and not “stand pat forever on schedules made ten years ago.”
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1906-09-13
Representative Ebenezer J. Hill offers Theodore Roosevelt his opinion on the German tariff issue. Hill is concerned that a retaliatory tariff increase could be detrimental to the American people and economy and writes that passing such a tariff would be “ruinous to the Republican Party.” Hill also offers assessments on the benefits of producing alcohol within the United States to lower the costs, and also to produce kerosene and gasoline more cheaply domestically.
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1906-09-04
Ebenezer J. Hill writes to encourage President Roosevelt to advocate at an upcoming meeting that the gold standard and American system of money be adopted in the Panama Canal Zone.
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1904-06-10
Text of H. R. 4831 which seeks to improve currency conditions.
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1904-04-11
Ebenezer J. Hill provides recommendations on financial and monetary policy.
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1903-08-03
Ebenezer J. Hill believes Republican effort should be made to maintain the support of Gold Democrats. Hill recommends monetary legislation concerning establishment of gold standard or establishment of a commission to consider “the money question.”
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1903-12-24
Representative Hill suggests meeting with President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay regarding financial legislation.
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1903-08-15
Ebenezer J. Hill encloses recommendations “for the betterment of our financial conditions,” and works toward bringing congressional committees together in order to achieve a compromise.
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1903-08-03
Ebenezer J. Hill plans to discuss Theodore Roosevelt’s “delicate matter” with Senator Orville Platt.
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1903-07-22
Representative Hill tells President Roosevelt that he has heard a “great deal of agitation” on the subject of currency. Hill is satisfied that the conflicting House and Senate committees on banking and currency will come to a resolution regarding national banking. Hill thinks it “of the utmost importance” that the financial legislation have a chance to take effect before the presidential campaign commences. Hill explains differences between the Aldrich Bill and the previous Hill-Fowler Bill, which he was co-author of, when it comes to the deposit of public monies into banks. The Republican Party will support any proposition that both committees agree upon, as will House Speaker Joseph Gurney Cannon.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-18
In response to President Roosevelt’s request, Representative Hill encloses John Hutchins’s letter and a statement regarding the case of Seth Pratt, who has been nominated for postmaster at Litchfield, Connecticut.
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1902-02-03
Representative Hill defends Seth Pratt, nominee for postmaster at Litchfield, against accusations from John Hutchins
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-02-03