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Joy, Henry B. (Henry Bourne), 1864-1936

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Letter from Henry B. Joy to Arthur L. Holmes

Letter from Henry B. Joy to Arthur L. Holmes

Henry B. Joy is busy and finds it difficult to arrange an interview with Arthur L. Holmes and prefers that he write a letter instead. He comments on washed sales on the New York Stock Exchange and how they mostly stopped under Governor Charles Evans Hughes’s administration. Joy feels that America is strangling business enterprise and industry unnecessarily through prejudice towards corporations, which pose no threat if adequately regulated. 

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-31

Tariff tinkers imperil nation: attacks on business interests by politicians will injure working people

Tariff tinkers imperil nation: attacks on business interests by politicians will injure working people

In a letter from Henry B. Joy to Wilbur Fisk Wakeman published in the Detroit Free Press, Joy discusses his current views of political conditions, warning against the dangers of tariff tinkering and the interests of the American people. Joy further comments on the upcoming presidential election, where he sees a Democratic administration taking over but hopes for Republican nomination.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-23