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Letter from Charles Patrick Neill and James Rudolph Garfield to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Charles Patrick Neill and James Rudolph Garfield to Theodore Roosevelt

Commissioners Neill and Garfield of Labor and Corporations, respectively, have been investigating the statistical methods of the Interstate Commerce Commission. The charges against the Commission include improperly altering returns as made by railroad companies and not giving the real capitalization of the Seaboard Air Line. Neill and Garfield note that the Hepburn Act gives power to the Commission to control the methods of railway accounting and bookkeeping and to require uniformity therein.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-30

Creator(s)

Neill, Charles Patrick, 1865-1942; Garfield, James Rudolph, 1865-1950

Report on the employment of Charles Stedman Hanks by the Interstate Commerce Commission

Report on the employment of Charles Stedman Hanks by the Interstate Commerce Commission

In this appendix to a letter to President Roosevelt, Commissioner of Labor Neill and Commissioner of Corporations Garfield report facts and figures that refute the claims made by Charles Stedman Hanks in his January 10 letter to Roosevelt. Hanks explained his view of the corrupt practices of railroad company statisticians, especially in regard to altering the sworn returns of the railroads. The examples in this document, however, fact check Hanks’s claims in regard to the figures reported to the Interstate Commerce Commission. The examples are in relation to the Lake Superior Terminal Company, the Seaboard Air Line, and the duplication of tracks.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-30

Creator(s)

Neill, Charles Patrick, 1865-1942; Garfield, James Rudolph, 1865-1950