“Teddy the good” in a new role
Subject(s): Industrial relations, International relations, Japan, Nobel Prizes, Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919, Russia
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A large President Roosevelt stands in front of a fire with a bag labeled “Arbitration Fund” and wording on the front that says, “Nobel Peace Prize Award to President for His Work in Promoting Peace Between Russia and Japan. $37.127.00.” Roosevelt carries a club labeled “Big Stick” with an attached olive branch across his back and looks on to two sleeping men labeled “Capitalist” and “Wage Earner.” Both men are holding daggers. There are two stockings on the hearth labeled “Labor” and “Capital.”
Comments and Context
Cartoonist P. B. McCord engaged in hyperbolic wishes in this pre-Christmas cartoon. The back-story was President Roosevelt’s announcement that he would not keep for himself the monetary award associated with the Nobel Prize for Peace. He proposed that the fund be in escrow and used toward the establishment of an agency — or some mechanism — that would promote industrial peace in the United States.
It was noble, or at least selfless, act; but also vague. Like his related dream of an international League To Enforce Peace — basically, a diplomatic counterpart — it was inchoate. Basically the concepts were dormant for years. As the Nobel Prize money earned interest, Roosevelt only distributed it domestic and American-overseas agencies during America’s participation in the Great War. His vision of a League To Enforce Peace, which attracted the attention of Andrew Carnegie and other pacifists unpalatable to Roosevelt, was similar to Woodrow Wilson’s League of Nations in name only. Roosevelt never endorsed Wilson’s League or Fourteen Points.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-12-12
Creator(s)
Language
English
Period
U.S. President – 2nd Term (March 1905-February 1909)
Page Count
1
Production Method
Record Type
Image
Resource Type
Rights
These images are presented through a cooperative effort between the Library of Congress and Dickinson State University. No known restrictions on publication.
Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
“Teddy the good” in a new role. [December 12, 1906]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o301354. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
McCord, P. B., 1870-1908. “Teddy the good” in a new role. [12 Dec. 1906]. Image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. August 3, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o301354.
APA:
McCord, P. B., 1870-1908., [1906, December 12]. “Teddy the good” in a new role.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o301354.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. August 3, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
APA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
