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President Roosevelt has spoken to Wade Ellis about the matter. He hopes W. C. Brown understands the difficulty of making suggestions to the Interstate Commerce Commission. Roosevelt appreciates the letter from Brown’s brother, Charles Perry Brown.
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1908-08-28
President Roosevelt informs W. C. Brown, vice-president of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, that he is concerned by certain railroad men’s actions. One railroad’s legitimate rate may be illegal if multiple railroads agree to it despite the antitrust laws.
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1908-08-19
President Roosevelt thanks W. C. Brown for his interesting letter regarding the Telegrapher’s Law, and will look into the matter.
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1908-08-08
Sereno Stansbury Pratt expresses appreciation for W. C. Brown’s warm words regarding an editorial in the Wall Street Journal entitled “Railroads Need Encouragement.” Pratt believes that the movement for corporation reform has accomplished much good, but has awakened hostility towards corporations and wealth. In this matter, Pratt believes the Wall Street Journal stands “in the middle ground” with Brown, which is where the solution to the problem will be found.
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1907-02-02
Chairman Theodore P. Shonts showed W. C. Brown’s letter to President Roosevelt, “who read it with interest.” Roosevelt agreed with Brown and understands that the need for increased pay for employees and shorter work hours requires appropriate rates, and the government wants to ensure no discrimination in rates. Roosevelt also wants to ensure that railroad securities are used for specific improvements like more terminals or additional rolling stock to ensure the security of investors’ money.
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1907-02-01
Theodore Roosevelt thanks W. C. Brown for writing. He is not surprised at the press’s invented stories.
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1910-09-30
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1910-10-20
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
President Roosevelt thanks W. C. Brown for his letter and expresses respect for Elbert H. Gary, a former DuPage County judge.
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1909-02-19
President Roosevelt thanks W. C. Brown for the birthday wishes and is glad of his work “on all sides.”
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1908-10-28
President Roosevelt thanks W. C. Brown for his interesting letter, but would like to reiterate what he told Brown in a recent conversation: that the months presidential election is not the proper time to consider the readjustment of freight rates. It is too important of an issue, and makes otherwise “sober” men too excited, to be considered right before an election. In a postscript, Roosevelt thanks Brown for the inscription in the volume of speeches Brown sent him.
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1908-08-06
President Roosevelt sends a letter from Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte to W. C. Brown, although he doubts it is necessary after their recent conversation.
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1908-08-04
President Roosevelt thanks W. C. Brown for his letter.
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1908-04-30
President Roosevelt returns the nice letter written by General Grenville M. Dodge. He will make revisions to his speech based on some of Brown’s suggestions.
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1907-05-09
President Roosevelt thanks Vice President of the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company Brown for his letter and notes that will remove the sentence from his upcoming speech that Brown refers to in a previous letter. Roosevelt also notes that Census Bureau Director S. N. D. North has already corrected him on the proper use of Census information.
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1907-05-01
President Roosevelt appreciates the statistics that W. C. Brown has sent him, but is unsure in what manner he will use them. He invites Brown to use the figures however he sees fit.
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1907-05-04
President Roosevelt agrees with what W. C. Brown said at the opening of the Chamber of Commerce in Buffalo, New York, and would like to speak with him soon on the issue of public valuation of railroads.
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1907-04-19