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Hearings before the Committee on Interstate Commerce

Hearings before the Committee on Interstate Commerce

Part four of Hearings before the committee on interstate commerce starts part way through a hearing in which Mr. Martin answers questions from the senators regarding the dissolution of trusts and the consequences to stockholders. A statement of Andrew Jaritz begins on page 174 in which Jaritz presents his ideas and conclusions on the permanent and progressive habits of economic legislation and the need for economic principles. Jaritz suggests the government frame trusts within the context of the economy and work for the people to set reasonable prices and prevent waste by the producers and the consumers. The government could then profit from the savings and continue regulating and enforcing economic legislation by forming a new department of economic policy.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-17

Letter from George H. McConnon to Edwin C. Pendleton

Letter from George H. McConnon to Edwin C. Pendleton

Dr. McConnon reports on the medical relief he provided to Americans, Englishmen, and natives in Kingston, Jamaica, following the recent earthquake. He went to shore and found Americans who were not injured but fearful of mob violence. He dressed wounds and responded to medical needs as they arose, assisted in resupplying medical stores, and treated patients.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-20

Letter from Douglas L. Howard to Edwin C. Pendleton

Letter from Douglas L. Howard to Edwin C. Pendleton

Midshipman Howard of the USS Missouri informs Captain Pendleton that he took a team of sixteen men ashore to Kingston, Jamaica, following the earthquake. First, they extracted the American Consulate archives. Howard then met up with Lieutenant William P. Scott where they began searching for and recovering bodies. Next they helped the owner of the company Milke Bros. recover a safe and return the contents to the owner, Mr. Milke. They also assisted a Mr. Newton in recovering and opening another safe for him.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-20

Memorandum from Arthur Bainbridge Hoff to Edwin C. Pendleton

Memorandum from Arthur Bainbridge Hoff to Edwin C. Pendleton

Lieutenant-Commander Hoff, of the USS Missouri, updates for Captain Pendleton accounts of the United States Navy’s aid efforts in Kingston, Jamaica, following the earthquake. This aid took the form of supplies and medical assistance given to hospitals, food and other assistance given to Americans on the island, and dangerous damaged buildings destroyed with gun cotton (an explosive now known as nitrocellulose). The Governor of Jamaica, John Alexander Swettenham, told the Americans not to destroy any buildings without the owner’s approval.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-19

Memorandum from Arthur Bainbridge Hoff to Edwin C. Pendleton

Memorandum from Arthur Bainbridge Hoff to Edwin C. Pendleton

Lieutenant-Commander Hoff, of the USS Missouri, notifies Captain Pendleton that he arrived in Jamaica with fifty men, including Lieutenant William P. Scott, Midshipman Richard S. Edwards, Gunner Robert E. Cox, and Carpenter Harry E. Cooper, and began removing damaged walls and clearing deceased bodies following the recent earthquake. Hoff and six others protected the United States Embassy while its archives were safely extracted as well as stopped looters and protected property.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-17

Interview between the Secretary of War, Francis B. Loomis, Herbert W. Bowen and W. W. Russell

Interview between the Secretary of War, Francis B. Loomis, Herbert W. Bowen and W. W. Russell

This transcript presents a governmental interview of William Worthington Russell regarding the Mercado affair, wherein government officials were accused of profiting off of economic transactions and the sale of Venezuelan salt bonds. Russell is interviewed by Secretary of War William H. Taft, Assistant Secretary of State Francis B. Loomis, and Herbert Wolcott Bowen regarding his position as Secretary of Legation in Venezuela, and regarding Loomis’s conduct when he was the Minister to Venezuela. Russell testifies that in the Mercado claim he acted in a friendly, unofficial capacity, and did not personally profit off of anything.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-09