Agricultural laborers

Editorial written by Francis Warrington Dawson and published April 22, 1880 in the Charleston News and Courier has been copied. Dawson writes of the conditions on the sea islands of South Carolina as planters have been working to restore the lands. The people of the sea islands reportedly live peacefully and prosperously together, despite Freed people outnumbering White farmers. Dawson states that the “Southern problem” has been solved.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1880-04-22

A picture of the painting Laborer resting by Jean-Francois Millet; which accompanied an article discussing the show and sale of paintings owned by Theron R. Butler, great-grandfather of Eleanor Butler Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1910-01

President Roosevelt surrounded by children. Title from item. #4 of 4 photos taken.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902-04-10

President Roosevelt surrounded by children. Title from item. #3 of 4 photos taken.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902-04-10

A group of children who sang for President Roosevelt. Title from item.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902-04-10

President Roosevelt surrounded by children. Title is from item. #1 of 4 photos taken.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902-04-10

President Roosevelt surrounded by children. Title from item. #2 of 4 photos taken.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902-04-10

Theodore Roosevelt has received the clippings and congratulates Leigh Hunt for the work he is doing, which is elevating small farmers.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-11-17

President Roosevelt thanks Governor Frear and notes that he acted on two of Frear’s recommendations. He assures Frear that he wants to do whatever he can to “make Hawaii a country of small proprietors and not a country of coolie-tilled plantations.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-09

William R. Harr has investigated the charges against United States Attorney Robert W. Breckons that have been brought by E. W. Thwing, and gives Attorney General Bonaparte a thorough report of his findings. Harr addresses both Breckons’s personal character and his professional involvements and associations. Harr concludes that while he believes Breckons has worked efficiently and well, “his desire to serve his friends and increase his fortune has led him into a number of acts of questionable propriety and into some of unquestionable impropriety.” Harr understands from Breckons that he does not plan to stay in his position much longer, as the workload has increased to such a degree as to prevent additional private practice, which is necessary to supplement the income from the government position due to the high cost of living in Hawaii.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-12-01

For the public good, Cuban newspaper editors implore Provisional Governor Magoon to continue the public works program.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-18

President Roosevelt rewrites a telegram that was to be sent to Jørgen Løvland expressing his gratitude at being named the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. Roosevelt changes the telegram’s statement that the prize money will go towards the building of the Panama Canal and changes it so that the money will go towards a “permanent industrial peace committee.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-03

Postcard showing agricultural laborers harvesting sugar cane.

Comments and Context

In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “There are also large plantations of sugar cane near Honolulu and a visit to the large sugar mills is one of much interest.”

Postcard showing agricultural laborers packing pineapples in crates.

Comments and Context

In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “A scene on a pine apple ranch. Pine apple growing is a thriving industry in the Hawaiian Islands. When you can eat pine apples and bananas as they grow and ripen on the bushes you will soon decide that we get no good ones here in the U.S.”

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

The article provides various positive economic reports from around the nation, including railroad expansion plans, a big export surplus, and a plan to provide agricultural workers with four to five months of work for good wages. A highlighted portion of the column notes that the Philadelphia Workingmen’s Protective Tariff League endorsed President Roosevelt for president and Senator Boies Penrose for National Republican Chairman.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-02-06

Several people sow caviar while others measure and harvest sturgeon in Astrakhan, Russia.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1914-06-13

John M. Horner reviews the various places he has lived and describes the climate and laborers he has employed in the Hawaiian Islands. He believes both Americans and Europeans can successfully labor in Hawaii.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901

Albert Whyte reports on the state of affairs in Hawaii. He says that the greed of sugar plantation owners has led Hawaii to be “overrun by the scum of creation.” Members of the Planters’ Association lament the lack of desirable labor, but Whyte believes they have not sincerely tried because they cannot get “white labor” as cheaply as workers of other ethnicities. He reports that the labor conditions on the plantations are practically like slavery and extremely degrading.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-18