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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Gifford Pinchot

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Gifford Pinchot

Although President Theodore Roosevelt believes that farmers are better off than before, the increase in their well-being has not kept pace with the nation as a whole. The government has successfully focused resources on crop production but “good crops are of little value to the farmer unless they open the door to a good kind of life on the farm.” To this end, Roosevelt asks Gifford Pinchot if he will serve on a “Commission on Country Life.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-10

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Gifford Pinchot to Will H. Hays

Letter from Gifford Pinchot to Will H. Hays

Gifford Pinchot writes to Republican Committee Chairman Will H. Hays about the importance of farmers to the Republican Party. He believes it is the farmers of Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, and Illinois that will be most vital to the next presidential election, not those of New York and Pennsylvania. Pinchot feels the danger that the Democratic Party may end up becoming the progressive party in the United States, particularly if it draws in the returning veterans of World War I. For the Republicans to attract them, the party must offer more than policies that the veterans will accept; Pinchot says that it must “label those policies with the names of men whom they will follow.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1918-09-04

Creator(s)

Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946

Letter from Paul V. Collins to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Paul V. Collins to Theodore Roosevelt

Paul V. Collins suggests Theodore Roosevelt discuss Canadian Reciprocity from an antagonistic perspective while in St. Paul, Minnesota. Collins details Northwestern farmers’ and politicians’ outrage over Reciprocity, arguing that the administration is unaware of and out of touch with the region, especially regarding the cattle and dairy industries. He also requests that Roosevelt send a telegram of support to take to the Congressional Legislative Committee.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-04-03

Creator(s)

Collins, Paul V. (Paul Valorous), 1860-1931