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Mellen appeals to Roosevelt

Mellen appeals to Roosevelt

President of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company Charles S. Mellen has met with President Roosevelt to expedite an investigation into his railroad’s merger with another New England Line. Mellen argues that such investigations are embarrassing to businesses, hinder railroad development, and ought to be completed as quickly as possible once begun. Roosevelt has agreed to finish this investigation, but any companies that violate the Sherman Act will still be prosecuted.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-07

Trust pilgrimages to Washington

Trust pilgrimages to Washington

Many managers of trusts and mergers have been meeting privately with President Roosevelt in light of the administration’s increased prosecutions of trusts in violation of the Sherman Act. It is uncertain exactly what is discussed in their meetings, but most meetings have proven beneficial for the managers and their businesses.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-08

Milder attitude toward railroads

Milder attitude toward railroads

The understanding of the Interstate Commerce Commission is that the Sherman Antitrust Act does not apply to railroads, although without input from the Supreme Court on the matter they are unwilling to state so definitively. In any event, the particular matter of the merger of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company with the Boston and Maine Railroad is not a violation of the act.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-08

The retiring president

The retiring president

As President Roosevelt’s presidency comes to an end, he faces resistance from the House of Representatives over his request to increase the budget of the Secret Service and backlash from the Senate for not trust busting the United States Steel Corporation’s acquisition of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-08

An unequal contest; they can find no flaw in his armor

An unequal contest; they can find no flaw in his armor

Print shows diminutive gladiators labeled “Jones,” “J.D. Sayers” with large sword labeled “State Anti-Trust Laws,” “Bryan” with large sword labeled “Demagogism,” “Hearst,” “Pingree,” “Hogg of Texas” with sword labeled “State Law,” Theodore Roosevelt with sword labeled “Roosevelt,” and “Alger,” and also Joseph Pulitzer. A crowd in the background carries banners that state “Down with Trusts” and “Down with Dept. Stores.” They are struggling against a large gladiator wearing armor labeled “Trusts, Power to Undersell Competitors, Vested Rights, Right to Buy and Sell, Natural Right of Association, Business Progress, Steady Work, [and] Payment of Good Wages.” The gladiator is carrying a shield labeled “Constitution of the U.S.” and a sword labeled “Low Prices.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1899-07-26

In a hole; – and no “issue”

In a hole; – and no “issue”

Print shows William Jennings Bryan as the Democratic Donkey with the bit end of a bridle in his mouth, trying to climb out of a hole constructed of blocks labeled “Aguinaldoism, Anti-Trust, Anti-Imperialism, Free Riots, Anti-Expansion, Free Silver, Populism, Calamity Cry, [and] Chicago Platform,” with the U.S. Capitol nearby.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1899-12-27

Bryan’s progress

Bryan’s progress

Print shows William Jennings Bryan wearing a plumed hat labeled “1900” and riding on a rocking horse labeled “Presidential Aspirations,” leading a small army, among whom are William Joel Stone, James K. Jones, James Stephen Hogg (carrying a blunderbuss labeled “Anti-Expansionist”), and Benjamin R. Tillman, as well as a “Silver Republican” and a “Populist,” while others carry flags labeled “Anti-Trust” and “Free Silver.” They have emerged from a fortress labeled “16 to 1” and are following a rocky road, with some rocks labeled “1896,” toward a fortress topped with the White House. Caption: The same old cry in the same old place.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1899-11-15

Theodore

Theodore

This score and lyrics celebrate President Roosevelt during his second term as president. Praises sung include his efforts to build the Panama Canal, railroad trust-busting, hunting, and his Russo-Japanese War peace negotiations. The final page contains a sheet music sample for “Little One Good Bye.”

Collection

Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection

Creation Date

1907

Colonel Roosevelt’s anti-trust campaign

Colonel Roosevelt’s anti-trust campaign

Black ink cartoon with two panels suggesting that President Roosevelt is not fighting against large trusts. The first panel is labeled “Front View” and appears to show Roosevelt, with a cavalry hat and rifle, defending the “Anti-Trust Breastworks.” The second panel is labeled “Rear View” and shows a stick holding up the glasses and hat while the rifle, labeled “Attorney Generalship,” is just another stick with one end made to appear like a rifle barrel.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site

Creation Date

1904-06-19