The fog
A ship labeled “American Business” sails into a fog labeled “The Sherman Law” and passes a bell buoy labeled “Dept. of Justice.”
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1911-11-22
Your TR Source
Antitrust law
Out into the storm
Theodore Roosevelt as “Dame Van Winkle” stands with his back to a fireplace, pointing with his left hand toward the door, banishing President Taft as Rip Van Winkle carrying his rifle labeled “Sherman Law Enforcement” and his dog wearing a collar labeled “Wickersham.” Caption: Dame Van Winkle banishes Rip and his dog.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1911-12-13
Creator(s)
The Wickersham will git yer if yer don’t – watch – out!
A huge red flying creature labeled “Wickersham,” holding a fork with webbing in one hand and papers labeled “Trust, Dissolution, Sherman Law, [and] Disintegration” in the other, descends on fleeing crowds of men on a city street, possibly Wall Street.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1911-10-18
Creator(s)
“Oh, pardon me! I mistook you for the deer”
A deer hunter labeled “Wickersham” holds a rifle labeled “Sherman Law.” A deer labeled “Restraint of Trade” runs off into the woods while a man labeled “Legitimate Business” holds his leg where Wickersham shot him.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1911-11-01
Creator(s)
“Plague take it! Why doesn’t it stay down when I hit it?”
President Taft stands behind a chair on which a diminutive George W. Wickersham is standing. Wickersham is using a stick labeled “Sherman Law” to beat a toy labeled “Monopoly” on the table in front of him. The toy shows a wealthy businessman holding money bags sitting in a bowl. Hanging on the wall is a “Sectional View” of the toy showing that it is weighted at the bottom with “High Protection,” stating “The Reason Why” it does not stay down when Wickersham hits it.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1911-11-08
Creator(s)
Address at the new state capital building at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
President Roosevelt’s speech commemorates the dedication of the State Capital Building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, noting the state’s historic legacy in America.
Collection
Creation Date
1906-10-04
Creator(s)
A back-yard farce
President Roosevelt, in the “GOP Back Yard,” stands atop a box on top of a barrel and leans over a fence. On the other side of the fence, Attorney General Philander C. Knox holds a paddle labeled “Sherman and Interstate Commerce Laws,” and he is about to paddle the rear end of a large boy, “The Trust.” The boy has his head turned toward Roosevelt and is broadly smiling, with his right hand slightly covering the smile. The left hand of the boy is protecting his rear end. Caption: “Roosevelt (to Knox): Make all the noise you can; but remember, we can’t afford to hurt him.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-05-04
Creator(s)
Articles on Trusts
A collection of articles on President Roosevelt’s antitrust policies. There are also mentions of the situation in the Philippines.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-05-21
Creator(s)
Letter from James Speyer to Theodore Roosevelt
James Speyer thanks President Roosevelt for the invitation to have lunch with him and for speaking so frankly about issues affecting Wall Street. He feels that the action Roosevelt took in the Northern Securities Case was the correct one. In response to a previous question from Roosevelt, Speyer also offers a recommendation for Mr. Keller as someone who understands traffic and is honest and conservative but is not considered one of the “greatest railroad managers in the country.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-06-25
Creator(s)
Letter from William Justus Boies to Theodore Roosevelt
William Justus Boies has enclosed two articles from the Evening Post: one on the Northern Securities decision and the other on Wall Street’s attitude toward President Roosevelt’s personally.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-06-15
Creator(s)
Letter from Henry Martyn Hoyt to William Miller Collier
Acting Attorney General Hoyt appoints William Miller Collier as Special Assistant to the Attorney General for enforcement of antitrust laws.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-03-18
Creator(s)
Letter from George B. Cortelyou to William Miller Collier
Secretary of Commerce and Labor Cortelyou encloses a letter from Acting Attorney General Henry Martyn Hoyt appointing William Miller Collier as Special Assistant to the Attorney General.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-03-19
Creator(s)
Summary of letter from Jeremiah Whipple Jenks
Jeremiah Whipple Jenks warns of a plan the Democrats will propose regarding trust legislation. They will recommend a bill for the “voluntary incorporation by the Federal Government of corporations doing an interstate business.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-02-02
Creator(s)
Note on John James Jenkins
Representative Jenkins offered to discuss the trust bill with President Roosevelt.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-12-09
Creator(s)
Pages from the London Times
Two pieces in the London Times report and comment on President Roosevelt’s Annual Message to Congress. They particularly focus on what Roosevelt said about trusts, combinations, tariff reform, and the army and the navy. In the message, Roosevelt also invoked the Monroe Doctrine and vowed that the United States would leave alone European powers that did not seek to acquire territory in South America. One of the pieces draws comparisons between the current message and the one Roosevelt gave last year.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-12-03
Creator(s)
National supervision and industrial stability
Magazine article casting doubt on rumors that prominent capitalists, such as J. Pierpont Morgan, will oppose President Roosevelt’s policy of federal supervision of trusts and combinations.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-10-04
Creator(s)
Letter from William Randolph Hearst to Theodore Roosevelt
William Randolph Hearst sends a copy of a petition that was submitted to Attorney General Philander C. Knox calling for the institution of anti-monopoly proceedings against several companies. Hearst believes he can prove that an illegal combination controls the nation’s anthracite coal supply.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-10-04
Creator(s)
Petition from William Randolph Hearst to Philander C. Knox.
William Randolph Hearst calls for the initiation of anti-monopoly proceedings against several companies involved in the anthracite coal industry.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-10-04
Creator(s)
Letter from James McMahon to Theodore Roosevelt
James McMahon has been pleased with President Roosevelt’s recent speeches on the “Trust question.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-09-10
Creator(s)
Letter from Paul Dana to Theodore Roosevelt
Paul Dana argues against governmental regulation of trusts.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-11-15