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Secretary of the Navy Morton returns a letter to William Loeb. The letter is from former Iowa Railroad Commissioner Frank T. Campbell, whom Morton describes as an impractical railroad official.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-22
John Revelstoke Rathom responds to President Roosevelt’s recent request for a statement regarding the sentiments “for and against the making of railroad rates through Governmental agency.” Rathom acknowledges his own stance in favor of the railroads but assures Roosevelt that the words presented are a true statement in regard to “a side of this great subject that I do not believe has yet been adequately presented.” Rathom highlights the circumstances surrounding the “Bacon Convention” in Chicago led by E. P. Bacon in showing that the business community, although not necessarily friends of the railroads, are largely against the principle of governmental regulation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-14