Beef industry

Letter from William D. Miles to Theodore Roosevelt

Former Armour Packing Company General Manager Miles writes to President Roosevelt regarding the case of the beef trust versus the government. Miles brings up a past meeting he had with Roosevelt in which Roosevelt agreed to support Miles in his vow to help the government seek compliance concerning the meat packing industry. However, Miles notes that he would not take part in the punishment regarding Armour meat packers’ violations. Miles suggests that he is reluctant to testify in the case but is willing to supply information.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-17

Creator(s)

Miles, William D., 1858-1929

Men & Measures

An analysis of antitrust and anti-combination policies of President Roosevelt and other government figures.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902

Creator(s)

Smith, Charles Emory, 1842-1908

No lack of big game: the President seems to have scared up quite a bunch of octopi

President Roosevelt is hunting, and has scared up two “octopi” labeled the Beef Trust and the Standard Oil Trust and a bird, likely a vulture, labeled the Hard Coal Trust.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-04-13

Creator(s)

Bartholomew, Charles Lewis, 1869-1949

The up-to-date charge of San Juan Hill

President Roosevelt is dressed as a Rough Rider and is charging up San Juan Hill towards various Trusts.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-08-29

Creator(s)

Dalrymple, Louis, 1866-1905

Unkind cut for the land-stealing industry…The President learned wire-cutting at San Juan Hill

President Roosevelt in Rough Rider garb is cutting through barbed wire with scissors labeled “Exclusion.” A large rider marked “Land Thief” is pointing a gun at him while a sign proclaims the fenced public land belongs to the beef trust.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-05-02

Creator(s)

Maybell, Claude, 1872-

There will be a drop in beef

Theodore Roosevelt with his hunting rifle looks up at a treed raccoon labeled “Beef Trust.” Caption: Coon (to David Crockett Roosevelt): “Don’t shoot, I’ll come down.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-04-28

Creator(s)

Mahony, Felix, 1867-1939

Uncle Sam-“Why not be consistent, Teddy?”

Uncle Sam questions President Roosevelt’s statements on the beef monopoly versus oleomargarine.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-04-30

Creator(s)

Tanner

The blind leading the blind

A blindfolded and policy-laden Republican elephant is being led by two blindfolded men towards the edge of a cliff labeled “Beef Trust,” as Theodore Roosevelt dressed as a Rough Rider runs after them.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-04-28

Creator(s)

Richards, F. T. (Frederick Thompson), 1864-1921

Ursus faces the bull–“Quo Vadis” up to date

Cartoon depicts Attorney General Philander C. Knox butting heads with a large bull labeled “Beef Trust.” A damsel in distress labeled “The Public” is tied to the back of the bull.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-04-26

Creator(s)

Richards, F. T. (Frederick Thompson), 1864-1921

Will he round them up?

Cartoon depicts President Roosevelt in cowboy garb trying to round up a cow labeled Beef Trust and a pig labeled Pork.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-04-15

Creator(s)

Donahey, J. H. (James Harrison), 1875-1949

Beef soaring high, but Teddy is the man to bring it down

Cartoon depicts President Roosevelt in his Rough Rider outfit trying to rope a flying cow labeled “Beef Trust.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-04-12

Creator(s)

Unknown

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Wilson

President Roosevelt tells Secretary of Agriculture Wilson that based on Attorney General William H. Moody’s experience with the beef trust people, Roosevelt believes that they will stop at little to stop an ordinary investigation. He would like a “first-class man” to meet with Upton Sinclair, get the names of his witnesses, and then work in the industry. The man’s identity should be kept secret, and Wilson should not make an appointment without consulting Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-03-12

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Moody

President Roosevelt agrees with Attorney General Moody that individual proceedings should not be brought up against officers of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway unless there is evidence linking them to guilty conduct. Roosevelt compares the Atchison case with the case of the western railroads and the International Harvester Company. Unlawful practices were abandoned in both cases, and no individual proceedings were brought against the officers of the western railroads. The president believes the Atchison railroad officers should be treated the same way. Roosevelt details why there is not “one shadow of testimony” against former Secretary of the Navy Paul Morton and believes how the government handled the Northern Securities case in not prosecuting the principal directors is how the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway case should be handled.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-12

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Cecil Andrew Lyon

President Roosevelt invites Cecil Andrew Lyon; his wife, Claudia Lyon; his sister-in-law, Louise Forster-Brown; and his daughter, Claudia Lyon, to call on Roosevelt tomorrow morning. Unfortunately, Roosevelt is unable to take lunch with the Lyon family, as the president already has plans. Roosevelt is frustrated that Cecil did not notify him in advance about passing through Washington, D.C., as Cecil promised to do when Roosevelt was with Cecil in Texas.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-07

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Philander C. Knox

Theodore Roosevelt believes that a statement should be made regarding the beef trust so that “people will be advised.” He thinks that something like this should be “hammered in.” Americans believed they were paying too much for their meat and the packers’ profits were too high. Roosevelt wanted Knox to update citizens on the beef trust case making its way through the Supreme Court.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-26

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to J. H. Woodard

President Roosevelt found J. H. Woodard’s letter on the Anthracite Coal Strike interesting and believes that Attorney General Knox has done a great deal regarding the “beef matter.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-07-09

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Elon Rouse Brown

President Roosevelt believes that John Clay Davies has conducted himself well as the New York Attorney General. In terms of the beef trust, Roosevelt does not believe that Congress would give the President the power to suspend the tariff.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-05-12

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Henry Cabot Lodge spoke with Attorney General Moody about the platform he is preparing for the Republican State Convention. During their conversation, Lodge learned that President Roosevelt is thinking about appointing Democratic Judge Horace H. Lurton to the Supreme Court. Lodge has strong feelings that the Republican Party should only appoint Republican judges. As a Hamiltonian in his beliefs on the Constitution, he worries about appointing a “strict constructionist who inherits the separatist tradition.” Lodge concludes with some comments about William Jennings Bryan, the beef trust, and “the silver question,” also called bimetallism.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-01

Creator(s)

Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924

Letter from Charles B. Landis to William H. Moody

Representative Landis assures Attorney General Moody that his brother does not intend to preside over the beef trust indictments case.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-08-07

Creator(s)

Landis, Charles B. (Charles Beary), 1858-1922

Telegram from William H. Moody to William Loeb

William H. Moody requests approval from the President to give a speech concerning the origin and status of the beef investigation that led to indictments.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-07-18

Creator(s)

Moody, William H. (William Henry), 1853-1917