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Senator Lodge agrees that there is “an element of grim comedy” in the failure of Canadian reciprocity. Representative Foss claimed that reciprocity would already have been achieved if Lodge had supported it twenty years ago.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-25
An extract from the Hong Kong newspaper The World News discusses the commitment of gambling parlors and schools to the boycott of American goods, specifically American cigarettes.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-06-30
Acting Secretary of State Loomis writes to William Loeb with enclosures for President Roosevelt. The enclosures include a copy of a message from Berlin’s American ambassador and a publication detailing Germany and Italy’s commercial treaty.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-06-17
Acting Secretary of State Loomis forwards to William Loeb information on a commercial treaty involving Switzerland and Germany.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-06-14
Leslie M. Shaw writes to President Roosevelt to discuss a trade agreement with Germany.
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1905-09-16
Leslie M. Shaw writes to President Roosevelt to discuss a trade agreement with Germany.
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1905-09-16
Newspaper editorial discussing attitudes in New England towards the Bond-Hay Convention and reciprocity with Canada.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-28
Senator Lodge would like to help Hannis Taylor but President Taft has already selected the commissioners. The tariff commission bill Lodge has been working on will not pass and he is doubtful that Senator Lorimer will retain his Senate seat. He continues to support reciprocity with Canada but the negotiations were poorly conducted and the potential treaty gives a great deal to Canada with nothing in return.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-21
John Appleton Stewart authors a statement on behalf of the Republican League of Clubs of New York endorsing the reciprocity agreement between the United States and Canada. The League believes it will be economically beneficial to both countries and urges New York congressmen to ratify it. The League acknowledges the support and friendship of Theodore Roosevelt, and dismisses the Democratic activity in Albany.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-11
The books have arrived and Anna Cabot Mills Davis Lodge is pleased with them. Senator Lodge would have supported free trade with Canada but is concerned with the proposed treaty due to certain concessions to Canada. He is still uncomfortable with the Lorimer case. Lodge is confident that Senator Lorimer’s Senate seat was secured through bribery but the proof that Lorimer had any knowledge of the bribery is extremely weak. In another Senate matter, he is troubled by Governor Wilson’s use of patronage to secure a seat for James Edgar Martine.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-02
Senator Lodge was pleased with Theodore Roosevelt’s “clear and convincing” letter to Simeon E. Baldwin. A reciprocity agreement is being negotiated with Canada, which Lodge supports, but he is concerned about the agreement’s potential effect on the New England fishing industry. He does not view the Lorimer case as clearly as Roosevelt. Senator Lorimer’s election was certainly influenced by bribery but Lodge has not seen evidence that Lorimer knew of or participated in bribery.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-28
Assistant Secretary of State Adee thanks President Roosevelt’s secretary William Loeb for his prompt reply regarding the Spanish commercial arrangement and has passed along the proclamation to the press.
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1906-08-30
John A. Sleicher writes to William Loeb to suggest the possibility of President Roosevelt seeking trade agreements with other countries now that Russia has lifted restrictions on American trade. Sleicher praises Roosevelt’s “magnificent administration,” saying that it will “live forever in American history.”
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1905-09-12
The United States Consul General in Canton strongly advises against a boycott of American goods to China, explaining that the boycott will raise prices of goods for consumers in China. He further explains that the boycott will adversely affect merchants in the United States who have been friendly toward Chinese interests.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-17
Second Assistant Secretary of State Adee writes William Loeb regarding a German-American tariff.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-27
Ambassador Tower summarizes the understanding of the United States regarding the new commercial treaties Germany has entered into with various European nations, and asks Baron Oswald von Richthofen, German Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, if the treaty between the United States and Germany signed in 1900 is to continue. Because the 1900 treaty was based on earlier agreements now superseded by the various commercial treaties mentioned above, the United States government hopes that the advantages of the new commercial treaties will likewise be extended to the United States.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-03
Secretary of State Hay writes to Ambassador Tower that the new commerce treaties Germany is negotiating with other European countries to lower its tariffs could conflict with an existing commercial agreement between Germany and the United States. Hay asks that Tower communicate this to the German government.
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1905-02-15
President Roosevelt encourages Congress to ratify the commercial treaty with Cuba.
1903-11-10
Text of a treaty of arbitration for pecuniary claims signed by delegates from multiple American countries at the Second International Conference of American States. President Roosevelt submits the treaty to the Senate for advice, consent, and ratification. Roosevelt includes Secretary of State Hay’s comments on the treaty.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-07
Emperor Menelik II writes that he hopes that the recently completed Treaty of Commerce between Ethiopia and the U. S. will establish good relations. He thanks President Roosevelt for the gifts that were sent to him and is sending President Roosevelt two lions and two elephant tusks as a sign of friendship.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-17