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Secretary of Agriculture Wilson reports to William Loeb on President Roosevelt’s standing in Ohio, based on the opinion of W. I. Chamberlain, a farm journal editor who has visited every county. Wilson asks Loeb to inform the Roosevelt that he will be visiting whiskey distilleries and will be gone for a week.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-02
Gifford Pinchot urges Theodore Roosevelt to take the Prohibition side of the liquor question. Pinchot feels it is important to prevent the brewers and distillers from using grain that is needed for food during World War I.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1917-04-18
Joseph Gurney Cannon, holding a rifle, stands with John Dalzell and Nelson W. Aldrich, operating a moonshine still at the opening to a cave in a wilderness area. A retort is connected to a barrel labeled “‘Still’ Legislation.” On a rock in the foreground is a shadow of a bust portrait in profile of Theodore Roosevelt. Caption: Or, the mooonshiners of Capitol Hill.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1909-01-27