Letter from Gifford Pinchot to A. F. Knudsen
Gifford Pinchot is interested in the Forward-to-the-Land League and “anxious to be of use.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1913-02-14
Your TR Source
Economic assistance, Domestic
Caring for the state’s wards
The article discusses how Minnesota’s public school in Owatonna houses and provides for children from poverty-stricken families or those lacking sufficient support. While it is a necessary institution, it is frequently overcrowded and has a waiting list. Cyrus Townsend Brady recently commented on the benefits of the state providing pensions for widows with dependents instead of removing their children to an institution. Such a program would not cost more than the school’s current expenditures. Additionally, forming a state commission to investigate poverty would aid the initiative.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-04-09
The free silver highwayman at it again
A highwayman identified as a “Silverite” holds two handguns labeled “Free Coinage” and “McKinleyism.” Papers extend from a pocket labeled “Paternalism” and “Wild Cat Schemes.” He is holding up a stagecoach labeled “National Prosperity” with passengers labeled “Lawmaker, Banker, Farmer, Workingman, Manufacturer, [and] Merchant.” The “Lawmaker” and the “Merchant” have both hands raised, while the “Banker, Farmer, Workingman, [and] Manufacturer” are reaching into their pockets.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1896-04-22
On to the abyss
A huge throng of people, some carrying banners labeled “Populism, Silverites, [and] Socialists,” eagerly follow a fairy labeled “Paternalism” carrying a transparent balloon or bag labeled “Government Support” as she floats toward a cliff or abyss.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1897-07-14