Expenditures, Public

Letter from Stephen Tyng Mather to the Juniper Lake Resort Company

In reply to a request for information on what improvements the National Park Service plans to make in Lassen Volcanic National Park, Director of the National Park Service Mather reports that unless the recommended $5,000 appropriation is included in the civil bill considered by Congress, it will be impossible for the service to make any improvements to the reservation during the next fiscal year. Mather notes “with interest” that the road from Chester, California, to Juniper Lake has been completed, and hopes that the Juniper Lake Resort Company’s plans for further improvements are successful.

Collection

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Creation Date

1919-03-15

Letter from Arno B. Cammerer to Agnes Shea McCollisker

Acting Director of the National Park Service Cammerer was sorry to hear that Agnes Shea McCollisker did not have any available copies of her lecture “Scenic America.” Cammerer informs McCollisker that the National Park Service has never yet had funds appropriated for the administration of Lassen Volcanic National Park, and cannot assume control over the park until such funds are appropriated.

Collection

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Creation Date

1919-08-18

Letter from Stephen Tyng Mather to Medford R. Arnold

National Park Service Director Mather acknowledges receipt of the resolution passed by the Susanville Chamber of Commerce opposing the return of the Lassen Volcanic National Park to the Forest Reserve. He tells Medford R. Arnold, secretary of the body, that he is hopeful that Congress will appropriate money to allow for work to begin on the park during the next fiscal year.

Collection

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Creation Date

1920-01-24

Letter from Stephen Tyng Mather to Lewis Carrigan

National Park Service Director Mather thanks Lewis Carrigan, Secretary-Manager of the Northern California Counties Association, for his letter reporting the attitude of his organization regarding the Lassen Volcanic National Park. Mather explains that due to a lack of funding the Forest Service has been managing the park lands thus far, but mentions that the National Park Service has requested an appropriation of $5,000 for the park for the coming year. Mather is sure Lassen Volcanic National Park will be a compliment to other parks in the area, and is glad to hear about the support for the park that Carrigan reports.

Collection

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Creation Date

1920-01-23

Says Griffith passes child bureau query up to courts

Judge Ben B. Lindsey raises several questions that Colorado Attorney General Benmamin Griffith did not address in his recent opinion on the right of the humane society to an appropriation by the state legislature. The present society is a private entity, and threatened to abandon its duty when its funding was questioned. Lindsey hopes the enterprise will be put under a board of directors answerable to the public.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-07-24

Standing on his record

President Roosevelt crosses his arms and stands on an “expenditures 1903-4” mountain of money bags: “War Dept $115,000,000,” “Civil, and miscellaneous $132,000,000,” “pensions $142,000,000,” and “Navy Dept $102,000,000.” Two signs are in the background. The one on the left reads, “We intend in the future to carry on the government in the same way that we have carried it on in the past.” Theodore Roosevelt. The one on the right reads, “The governmental expenditures last year mounted up to five hundred and eighty-two millions, which is not equalled by any year since the Civil War, with the exception of the year of the Spanish War.” Alton B. Parker.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-12

S-s-sh!

President Roosevelt and Chair of the Republican National Committee George B. Cortelyou walk in front of a number of gagged officials from the “War Dept,” “Navy Dept,” “Post Office Dept,” “Pension Bureau,” and “Agricultural Dept.” Roosevelt points to a sign: “By direction of the president, officials will neither discuss nor give out any information regarding the annual estimates until further orders.” Another sign reads, “The governmental expenditure last year mounted up to five hundred and eighty-two millions, which is not equalled by any year since the Civil War, with the exception of the year of the Spanish War. Judge Parker’s speech.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-11

Statement by William Nelson Cromwell

William Nelson Cromwell issues a press release attempting to quell rumors surrounding payments made by the United States government for the Panama Canal. Cromwell states that he has previously made a full report on how the money was paid and vehemently denies that there was any corrupt American syndicate that bought Panama Canal securities at a low price to sell back at a profit.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-12-09

Treasury statement for November 30th, 1905

Statement of funds acquired and spent by the Treasury Department in Cuba up to November 30, 1905.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-30

Statement showing receipts and expenditures of the government

The Department of the Treasury has tabulated the government’s expenses and sources of income for the fiscal years 1902 through June 30, 1907, including surpluses and deficits. The figures are categorized based on the source of revenue or type of expenditure.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-24

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cabot Lodge

President Roosevelt provides updates on the Post Office investigation and the Alaska boundary dispute. Roosevelt would prefer that the Alaska negotiations end before the presidential campaign.

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1903-06-29

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Loeb

Theodore Roosevelt does not recall the matter. Any voucher provided by John Hay would likely have been signed without inquiry.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1911-07-11

Letter from William Loeb to Theodore Roosevelt

William Loeb encloses a letter from Secretary of State Philander C. Knox and asks if Theodore Roosevelt has any recollection of the matter referred to therein. Loeb has no memory of the matter and doubts that a “juggling of accounts would have been permitted.”

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1911-07-10

Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to D. P. Brannin

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary thanks D. P. Brannin for his letter to Roosevelt. While some of Roosevelt’s specimens from his recent Africa trip are on display at the National Museum of Natural History, the remainder have not yet been mounted due to lack of Congressional funding.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-05-08

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ben B. Lindsey

Theodore Roosevelt supports Judge Lindsey’s position against the Humane Society and agrees that a private association should not receive state appropriations. He is willing to write an editorial to show his support.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-07-31

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles Doolittle Walcott

Theodore Roosevelt writes to Dr. Charles D. Walcott about Congress’ refusal to appropriate the necessary monies for mounting of the larger animals and birds. He mentions that Mrs. Kennedy has written to him “in anything but an enthusiastic frame of mind” and will be sure to put anyone with an interest in natural or botanical works in touch with Walcott.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-06-20

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles D. Walcott

Theodore Roosevelt asks Dr. Walcott if he is correct in telling friends that Walcott cannot express any dissatisfaction with the level of appropriations from Congress. Walcott does need an adequately large appropriation to complete the mounting of the specimens quickly.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-06-02

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to F. L. Seely

Theodore Roosevelt explains to F. L. Seely that Dr. Walcott cannot alienate Congress, and he is making as much progress as he can with the appropriations he has been given.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-06-02

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Joseph M. Dixon

President Roosevelt sends Senator Dixon a copy of an unofficial report of the Advisory Board on Fuels and Structural Materials. Roosevelt explains why the board was organized, its function, and how it benefits the government by increasing efficiency and avoiding duplication of work. Roosevelt has no objection to the unofficial report being published if Dixon desires to do so.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-02-09

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William S. Bennet

President Roosevelt explains to Representative Bennet that the figures presented by Representative James A. Tawney, chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, about the government’s appropriations for the secret service are gravely misrepresented. Roosevelt encloses an analysis of Tawney’s numbers.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-02-09