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Letter from A. R. Smith to William Loeb

Letter from A. R. Smith to William Loeb

If the enclosed newspaper clipping is correct, A. R. Smith, superintendent for the Port of New York writes, the Isthmian Canal Commission is now in control of the Panama Steamship Line, and will no longer move forward with the plan to construct new steamships. This will make it difficult for the government to withdraw, and private steamship operators would prefer that they do so. Private operators already control the Pacific side, and the Atlantic side should be no different. They can offer services more cheaply than the government. President Roosevelt should involve himself in these matters directly, on behalf of steamship operators in need of business, and Smith asks that William Loeb relay this information.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-03

Letter from Frank Knox to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Frank Knox to Theodore Roosevelt

Frank Knox agrees with Theodore Roosevelt’s assessment regarding the “negative character” of government control in Controller Bay. Knox says that they must strike a balance between government involvement and attracting private investment. Roosevelt’s declaration in a prior letter favored the idea of a government owned railroad, whereas Walter L. Fisher offered an alternative solution where the government operates the coal-fields.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-08-29

Letter from William Kent to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from William Kent to Theodore Roosevelt

William Kent discusses his beliefs on the Japanese racial issue in California and sends President Roosevelt an editorial from California Weekly. Kent compares what is happening on the Hawaiian islands to California and is glad that California is not being settled as rapidly as other parts of the country. Kent believes that in matters of Japanese immigrants “distance will best sanctify our traditional friendship for each other.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-29

Beauties of the installment plan

Beauties of the installment plan

Print shows at center, a “Profits” driven retail salesman who lets his merchandise go “Cheap” and at a “Bargain” through an “Easy Payments” plan depicted in the jaws of a trap. An “Agreement”is also depicted in the jaws of a trap, that states “Goods forfeited if instalment [sic] not paid when due”. Vignettes surrounding the central figure show such merchandise as chairs, carpets, beds, “the Baby-Carriage”, a stove, sewing machine, and the dinner table, being “carried off” for failure to pay on time.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1883-09-12