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Letter from Charles Patrick Neill and James Rudolph Garfield to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Charles Patrick Neill and James Rudolph Garfield to Theodore Roosevelt

Commissioners Neill and Garfield of Labor and Corporations, respectively, have been investigating the statistical methods of the Interstate Commerce Commission. The charges against the Commission include improperly altering returns as made by railroad companies and not giving the real capitalization of the Seaboard Air Line. Neill and Garfield note that the Hepburn Act gives power to the Commission to control the methods of railway accounting and bookkeeping and to require uniformity therein.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-30

Creator(s)

Neill, Charles Patrick, 1865-1942; Garfield, James Rudolph, 1865-1950

Letter from Charles Stedman Hanks to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Charles Stedman Hanks to Theodore Roosevelt

Charles Stedman Hanks gives his opinion on what will make the Hepburn Act more successful and what constitutes a legal merger of railroads. Hanks cites various examples of suspicious stock prices, mergers, and rates of sales for land that indicate the Hepburn Act can be tightened to be more effective in regulating the railroads. He claims that a large percentage of Americans believe that railroad traffic rates are too high.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-10

Creator(s)

Hanks, Charles Stedman, 1856-1908

Report on the employment of Charles Stedman Hanks by the Interstate Commerce Commission

Report on the employment of Charles Stedman Hanks by the Interstate Commerce Commission

In this appendix to a letter to President Roosevelt, Commissioner of Labor Neill and Commissioner of Corporations Garfield report facts and figures that refute the claims made by Charles Stedman Hanks in his January 10 letter to Roosevelt. Hanks explained his view of the corrupt practices of railroad company statisticians, especially in regard to altering the sworn returns of the railroads. The examples in this document, however, fact check Hanks’s claims in regard to the figures reported to the Interstate Commerce Commission. The examples are in relation to the Lake Superior Terminal Company, the Seaboard Air Line, and the duplication of tracks.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-30

Creator(s)

Neill, Charles Patrick, 1865-1942; Garfield, James Rudolph, 1865-1950

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Lodge describes his work in getting an agreement in place for a bill in the the Massachusetts State Legislature regarding the merger of the Boston & Main Railroad and the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. Lodge says he believes it is a good bill, but the difficulties created by moving stocks between railroads causes him to lose his temper. In another matter, Lodge asks Roosevelt if it is possible to have a detective or Secret Service agents investigate two men who have been making false statements about the Brownsville Affair.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-06-20

Creator(s)

Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924

Letter from Oscar P. Austin to Martin A. Knapp

Letter from Oscar P. Austin to Martin A. Knapp

Oscar P. Austin returns to Chairman Knapp several documents that detail criticisms of the Interstate Commerce Commission’s 1904 statistical report on railways. The criticisms by George W. R. Harriman and Charles Stedman Hanks were lengthy, detailed, and assert that the details of the report are inaccurate and misrepresent the statistics for investors. They request that the 1905 report be corrected or go unpublished. Austin refutes the criticisms, stating that Harriman and Hanks do not understand the “modes of tabulation” used in the report and do not understand how the tables relate to each other. Austin agrees that perhaps the report does not contain detailed enough information for investors, but argues that the report is a general one and not meant for investors. Austin recommends publishing the 1905 report as soon as possible.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-10

Creator(s)

Austin, Oscar P. (Oscar Phelps), 1848?-1933