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Havemeyer, Henry Osborne, 1847-1907

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Letter from Henry Lee Higginson to Theodore Roosevelt

Henry Lee Higginson recently heard Theodore Roosevelt speak, and offers his thoughts on the speech. He largely agrees with Roosevelt’s views, but offers his own opinion on Roosevelt’s point about the presumed honesty of small businessmen, and explains his own views on how he would like the public to view corporations. Higginson wishes people could see that corporations are also run by people, and can be instruments of good, even while he admits that government supervision of them is not bad. In a long postscript, Higginson continues elaborating on a number of topics, including how standards of products have changed for the better, railroad rebates, and how people’s upbringing can shape how they interact with the world.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-25

Creator(s)

Higginson, Henry Lee, 1834-1919

Treed at last

Cartoon shows Republican House Majority Leader Sereno Elisha Payne, the head of the American Sugar Refining Company, Henry Osborne Havemeyer, and a Republican elephant in the top of a tree labeled “Sugar Trust.” The roots of the tree are labeled “Dutch Standard,” “Cartel,” and “Bounty.” Below the tree stands Democratic Representative John R. Thayer holding a Democratic donkey wearing blinders and wearing a blanket labeled “Resolution March 11th, April 26th.” A long rein extends from the donkey to the other side of the tree where Republican Senator Henry Moore Teller holds the end of the rein. Cartoon refers to a congressional resolution introduced by Thayer to leverage divisions in the Republican party. The resolution called for an investigation into whether the sugar trust would be the primary beneficiary of Cuban reciprocity.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902

Creator(s)

Unknown

Congressional puzzle: – find Cuba in the cartoon

Cartoon shows a ticker tape machine labeled “Tariff Law 1897 Dutch Standard.” On the right, the head of the American Sugar Refining Company, Henry Osborne Havemeyer, surrounded by three overstuffed bags labeled “Sugar Trust Profits,” cuts the ticker tape into dollar bills that fall into a feed trough in front of the GOP elephant and the Democratic donkey. Republican Speaker of the House Sereno Elisha Payne holds the tail of the elephant while James D. Richardson, a Democratic Congressman holds the tail of the donkey.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902

Creator(s)

Bass, W. L. (William Louis), 1865-

Sugar trust. Herald (N.Y.) April 26, ’02

Cartoon shows a group of Senators looking at fireworks “Beef trust Ignus Fatuous” as the head of the American Sugar Refining Company Henry Osborne Havemeyer watches from atop a pile of bags of sugar trust profits. Over the Senators, “Roosevelt & Knox, professional distracters.” Over Havemeyer, “Senatorial sugar trust – Cuban investigation. Teller resolution.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902

Creator(s)

Unknown

Cuba and the U.S. sugar trust profits

Cartoon shows a man “Cuba” lying on the ground tied with ropes “Platt Amendment” and “Dutch Standard [paragraph] 209.” The head of the American Sugar Refining Company Henry Osborne Havemeyer, surrounded by bags of sugar trust profits, holds a pair of scissors while Henry McCall, President of the Sugar Planters Association, covers his eyes and whistles.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902

Creator(s)

Unknown

Withholding the goods of the last ditchers

Cartoon shows Theodore Roosevelt holding sheet of paper “Senate messenger. Call around April 23.” while exchanging another sheet of paper “Report beet sugar. Secty of Agriculture March 26” with Henry Osborne Havemeyer behind his back. Havemeyer holds a pair of scissors and rests on bags of money “Sugar Trust Profits.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902

Creator(s)

Unknown

The Cuban Gordian-Knot

Cartoon shows Theodore Roosevelt and Republican House Majority Leader Sereno Elisha Payne tightening a knot in a cord “Tariff Law 1897 [paragraph] 209 16 Dutch” around the waist of a man “Cuba” holding a “cane knife.” On the right, the cord is cut into money by the head of the American Sugar Refining Company, Henry O. Havemeyer. The money falls into bags labeled “Sugar Trust Profits.” On the left, the head of American Crystal Sugar Company, Henry Thomas Oxnard pulls on Roosevelt’s coat tails. A sugar beet protrudes from the back of Oxnard. A legend at the bottom provides quotes concerning the Roosevelt administration, sugar growing and refining interests, Congress and Cuban industrialists related to reciprocity, Cuban annexation and trade.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902

Creator(s)

Bass, W. L. (William Louis), 1865-

Congressional puzzle: – find Cuba in the cartoon

Cartoon shows a ticker tape machine labeled “Tariff Law 1897 Dutch Standard.” On the right the head of the American Sugar Refining Company, Henry Osborne Havemeyer surrounded by three overstuffed bags labeled “Sugar Trust Profits” cuts the ticker tape into dollar bills that fall into a feed trough in front of the GOP elephant and the Democratic donkey. Republican Speaker of the House Sereno Elisha Payne holds the tail of the elephant while James D. Richardson, a Democratic Congressman holds the tail of the donkey.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902

Creator(s)

Bass, W. L. (William Louis), 1865-

W-h-o-a!!!

William McKinley drives a large circus carriage labeled “McKinley’s Presidential Band Wagon” pulled by the Republican Elephant labeled “G.O.P.” The carriage has come to a stop in front of a sign at the edge of an abyss, which states, “Danger! Results of the McKinley Bill. Decline of wages. Desperate Labor Strikes, and Lock Outs. 1,000,000 Men Out of Employment. Falling off of Customs Revenues $157,000,000. Disappearance of Treasury Surplus of $100,000,000. Net Loss of Gold in Exports $200,000,000.” The abyss blocks McKinley from reaching the United States Capitol, seen at far right. The “Band” in the wagon is comprised of “M.A. Hanna,” Andrew “Carnegie,” John D. “Rockefeller,” Theodore and possibly Henry O. “Havemeyer,” and Whitelaw Reid playing a drum labeled “N.Y. Tribune.” Marching behind the wagon are men carrying banners labeled “Trusts” and “Monopoly.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1896-04-29

Creator(s)

Dalrymple, Louis, 1866-1905