Labor supply

Henry Percival Dodge acknowledges receipt of Secretary of State Root’s telegram regarding Chinese laborers recently expelled from Japan and confirms his reply. Per Root’s request, Dodge has sent two copies of the Imperial Japanese Ordinance No. 352 of 1899 and the Home Office Notification No. 42. Dodge lists the facts that he knows about the situation and states that most newspapers have reported the facts of the case but little editorial comment.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-12

Creator(s)

Dodge, Henry Percival, 1870-1936

An angry mob of strikers with clubs, guns, and bricks pursues a man labeled “Independent Labor” who has fallen near his wife and child in front of the statue of Justice. Justice is bound with red tape labeled “Politics.” Her scales and fasces lie on the ground next to her feet.

comments and context

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902-10-01

Theodore Roosevelt is sorry that the country is experiencing times where it is hard to get employment.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-02-06

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt denies making a statement attributed to him by Prudence Stokes Brown and describes Brown’s assertions as a “preposterous falsehood.” Brown claimed that Roosevelt received a report revealing that “all of the work of the world” could be completed by able-bodied people without the need to employ the elderly or children.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1914-11-24

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt explains to Representative Reed that due to the difficulty in getting labor, the USS Newport was sent to Boston, Massachusetts, on the recommendation of the Bureau of Navigation. Two delays had already been granted. However, the ship was sent to Boston to ensure it was ready by November 7 and to prevent additional expenses. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-09-20

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs Senator Chandler that due to the difficulty in getting labor, the USS Newport was sent to Boston, Massachusetts, on the recommendation of the Bureau of Navigation. Two delays had already been granted. However, the ship was sent to Boston to ensure it was ready by November 7 and to prevent additional expenses. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-09-20

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

The list contains the names of companies that are willing to provide Chinese laborers to work on the construction of the Panama Canal. A disclaimer is included at the end of the list that provides the official response to the companies as well as the statement that some of the companies responded to an advertisement that was placed by the “old Commission.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-05-04

Creator(s)

Unknown

John F. Stevens complains to Theodore P. Shonts about the lack of labor for the construction of the Panama Canal. Stevens states he would like to hire Chinese and Spanish laborers instead of West Indian laborers.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-05-04

Creator(s)

Stevens, John F. (John Frank), 1853-1943

Puck, holding a lithographic pen, stands next to a laborer who is reading a notice posted on a wall that states, “‘Reduction in Wages due to the Great Law of Supply and Demand.’ Explanation by Republican Party, under Republican Administration.” Caption: Puck–Doesn’t it ever seem strange to you, my friend, that the eternal and unvarying law of supply and demand should work only for the Republican Party?

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1898-02-02

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

A gigantic man wearing a crown labeled “Protected Monopoly” holds upright a wooden figure of an American laborer labeled “Protected American Labor” and a sign that states “Protection Maintains for American Labor the American Standard of Living.” The wooden figure holds a dinner pail in one hand and a booklet labeled “Savings” in the other. A diminutive man labeled “American Laborer,” in the left foreground, looks at the viewer and gestures with his thumb back at the wooden figure. On the right, from a ship at a dock, a stream of “Foreign Labor” disembarks, passing through a gate labeled “Starvation Wages,” and heading for factories in the background. Caption: How much longer can he get away with it?

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1912-08-14

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956