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Secretary of the Interstate Commerce Commission Moseley sends William Loeb two opinions on the constitutionality of the Federal Employers’ Liability Act.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-19
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.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-10
President Roosevelt sends Martin A. Knapp, chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission, some clippings on the actions of Milton H. Smith, of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company, who he says is trying to discredit the actions of the government. He additionally encloses a letter from Governor Hoke Smith of Georgia. Roosevelt says that it would be advisable if action could be taken regarding the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, and asks Knapp to keep him informed on the situation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-02-22
President Roosevelt writes to Henry Lee Higginson about some of the actions that railroads and corporations have taken to try to influence public opinion regarding legislation in congress related to trusts and interstate commerce laws. Roosevelt agrees with Higginson about wanting a good system of banking and currency, and says that while Higginson may not like the bill put forward by Senator Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich, it is the only one that has been proposed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-02-19
Martin A. Knapp, of the Interstate Commerce Commission, informs President Roosevelt that he has recently received a telephone message from Henry Walters that the order of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company to reduce wages will be rescinded. At present this is confidential information, and Knapp says that he will have more information tomorrow.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-02-27
Martin A. Knapp, of the Interstate Commerce Commission, thanks President Roosevelt for the note he sent yesterday, and gives him some updates on several conversations he has had recently. He has asked Henry Walters of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company to meet with him tomorrow, and hopes to have a productive discussion. Knapp’s recent talk with P. H. Morrissey was satisfactory. He also has a suspicion that Milton H. Smith, head of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, will visit him on Tuesday. The trouble that the Chicago Great Western Railroad Company is not as serious as was feared, and he is confident that there can be an amicable arrangement. He explains the areas in which a proposed reduction of wages will take effect. Roosevelt’s letter to the Interstate Commerce Commission has had a good effect.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-02-23
Brooks Adams writes to Theodore Roosevelt about the importance of establishing federal authority to set railroad rates. Adams represents Spokane, which pays nearly double what Portland pays. Adams urges Roosevelt to see to it that the new bill provide a “long and short haul clause” forbidding discriminatory rates that charge more for the lesser distance than the greater distance.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-29
The article strongly criticizes August Belmont’s control of newspapers and the Democratic Party. It particularly blasts Adolph S. Ochs and Charles Ransom Miller of the New York Times, stating that the paper is Belmont’s mouthpiece.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-07