Monopolies

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry W. Taft

President Roosevelt explains to Henry W. Taft that the federal government needs to tackle trusts and monopolies because using common law is not possible, and Senator Philander C. Knox, Attorney General William H. Moody, Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw, and Secretary of War William H. Taft all agree that the action is constitutional. Regarding American expansion in the Philippines and Cuba, Roosevelt states that Cuba has a measure of independence but not in its entirety, and that similar measures could be taken in the Philippines with certain safety precautions.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-28

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Brooks Adams

Alton Parker’s statement should be taken as applying to suits instituted by the U.S. against trusts or monopolies. Roosevelt is tempted to take up this campaign himself.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-01

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cabot Lodge

President Roosevelt writes to Senator Henry Cabot Lodge about a complicated issue the State Department is facing, regarding whether or not it should arbitrate a contract dispute between two American telegraph companies in Panama. Roosevelt does not believe that diplomatic intervention from the Department of State is appropriate in this situation, because the dispute is between two American companies.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-06-16

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge

After speaking with Judge Gray, President Roosevelt came to the conclusion that Florence La Farge’s advice was correct. The situation in Delaware is horrid with no satisfactory solution. Roosevelt states that the shipbuilding matter justifies his course in dealing with trusts and big corporations.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-10-14

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Jacob Gould Schurman

President Roosevelt agrees with Jacob Gould Schurman regarding “over-capitalization of trusts” and reciprocity with Canada.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-08-31

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Philander C. Knox

President Roosevelt asks Attorney General Knox if any attention should be given to a letter from Judson G. Wall regarding trusts.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-03

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Elihu Root

President Roosevelt would like a full report on the proposition to grant a monopoly on opium sales in the Philippines.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-06-06

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Joseph Bucklin Bishop

President Roosevelt discusses trust and tariff policy.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-04-27

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William D. Washburn

President Roosevelt was pleased to appoint Mr. Purdy and will be making two speeches next week on the trusts and the tariff.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-03-23

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Nelson W. Aldrich

President Roosevelt would like to meet with Senator Aldrich in order to go over some of his speeches regarding the trusts and tariff.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-03-16

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William B. Allison

President Roosevelt would like to meet with Senator Allison in order to go over some of his speeches regarding the trusts and tariff.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-03-16

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Albert J. Beveridge

President Roosevelt would like to meet with Senator Beveridge in order to go over some of his speeches regarding the trusts and tariff.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-03-16

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Orville Hitchcock Platt

President Roosevelt would like to meet with Senator Platt in order to go over some of his speeches regarding the trusts and tariff.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-03-16

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John C. Spooner

President Roosevelt would like to meet with Senator Spooner in order to go over some of his speeches regarding the trusts and tariff.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-03-16

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Marcus Alonzo Hanna

President Roosevelt would like to go over some speeches on tariffs and trusts with Senator Hanna.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-03-16

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lawrence F. Abbott

President Roosevelt examines the potential passage of anti-trust and franchise legislation.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-02-03

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles W. Fairbanks

President Roosevelt is pleased with Senator Fairbanks’s success at passing the legislation to “expedite the trial of cases under the anti-trust law.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-02-04

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Emlen Roosevelt

President Roosevelt has been going over the “trust and labor paragraphs” with William Emlen Roosevelt’s opinion in mind but fears that under the present Constitution his desires are impossible. Roosevelt intends to go over the matter with Secretary of War Elihu Root.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-11-06

Memorandum regarding German brochures

President Roosevelt returns the German brochures regarding trusts. Roosevelt declines to read the brochures in the original but may read them if translated.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-10-23

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Hay

President Roosevelt is anxious to have the Cuban treaty and tariff settled but is against calling an extra session of Congress. There was opposition to Meyer being appointed to Berlin so it appears that Charlemagne Tower will be appointed as United States Ambassador to Germany. Tower’s appointment will set of a series of changes in the diplomatic corps. Roosevelt will soon leave on a three week trip and hopes to speak on the tariff and trusts.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-09-18