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Theodore Roosevelt’s schedule will not allow him to accept J. H. Durston’s invitation to visit Anaconda, Montana. Senators Thomas Henry Carter and Joseph M. Dixon are managing arrangements for Roosevelt’s trip, and Durston should contact them.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-07
President Roosevelt directs Attorney General Bonaparte to carefully look into the matter of the Anaconda smelter before proceeding with any suits. It has been suggested that if a suit against the Anaconda smelter were successful, then the copper industry in Montana as a whole would be ruined and there would be massive unemployment. Roosevelt says that while the suit will be brought on environmental grounds, they need to find out if they would cause more economic destruction by the suit being successful. The case is especially important because of its implications for similar situations across the country.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-09
Attorney General Bonaparte reports that, as President Roosevelt instructed, the lawsuit against Amalgamated Company will not be instituted until Roosevelt directs. However, such a suit could not compel the smelters to shut down until a final verdict was given. It would be a voluntary action on the company’s part to shut down the smelters at the beginning of the case. While Roosevelt wants the Department of Justice to investigate some alternative propositions concerning the situation in Anaconda, Montana, Bonaparte notes that the Department of Justice has no facilities for handling such scientific questions. Nevertheless, he promises that the department will investigate “as actively as possible.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-08
Judson C. Clements, acting chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission, reports to President Roosevelt the principal facts established in its investigation of the Union Pacific Railroad. Upon interviewing competitors of the Union Pacific Coal Company, “every dollar of whose stock is owned by the Union Pacific Railroad Company,” the Commission finds that a monopoly on coal production and transport has been established in the area. Further, the Commission recommends remedial legislation as a result of its investigation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-10-13