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Letter from Matthew Stanley Quay to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Matthew Stanley Quay to Theodore Roosevelt

Matthew Stanley Quay alerts President Roosevelt that Quay has sent a promised Alaskan caribou head to the White House. Quay discusses the bleak business outlook, particularly as seen in the railroad companies, which are laying aside cars for want of business. Quay will be in Washington soon, and he plans to “have a scrap” with Ethan Allen Hitchcock, United States Secretary of the Interior, and to talk to A. J. Cassatt, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-10-25

Letter from James Wilson to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from James Wilson to Theodore Roosevelt

Secretary of Agriculture Wilson reports that he will travel to the South to assess boll weevil damage to cotton crops. Wilson will arrive in Washington, D.C., to meet with the United States Congress regarding Cuban legislation. Wilson is confident of Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna’s win in the upcoming election and mentions railroad men and labor unrest.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-10-25

Wall Street journal, vol. XLIL, no. 36

Wall Street journal, vol. XLIL, no. 36

Copy of the August 8, 1903, edition of the Wall Street Journal. The lead article is “Review and Outlook: Prices and Publicity” and the thesis is that policies forcing corporations to be open and aboveboard about their inner dealings did not cause the fall in prices in the security market, and that those who say otherwise are enemies of President Roosevelt. The second article is about the rights of common stock holders. The third is about the Merchant Marines, and the fourth is about U.S. Steel. There are also articles on the bond market, and various commodities and their markets, and guides to values of railroad shares.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-08-12

Iowa idea is dead

Iowa idea is dead

This article reports on the failure of the “Iowa Idea,” which had previously called for a modification of the interstate commerce act to fight against monopolies and discrimination. The platform as it stands now has been moderated and diluted to such an extent that it cannot be taken seriously. Although Governor Albert Baird Cummins has put forth this compromise platform, he still seems to hold a personal belief in the older Iowa Idea. There is still contention about the compromise among other people, as well. The article also details several other aspects of the Iowa Republican state convention.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-07-02

Letter from Hermann Speck von Sternburg to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Hermann Speck von Sternburg to Theodore Roosevelt

Hermann Speck von Sternburg writes from Simla in British India. Under Viceroy Curzon, India has had a prosperous year. Sternburg finds Curzon to be extravagant, but he is also an effective leader and is making a great deal of progress in India. Afghanistan is calm under Amir Habibullah Khan but Russian and French ambitions in India remain suspect. Discussions of China and trade and commerce also receive mention in this letter. Sternburg believes that India could become a strong industrial power, as it has iron ore and coal reserves, but no means to transport it. He discusses several different railroad projects in this very long letter, which also states his happiness that Ted Roosevelt’s health is improving.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-04-18

Extract from the proceedings of an Indian Council to protest against the building of the Lemmon Lease Fence

Extract from the proceedings of an Indian Council to protest against the building of the Lemmon Lease Fence

The reservation residents, represented by Thunder Hawk, did not want to provide a lease for part of their land to the railroad. They were forced to do this and then the leased land was marked off in Washington without their input. Agent Bingenheimer claims he was going to take their input but marking off the leased land was done by his superiors without consulting him.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-04-12