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Can poverty be abolished in America?

Can poverty be abolished in America?

Lee C. Spooner believes Americans share the sentiment that poverty can and must be abolished and proposes how this can be accomplished, primarily by turning competition into cooperation. He argues that the laborers are the enemy of the republic, as they either turn to crime or revolution. To feel the responsibility of citizenship, the laborer must first own property. Spooner proposes they be granted a one-acre, suburban tract of land with a house through a federal initiative. Next, the prohibition of liquor will prevent laborers from wasting their earnings. Instead, they can then invest their earnings in federally regulated trusts. This redistribution of wealth will bring “socialism by purchase” and the end of poverty.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-04-19

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt

President Roosevelt writes his son, Ted, about a variety of matters. He discusses the trouble that Emperor William II of Germany is in with both conservatives and socialists. Last year, he gave a damaging interview to American journalist William Bayard Hale, which Roosevelt intervened to prevent the New York Times from publishing. A portion was published in Century and suppressed by the Germans. Roosevelt reflects on the current state of the liberal and democratic movement, and believes that the situation is not as dire as in the French Revolution, or in 1840s America. He also explains his lukewarm support of women’s suffrage. Finally, Roosevelt offers his son advice on working with the people around him when it is natural, but not pursuing relationships that are merely social in nature.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-20

Letter from George von Lengerke Meyer to Francis B. Loomis

Letter from George von Lengerke Meyer to Francis B. Loomis

United States Ambassador to Russia Meyer reports to Acting Secretary of State Loomis that the conditions in Russia are worsening due to the inactivity and secrecy of the Russian government. The revolutionists are making progress, and this aggravates the situation both at home and in Manchuria. Emperor Nicholas II makes promises, but cannot deliver on them because of bureaucracy.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-07-07

Report on the troubles at Odessa

Report on the troubles at Odessa

A detailed report concerning the worker uprising in Odessa, Ukraine, over the dates June 26-28, 1905. The report also discusses the arrival of the battleship “Knyaz Potemkin-Tavricheski” in the harbor of Odessa on June 28 where a mutiny had taken place on board. At the end of the report, the Potemkin is still under command of a mutinied crew and the British fleet may be called into the Black Sea to handle the situation.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-07-04