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President Roosevelt appears as a cowboy, on horseback, with Cuban President Tomás Estrada Palma, on foot, driving cattle labeled “High Protectionist, Senatorial Pledge Breaker, [and] Beet Sugar Senator” into the “Reciprocity Corral.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902-12-17
President Roosevelt hopes Senator Payne can push an amendment to the present Philippine bill in the House reducing the tariff to fifty percent. Roosevelt reminds Payne this is a compromise, as Secretary of War William H. Taft wants it to be reduced to twenty-five percent. New York Senator Thomas Collier Platt and beet sugar manufacturer H. T. Oxnard are both willing to accept fifty percent.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-24
President Roosevelt supports Cuban reciprocity and compares the opposition to reciprocity with the opposition to the admission of Hawaii. The objections against Hawaii proved to be unfounded and Roosevelt believes the same will happen with Cuban reciprocity. In particular to California, President Roosevelt believes that freight charges will keep Californian beet sugar competitive with Cuban cane sugar.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-07-29
Cartoon shows Theodore Roosevelt holding an oversized “message” behind his back. He stands in front of a hook on the wall “Proofs,” holding four sheets of paper: “No. 1 Beet petition,” “No. 2 Conclusions Ways and Means,” “No. 3 Notices of perpetual caucuses,” and “No. 4 Percentage Reduction pro-sugar trust.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902
Cartoon shows Theodore Roosevelt holding an oversized “message” behind his back. He stands in front of a hook on the wall “Proofs,” holding four sheets of paper: “No. 1 Beet petition,” “No. 2 Conclusions Ways and Means,” “No. 3 Notices of perpetual caucuses,” and “No. 4 Percentage Reduction pro-sugar trust.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902
Transcript of a speech given by Secretary of Agriculture Wilson before the Americus Club of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Wilson examines the many ways that the United States is supporting agriculture. Both federal and state governments are conducting and supporting research to improve agricultural production and quality. They will also conduct research on promoting livestock health.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-04-27
Benjamin Harrison stands on the deck of a ship labeled “Republican Party,” under sails labeled “Prohibitory Protection.” He is holding a rope that leads to a rowboat labeled “McKinleyism” with William McKinley standing in it, holding up a diminutive man labeled “Ex-Subdizied Sugar Planter.” To the right of the rowboat, President Cleveland is standing on the deck of a ship labeled “Democracy,” under sails labeled “Tariff Reform.” Caption: Capt. Cleveland–Subsidies were the price of his party allegiance! Take him, – you’re welcome to him!
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1894-10-31
An old woman labeled “Dem. Party” sits on snow-covered steps outside a door labeled “Public Confidence.” The door has a padlock on it. At her feet is a hat box labeled “Free Silver in Ohio” and a suitcase labeled “Sugar Trust Legislation,” and she is holding an umbrella and a sign that states “Hillism.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1894-11-14
Arthur P. Gorman labeled “Gormanism” hugs Theodore A. Havemeyer sitting in a chair, dressed as an old woman and labeled “Sugar Trust” and “$.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1895-01-09