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President Roosevelt is seen holding a shotgun labeled tariff revision. The Trusts stand in front of him using small business as a shield, not seeing Congress with a large bat coming up behind him. Caption: “He must be attacked from the rear.”
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1902-12-05
Cartoon showing a depiction of Uncle Sam in front of the U.S. Capitol building. Uncle Sam is holding the Antitrust Law in his hands. To the left is a teddy bear holding a sign with the words “empty bag” written on it. To the right is a man holding a piece of paper with the words “nearly constitutional” on it and “the trust” is also written across his chest. Behind the U.S. Capitol building is an elephant saying “never touched me!” with the word “tariff” written on it.
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1903-02-23
President Roosevelt is pictured representing Republican Party policy by not allowing “Tariff Tinkers” to touch a boiler representing “Protective Tariffs.”
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1902-09-25
President Roosevelt walks off with a fishing pole over his shoulder, carrying a bucket labeled Tariff Reform Bait, as Tom Johnson and William Jennings Bryan, who have their poles crossed in the Presidential Fish Fond, watch him with dismay.
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1904
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Thomas O. Marvin of the Home Market Club with regard to the speeches he made in Boston and Sioux Falls. He wonders whether the speech in Boston on September 3, wherein Roosevelt endorsed the Republican platform in Massachusetts, conflicts with the speech in Sioux Falls. Marvin claims that Roosevelt omitted the phrase “together with a reasonable profit to American industries.”
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1911-06-22
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Thomas O. Marvin saying he does not recall the exact wording he used in his speech in Boston, but that his position on tariffs is clear from previous speeches in various other locations.
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1911-06-24
Theodore Roosevelt feels that people are not interested in his opinions on President Wilson or in what he or any other Progressive says about a tariff commission.
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1914-11-23
President Roosevelt assures Massachusetts Governor Guild that his petition regarding tariff legislation will receive serious consideration.
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1907-02-18
William Loeb acknowledges the letter Cortez F. Cox addressed to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and says that his request cannot be granted due to tariff acts according to the Department of the Treasury. President Roosevelt also has no power to change the existing laws.
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1906-11-02
President Roosevelt thanks Senator Beveridge for his interesting letter and tells him that he is not influenced by the opinions of the “club men” nor the coverage of his policies in certain newspapers. Roosevelt believes he acted in “good faith” in regards to Cuba, and wishes to have leaders of the House and Senate meet about the tariff revision.
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1906-10-07
President Roosevelt sent Secretary of the Treasury Shaw’s “mighty strong letter” to Hill and if Shaw agrees, he will send it to some tariff reform supporters. While he is not prepared to entirely agree with Shaw, Roosevelt concedes his points are well put. He does differ with Shaw’s comments on the popular feeling. He gives an update on the coins designed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens.
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1906-09-11
President Roosevelt tells Senator Allison that he hopes, now that the rate bill is settled, that work can begin on an amended Philippine tariff bill. Roosevelt specifically hopes to allow for the importation of up to three hundred thousand tons of sugar from the islands. He also hopes that Allison will support the Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition as it is the last which will occur for some time and is an important matter.
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1906-05-10
President Roosevelt tells Senator Lodge that he and Secretary of War William H. Taft feel strongly that any action about the Philippine tariff bill before the final vote on the rate bill would result in damage, as it would link the two together as congressmen try to make deals on the rate bill. Roosevelt believes discussion on the topic should wait “until there is the most ample opportunity to discuss the whole business without there being any other subject before the senate which will dwarf it in importance.”
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1906-04-06
President Roosevelt asks Secretary of the Treasury Shaw to report to him about a number of matters regarding the tariff. Roosevelt believes that in addition to a maximum rate, the government should establish a minimum rate. His aim is to avoid a tariff war with Germany.
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1906-01-21
President Roosevelt acknowledges that Representative Overstreet recommended Frank D. Stalnaker for Collector of Customs at the Port of Indianapolis. Although Stalnaker is a man of good character and is qualified for the position, Roosevelt had already promised Senator Albert J. Beveridge that he would nominate Leopold G. Rothschild to the position. Roosevelt includes a list of firms and businessmen who have endorsed Rothschild.
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1906-01-09
President Roosevelt refuses to grant another interview to Henry Melville Whitney, and says that in the letter requesting that interview Whitney once again misrepresented what he said. Whitney requested the interview to clear up alleged misrepresentations he had already made, but Roosevelt says that Whitney has used inaccurate language, misquoted him, and taken things he said out of context when he related a conversation they had nearly a year prior.
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1905-11-18
President Roosevelt expresses to Columbia University President Butler his conflicted feelings taking personal action in the New York mayoral election. He does not think it wise to attend a dinner in support of William Travers Jerome, because he does not trust Austen G. Fox. He is also hesitant to write anything in support of Jerome, because he fears Jerome may use it “in some totally different contingency.”
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1905-11-10
President Roosevelt gives Governor-elect Guild permission to make his statement public. He says that there is no sign that any leaders in Congress are willing to take up tariff revision, and Roosevelt feels it is foolish to attempt to bring up the issue if it has no effective backing. He also praises Lieutenant-Governor-elect Eben S. Draper.
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1905-11-12
President Roosevelt tells Ambassador Sternburg that Congress is frustrating his efforts to make progress in the tariff matter with Germany, and that he cannot at present send someone to negotiate. He hopes to meet with House and Senate leaders in October and make Ambassador to Germany Charlemagne Tower the intermediary.
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1905-09-24
President Roosevelt returns Attorney General Moody’s letter to Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw concerning the Tariff Act and is prepared to stand by it.
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1905-01-25