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Senator Beveridge addresses William Jennings Bryan’s article about dissolving industrial trusts in this magazine article proof, part of a series of debates between the two on various topics in The Reader magazine in 1907 and 1908. Beveridge addresses several questions to Bryan, exposing the problems involved in eliminating trusts.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06
The United States Senate directs Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte to inform the Senate whether he has instituted legal proceedings against the United States Steel Corporation relating to its absorption of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company in 1907, or whether he has issued an opinion related to the legality of this absorption.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-04
In response to a resolution by the United States Senate, this draft of a following resolution purports to transmit a letter from Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte related to whether legal proceedings have been started against the United States Steel Corporation because of its absorption of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company in 1907. The bottom portion of this draft is crossed out, and notes that the letter will follow, rather than accompany, the beginning portion.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-04
President Roosevelt writes to Senator Lodge about his leg trouble after his recent carriage accident, and is grateful he was able to give his speech on trusts and the tariff in spite of it. He is glad to hear Lodge’s daughter Constance Davis Lodge Gardner is recovering. Roosevelt confides that his leg was treated just in time, as there was beginning to be trouble with the bone, but he believes it will be all right.
Massachusetts Historical Society
1902-09-25
President Roosevelt writes to Senator Lodge regarding the Anthracite Coal Strike, noting that at present he has not been able to find any methods that would allow the national government to influence the strike. Roosevelt compares the tariff and the strike by saying that in either case, if people are not able to get the goods they need, they will blame the government. Roosevelt explains in the postscript that he is done making tours for the year, and will not make more speeches until after the election.
Massachusetts Historical Society
1902-09-27
President Roosevelt wants to read over a couple of speeches, in which he speaks on trusts and tariffs, with Senator Lodge. Roosevelt wants his statements to be something they can all agree on.
Massachusetts Historical Society
1903-03-16
Customs Inspector Hay wrote to Secretary of the President Loeb to express his concern about letters he received from members of his home state’s Republican State Convention. Several convention attendees were unhappy with the Republican Party Platform’s position on tariffs and reciprocity; he included an article from the Minneapolis Tribune that explain these concerns.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-11
Arthur Brisbane, editor of the New York Evening Journal, tells Edward A. Alexander that he has not yet had time to take up the unspecified trust topic with William Randolph Hearst.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-25
Secretary of Commerce and Labor Cortelyou encloses a letter from Commissioner of Corporations James Rudolph Garfield, which responds to a memorandum from Edward Rosewater alleging that the output of the paper mills is controlled by a trust.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-28
William H. H. Llewellyn congratulates President Roosevelt on the recent verdict in the Northern Securities Company v. United States case.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-16
Nicholas Williams McIvor forwards a memo sent to Baron Kaneko regarding permission to erect a trust in Japan. McIvor goes on to discuss world politics at length.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-12
Daniel LeRoy Dresser writes to President Roosevelt regarding the “trust issue” and corporations as a factor in the next campaign. He offers his opinion on Roosevelt’s position in regard to corporations in the past. Dresser requests to speak with Roosevelt about possible safeguards to ensure that the “unfortunate flotations of the past” do not repeat.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-14
Edward R. Johnstone congratulates President Roosevelt on the victory in the Northern Securities Co. v. United States case.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-15
Edward A. Alexander writes to Arthur Brisbane, providing an outline concerning the classification of freight by railroad-appointed committees and legal proceedings before the Interstate Commerce Commission and U.S. Courts to break up the current system of classifying freight.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-09
William F. King comments on the Ship Building Trust scandal, President Roosevelt’s status as Republican presidential nominee, and George B. McClellan as Mayor of New York.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-26
William F. King informs Governor Odell that he sent a copy of his recent letter to Odell to President Roosevelt. King mentions George Rumsey Sheldon’s connection with the ship-building trusts. Sheldon was being considered as treasurer of the Republican National Committee.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-01
William F. King mentions George Rumsey Sheldon’s connection with the ship-building trust, the economic problems faced by hotel managers in Florida, and talking with Colonel Dick, anthracite coal operator in Pennsylvania.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-01
Frank Parsons is writing about the railroad and trusts and believes a meeting with President Roosevelt will be beneficial to his work. Justice Holmes writes to arrange a meeting with the president.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-18
Sheet music for “Bust the Trusts,” a campaign song for Governor Wilson’s 1912 presidential campaign. The cover features a photograph of Wilson flanked by American flags.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1912
Sheet music for “Standard Oil,” a song about John D. Rockefeller and his history with Standard Oil. One verse mentions President Roosevelt and his efforts to break up the company. Cover is red, white, and black with a can of oil, a sign “J.D.R.,” and Uncle Sam. At the top of the cover, the sheet music is “dedicated to Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis.”
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1907