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President Roosevelt tells Senator Aldrich that he has forwarded correspondence to Representative Sereno Elisha Payne about the recently enacted law ‘relating to the fortification of pure sweet wines.’ Roosevelt agrees with the position taken by Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson, and hopes a new law can be passed that is aligned with his views.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-15
The Committee on Ways and Means will meet next week and take up the issue of duties on sugar and tobacco for the Philippines.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-18
President Roosevelt tells Secretary of the Treasury Shaw that they must do something about the German Chamber of Commerce speech, with Shaw either giving the particulars of the speech or admitting that the speech had not been made and he should not have made the claim that it was. Roosevelt considers the matter of particular importance because Shaw made the statement to the House Committee on Ways and Means, which has now been refusing to make two of the three changes to the customs administration law that Shaw recommended. The German government does not consider that the recommendations were made in good faith, and Roosevelt would not wish to see the tentative agreement they have with Germany fail because of this matter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-06-25
Representative Ebenezer J. Hill offers Theodore Roosevelt his opinion on the German tariff issue. Hill is concerned that a retaliatory tariff increase could be detrimental to the American people and economy and writes that passing such a tariff would be “ruinous to the Republican Party.” Hill also offers assessments on the benefits of producing alcohol within the United States to lower the costs, and also to produce kerosene and gasoline more cheaply domestically.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-04
Representative Watson, of Indiana, notifies President Roosevelt that the Speaker Joseph Gurney Cannon approves Roosevelt’s plan to help the Republican Party. Watson would like to meet with Representative J. S. Sherman and Roosevelt together, but he is unable to do so due to speaking engagements at congressional conventions in Ohio and West Virginia. Watson hopes for a letter from Roosevelt in which Roosevelt will “vigorously” express his views on the current political controversy, clarifying that there are no vital differences between the president and the congress, as the Democrats persistently claim.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-07-31
Leslie M. Shaw explains the details of a German speech he recently quoted for the United States House Committee on Ways and Means about importers and the issues surrounding market information. Shaw states the points he made could have been applied to any country. Shaw states he requested the comments stricken from the committee’s record and received confirmation they were expunged.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-06-29
A huge figure labeled “Tariff for Trusts,” wearing a quilted cape labeled with products and percentages and holding papers labeled “Concessions,” sits between the Senate and House chambers. Garret A. Hobart sits on the left and Thomas B. Reed sits on the right. Nelson Dingley and William B. Allison, holding enormous pincers labeled “Ways and Means Committee” and “Finance Committee” with a crown labeled “Sherman’s Bluff Anti-Trust Law of 1890” in the jaws, are placing the crown on the head of the devilish figure at center.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-07-28
William D. Foulke submits a report on the raising of campaign funds among New York custom house inspectors and efforts to promote the passage of a bill raising inspectors’ wages.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-01-28
Walter Wellman encloses a document from Mark Hanna pertaining to tariffs. Wellman believes that the tariffs must be revised or there will be severe political consequences for President Roosevelt. Tariffs are supposedly at their highest level ever and there is concern that the West would not vote for Roosevelt if they remain the same. The Dingley law needs removed before the next election and Wellman recommends that the Republicans on the Ways and Means Committee look into a revision.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-18
Speaker Henderson asks President Roosevelt to appeal to Representative Babcock to help with acquiring the necessary Republican votes to get a bill out of the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-03-27
Senator Platt suggests that President Roosevelt meet with Representative Long to ascertain the views of the Ways and Means Committee regarding Cuban reciprocity. Platt believes that the Committee can be persuaded towards Roosevelt’s view.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-02-03
Frederick William Holls informs President Roosevelt that most people in the country support “justice and reciprocity” toward Cuba. Holls encourages Roosevelt to lobby the Ways and Means Committee to support reciprocity.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-02-07