United States. Department of Agriculture

Letter from Warwick M. Hough

Warwick M. Hough, an attorney representing a Saccharin industry in St. Louis, asks the editor to reconsider the sugar substitute saccharin, citing the Remsen Board’s findings on its safety. Hough also makes arguments against false information presented by Dr. Wiley and the three secretaries named in the Food and Drug Act, prohibiting saccharin. Hough argues that there is no better substitute for sugar, which is necessary for the benefit of society against the unhealthy effects of sugar.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-01-02

Letter from Charles R. Dewing to Theodore Roosevelt

Charles R. Dewing appeals to Theodore Roosevelt, as an ex-civil service commissioner and an editor, to review the documents enclosed and help or advise Dewing in some way. Dewing is appealing for the Department of Agriculture to investigate his case and the Civil Service Commission determined they do not have the authority to help him. Dewing has also appealed to President William H. Taft but only received a circular from Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-15

Appeal to congress for change in land system

During a National Live Stock association conference resolutions regarding federal laws concerning grazing conditions in the West have been drawn up and will be presented to a special land commission appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt. The cattlemen are confident that their resolutions will be successful.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-06

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Franklin Noyes Barrett

President Roosevelt thanks Franklin Noyes Barrett for his letter and will send it to Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-12

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cantwell Wallace

President Roosevelt invites Henry Cantwell Wallace to serve on the Country Life Commission, which he is establishing to study and report upon the present conditions for farmers and their families in rural areas with the goal of making farming life more attractive.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-10

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Walter Hines Page

President Roosevelt invites Walter Hines Page to serve on the Country Life Commission, which he is establishing to study and report upon the present conditions for farmers and their families in rural areas, with the goal of making farming life more attractive.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-10

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kenyon L. Butterfield

President Roosevelt invites Kenyon L. Butterfield to serve on the Country Life Commission. Roosevelt is establishing this commission to study and report upon the present conditions for farmers and their families in rural areas, with the goal of making farming life more attractive.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-10

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to L. H. Bailey

President Roosevelt invites L. H. Bailey to serve on the Country Life Commission, which he is establishing to study and report upon the present conditions for farmers and their families in rural areas, with the goal of making farming life more attractive.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-10

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Dutcher

President Roosevelt will do all he can to help William Dutcher, president of the National Association of Audubon Societies. However, even though Roosevelt is president, it is useless for him to take action about Dutcher’s concerns unless representatives in Congress take the initiative.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-08

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Appleton Stewart

President Roosevelt tells John Appleton Stewart that he supports the movement about which Stewart wrote, which addresses the needs of people in agricultural areas and small towns. Several states in the East are neglecting their duty to their country districts. The United States Department of Agriculture will do what it can, and Roosevelt will cooperate with the Chamber of Commerce in Syracuse or other interested groups. (The Chamber called a conference that fall to study conditions in the rural areas of New York.)

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-22

Letter from Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge to Theodore Roosevelt

Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge notifies President Roosevelt that petitioning the senators for the upcoming biological survey is complete. Depending on who is appointed, Lockwood will contact him with an update. She is hopeful the right people will be appointed for the commission.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-05

Letter from E. C. Clarke to Theodore Roosevelt

E. C. Clarke calls President Roosevelt’s attention to an advertisement from the Bureau of Agriculture extolling the virtues of raising Angora goats. Clarke purchased a flock of goats but has found them highly unsatisfactory.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-18

Letter from William Barnes to Theodore Roosevelt

In support of appointing G. Howard Davison to the office of Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, William Barnes disputes claims that Davison is really not a farmer and that he is a “boozer.” Barnes encourages President Roosevelt to consider changing his views in this regard.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-10

Letter from James Wilson to William Loeb

Secretary of Agriculture Wilson explains that the Department of Agriculture promoted planting a kind of wheat that needed little rain in the semi-arid west. Farmers are planting it and bringing it to millers in Minnesota and Iowa, and the millers are complaining because this grain is damaging their machinery. Though Wilson met with the millers, they continue to complain about the introduction of a new grain in their “millers’ paper.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-06

Letter from Charles W. Fairbanks to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Fairbanks declines President Roosevelt’s invitation to join him in St. Louis because Fairbanks has plans to be on the east coast. Fairbanks references Roosevelt’s letter of November 11, asking for Fairbanks’ assessment of Aaron Jones for Assistant Secretary of Agriculture. Fairbanks is in favor of Jones.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-14

Letter from Richard F. Pettigrew to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Richard F. Pettigrew writes to Theodore Roosevelt after a previous conversation in which Roosevelt suggested to appoint James Wilson as Secretary of the Interior. In this letter, Pettigrew argues that Wilson is an excellent Secretary of Agriculture and that he should not change office.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-02

Letter from George B. Cortelyou to William Loeb

Republican National Committee Chairman Cortelyou sends to William Loeb a letter for President Roosevelt from Captain Seth Bullock. Cortelyou also mentions that he will decide soon whether he supports Agriculture Secretary James Wilson’s and Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor Curtis Guild’s visit to Missouri and Nevada.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-02

Kansas for the Cabinet

There have been several changes to President Roosevelt’s cabinet and James Wilson may be departing as Secretary of Agriculture. Kansas seems entitled to a position in the cabinet and F. D. Coburn would be an acceptable candidate to succeed Wilson.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902

Cheatham assails Secretary Wilson

Newspaper articles describing Richard Cheatham’s verbal attack on Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson regarding cotton interests.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-11

Record of advertising authorizations, United States Department of Agriculture, fiscal year 1904

This report details the amounts spent by the Department of Agriculture for newspaper advertising in the 1904 fiscal year. The document is organized by state.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904