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Telegram from Paul Morton to Theodore Roosevelt

Telegram from Paul Morton to Theodore Roosevelt

Secretary of the Navy Morton unsuccessfully tried to telephone William Loeb regarding confusing as to which government department should handle the situation with the Russian cruiser Lena, which is docked at San Francisco. Morton suggests to President Roosevelt that if he deems it proper for the Navy Department to handle it, that the State Department, Department of Commerce and Labor, and Treasury Department be notified.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-13

Creator(s)

Morton, Paul, 1857-1911

Letter from Carroll D. Wright to William Loeb

Letter from Carroll D. Wright to William Loeb

Commissioner of Labor Wright will give President Roosevelt the results of their investigations in Colorado, particularly focusing on how the results bear upon a document from “the attorney for deported miners and general counsel for the Western Federation of Miners.” Wright is most likely referring to investigations concerning a strike at Cripple Creek.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-07-20

Creator(s)

Wright, Carroll D. (Carroll Davidson), 1840-1909

Letter from Victor Howard Metcalf to John Hay

Letter from Victor Howard Metcalf to John Hay

Secretary of Commerce and Labor Metcalf has received correspondence detailing the plan of the British government to send a gunboat to patrol the waters surrounding the Commander Islands in an attempt to reduce fur seal poaching in that area. Metcalf recommends that the United States government also send a gunboat “for the purpose of seizing and arresting any American vessels that may be found sealing in such waters.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-07-16

Creator(s)

Metcalf, Victor Howard, 1853-1936

Telegram from Francis B. Loomis to Joseph Hodges Choate

Telegram from Francis B. Loomis to Joseph Hodges Choate

Acting Secretary of State Loomis informs Ambassador Choate that Secretary of Commerce and Labor Victor Howard Metcalf has suggested the American government provide a vessel to patrol the Commander Islands for the purpose of seizing and arresting any American vessels found poaching fur seals. Loomis requests that Choate “ascertain if this suggestion is acceptable to the British Government.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-07-18

Creator(s)

Loomis, Francis B. (Francis Butler), 1861-1948

Letter from Edward Henry Harriman to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Edward Henry Harriman to Theodore Roosevelt

Edward Henry Harriman tells President Roosevelt that he has spoken with Paul Morton and neither of them know enough about Representative Victor Howard Metcalf to express an opinion as to his qualifications with regards to commerce. Harriman will make further inquiries in the next week. Harriman is also sending Roosevelt a copy of a speech he requested.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-05-27

Creator(s)

Harriman, Edward Henry, 1848-1909

Secretary of Commerce and Labor

Secretary of Commerce and Labor

The Department of Commerce and Labor was created during the administration of Theodore Roosevelt, with George B. Cortelyou being appointed the department’s first Secretary. Victor Howard Metcalf succeeded him on 1904 to become the second Secretary of Commerce and Labor, and was then succeeded himself in 1906 by Oscar S. Straus. In 1913, as William Howard Taft left the Presidency, Congress split the department into two–the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1989

Creator(s)

Unknown

Ouch!

Ouch!

On the left hand side of the cartoon, Uncle Sam holds up a “Depart. of Commerce and Labor” blackboard that reads, “cost of living increased 15.5%” A Democratic donkey holds a “calamity” horn and starts to cheer. On the right hand side, Uncle Sam flips the blackboard and hits the donkey on the head. The other side reads, “wages increased 16.6%.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-03

Creator(s)

Triggs, Floyd W. (Floyd Wilding), -1919

Too high for the donkey

Too high for the donkey

August Belmont holds a whip as a Republican elephant jumps over a large barrier with slats that read, “Panama Canal,” “coal strike settlement,” “open door in China,” “reciprocity with Cuba,” “curbing of trusts,” “Dept Commerce and Labor,” and “Alaskan boundary decision.” A donkey jumps through the space just above the “curbing of trusts” slat.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-14

Creator(s)

Davenport, Homer, 1867-1912