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Letter from Leslie M. Shaw to all depositary banks

Letter from Leslie M. Shaw to all depositary banks

Secretary of the Treasury Shaw hears that many banks are loaning surplus funds through New York brokers at high interest rates, which are then employed for speculation. He recognizes the legal right of banks to make loans knowing they will be used speculatively. However, he is not willing “that Government money shall be enticed away from the locality where it has been deposited” for such use. He advises depository banks to return excess funds to the Treasury.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-07

Creator(s)

Shaw, Leslie M. (Leslie Mortier), 1848-1932

She’s all right

She’s all right

An angel labeled “National Credit” with wings labeled “Sound Financial Policy” and “Repeal of Sherman Silver Law” rises above the flames of the wreck of the “U.S. Treasury.” Among the wreckage lie William McKinley bowled over by the “McKinley Bill,” John Sherman being crushed under the weight of large silver coins, Green B. Raum sitting in an empty safe labeled “U.S. Treasury,” with Benjamin Harrison and Charles Foster hanging onto the safe, and William A. Peffer among the lumber on the left.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1893-09-27

Creator(s)

Ehrhart, S. D. (Samuel D.), approximately 1862-1937

Letter from Leslie M. Shaw to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Leslie M. Shaw to Theodore Roosevelt

Secretary of the Treasury Shaw states that the Treasury Department and the Bureau of Immigration will be liberal with the admission of individuals that may fall under the Chinese Exclusion Laws if they are attending the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. China has been invited to participate and the good faith of their participating citizens should not be questioned. Shaw assumes that the Department of Commerce and Labor will have the same policy.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-07-06

Creator(s)

Shaw, Leslie M. (Leslie Mortier), 1848-1932

Snowed in

Snowed in

Puck offers an “Anti Silver Coinage” snow shovel to William M. Evarts during a snowstorm that is depositing silver coins on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol and the Department of Treasury building, where a group of men labeled “Warner, Vance, Beck, Pugh, Eustis, Jones, Manning, Edmunds, [Mc]Pherson, [and] Bland” are gathering up coins for a snowball fight. Uncle Sam is caught in the storm on the right, whereas on the left and to the west, a “Twenty Dollars” gold piece sets like the sun over a prosperous and expanding nation. Between them are “Closed” snowbound factories. Caption: Puck – “Now, Mr. Evarts, New York expects you to take right hold and help shovel Uncle Sam out of this silver trouble.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1886-01-20

Creator(s)

Keppler, Joseph Ferdinand, 1838-1894

Congressional cracksmen

Congressional cracksmen

“Policeman Puck” and Uncle Sam investigate a robbery at the U.S. Treasury. A safe has been broken into and a barrel labeled “150,000,000 $ Surplus” is empty, and there is a hole in the floor which leads to the Congressional chamber, below. A crumpled notice on the floor of the chamber states, “Congressional Theatre – The Hit of the Season!!! ‘The 40 Thieves’ – Keifer manager, Robeson property man.” The robbery happens to coincide with the end of the first session of the 47th Congress. A ladder labeled “Adjournment of Congress” leans against an open window, supported by John A. Logan and John Sherman, as Horace F. Page and two other Congressmen descend. Other Congressmen, among them George M. Robeson carrying a sack labeled “Navy Appropriation” and James D. Cameron dragging a sack labeled “River & Harbor,” are headed for their home states carrying sacks with “$” on them. Caption: Policeman Puck to Uncle Sam–“This is the work of Professionals!”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1882-08-16

Creator(s)

Keppler, Joseph Ferdinand, 1838-1894

And that’s no yarn

And that’s no yarn

Black ink cartoon of President Roosevelt dressed in an admiral’s uniform and standing on a copy of the United States Constitution. He is addressing six men, all with Roosevelt’s face. One of the men is dressed as a cook and labeled “Treasury.” The rest are in Naval uniforms with the labels Army, Cabinet, Navy, Senate, and House. In the background is a ship’s smokestack labeled “The Uncle Sam Teddy.”

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site

Creation Date

1904-06-12

Creator(s)

Unknown