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John A. Sleicher believes that if the state of New York is to be saved from corruption and government scandal, President Theodore Roosevelt will have to do it. American people object to the levying of war taxes in a time of peace. Sleicher hopes to talk with Roosevelt when Roosevelt has some time.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-15
Attorney General Moody writes to President Roosevelt regarding District Attorney Morgan H. Beach’s investigation into the Department of Agriculture. Moody shares a report from Beach in which he writes that Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson is making the investigation difficult by not cooperating with John Hyde, who he appointed to assist in the investigation. Moody trusts Wilson and does not believe that any action should be taken yet, but wanted to inform Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-17
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson informs President Roosevelt that he is away from Washington, visiting Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Iowa. Most matters in the Department of Agriculture are going along well, but there are some matters on which Wilson would like the President’s advice.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-05-10
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson encloses a statement detailing the amounts paid by the Department of Agriculture for newspaper advertising during the 1904 fiscal year.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-18
Senator Fairbanks approves of appointing Aaron Jones the Assistant Secretary of Agriculture. Fairbanks believes that Thomas Taggart’s selection means that “the Democrats are going to make a hard fight for Indiana” but that the Republicans will not lose the state. Fairbanks has found “a number of Democrats who will give us their support.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-03
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson has examined the qualifications of the candidates for Assistant Secretary of Agriculture and found no one particularly suited for the position. He could not find much information on G. Howard Davison and suggests appointing a candidate from New York.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-09
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson thinks the National Grange will accept any selection that President Roosevelt makes for Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, but he offers to invite their members to share their opinions on the matter. Wilson has received numerous letters and telegrams in support of G. Howard Davison’s candidacy, but he believes that Gifford Pinchot would be best for the position.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-12
William J. Youngs encloses a list of agricultural societies in New York for President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-06
List of United States government agencies and what they have spent on advertising in the New York Sun.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05
A report on the major wildlife populations present in Sullys Hill National Game Preserve in North Dakota. The report also includes information about recreational facilities, wildlife management, and a brief history of the area.
1940-2019
Laurence R. Veikley briefly recounts the history of Sullys Hill National Game Preserve, beginning with its creation as a national park, subsequent establishment as a simultaneous game preserve, and eventual removal from the national park system. Veikley additionally mentions the various expansions and contractions of the area’s borders.
1983-03-03
This brief biography of Gifford Pinchot recounts his accomplishments as first Chief of the United States Forest Service, as well as later in life. Pinchot participated heavily in Theodore Roosevelt’s Progressive Party, and was later elected Governor of Pennsylvania in 1922 and 1930 as a Republican. Pinchot helped found many associations focused on forestry and conservation, and was additionally a founder of the Roosevelt Memorial Association.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1987
President Roosevelt has submitted two draft orders sent to him by Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock to the Forestry Bureau of the Department of Agriculture and shares their response with Hitchcock. Roosevelt feels their proposal is an improvement upon the letters provided to him by Hitchcock’s department.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-23
Attorney General George W. Wickersham and a committee on personnel of the Department of Agriculture have recommended to President William H. Taft that Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley “be permitted to resign” from his post as pure food expert and chief of the Bureau of Chemistry. An investigation found that Wiley hired Dr. Henry Hurd Rusby at an improper rate. Wiley and Dr. W. D. Bigelow, assistant chief of the Bureau of Chemistry, should resign, and Rusby should be dismissed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-14
Theodore Roosevelt recently wrote an article for The Outlook offering his opinion regarding what factors are slowing development there, and specifically addressing the action of the Department of the Interior in selling off the area around Controller Bay.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-23
A complete reprint of Byron B. Waters’s report to the Tri-Counties Reforestation committee on opening the San Bernardino forest reserve to private holdings of forty-acre tracts.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-07
Sir Horace Curzon Plunkett sends President Roosevelt a confidential letter containing some suggestions relating to the coordination of the Federal and State Departments of Agriculture that he suggested. Plunkett believes such cooperation would be welcomed by interested parties both within the United States and in Europe, where some departments take advantage of the publications produced by the Department of Agriculture. He suggests Roosevelt invite the various states to send delegates to a national conference held by the Department of Agriculture to help spur this cooperation. He suggests that the experience of the Irish Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction may be of use to Roosevelt, and proposes to bring the chief officer of the department with him when he visits the United States in the upcoming fall.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-06-22
President Roosevelt informs Attorney General Bonaparte that the Department of Agriculture has advised that a report on impure gas be made public, and asks him to do so as soon as possible.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-19
As per Attorney General Moody’s suggestion, Acting Attorney General Hoyt takes the matter of Jasper Wilson up directly with President Roosevelt. He clearly states that he does not know anything discrediting Jasper Wilson, and the suggestions to his disadvantage are merely unfounded rumors. However, he finds that Jasper “surrounds his father (Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson) with an anxious degree of surveillance and intervention” beyond that of a concerned son. Hoyt updates Roosevelt on the situation. Morgan H. Beach, special assistant to the Attorney General, will shortly call Secretary Wilson and Jasper Wilson before the Grand Jury, after which they will supposedly tour the forest reserves. It is a delicate matter, and no one wants to do Jasper any personal injustice, but it is best to study the Department of Agriculture situation during his absence. The sudden departure of John Hyde, statistician for the Department of Agriculture, is suspicious, and his escape is frustrating. Assistant Secretary of Agriculture W. M. Hays is ready to take charge if needed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-25
District Forester Olmsted asks Stanford University President Jordan his opinion on the proposed elimination of the Pinnacles Division of the Monterey National Forest. Olmsted presents facts relating to the issue, including the opinions of the Secretaries of the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture, as well as quotes from a letter by Forest Supervisor Raymond Tyler on the reasons supporting the removal. Olmsted agrees that it seems unwise to spend public funds on the Pinnacles Division as a National Forest, although he acknowledges that its removal may also remove the Game Preserve that is currently in place.
1910-07-13