Trusts Favor Taft Sheldon Official Fat Friar
The Democratic National Committee highlights Republican backers tied to trusts and monopolies led by George R. Sheldon, treasurer of the Republican National Committee. Cromwell recommended him after amassing large campaign funds from Wall Street interests and Standard Oil affiliates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil
Chicago
Taft
Bryan
Democratic National Committee
Republican Committee
George R. Sheldon
Republican National Committee
Sheldon
Wm. Nelson Cromwell
Great Corporation
Wall Street
Panama Canal Company
E. H. Harriman
Standard Oil Company
Sugar Trust
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Cromwell
W. C. Sheldon & Co
Mr. Sheldon
American Locomotive Company
American Locomotive Automobile Company
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Cincinnati Northern Railroad Company
Detroit Edison Company
Electrical Securities Corporation
Union Electric Light & Power Co
St. Louis
Locomotive Trust
J. Pierpont Morgan
Shipbuilding Trust
North American
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Union League Club
Rockefeller, Morgan, Carnegie
New York State Republican Committee
National Committee
Levi P. Morgan
Wall
Andrew Carnegie
Chauncey M. Depew
Railroad
H. R. Hollins
Jacob H. Schiff
Harvey Fisk & Sons
Kuhn, Leeb & Co
J. & W. Seligman & Co
Chas
W. Schwab
Steel Trust
C. R. Mackey
John W. Gates
Cornelius Vanderbilt
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Edwin Gould
W. F. Havemeyer
B. N. Duke
Tobacco Trust
D. Oy Mane
H. M. Flagler
Arbuckle Bros. Coffee Trust
Henry Clews
Wall Street Danke
Fred W. Upham
County Board of Review of
Illinois
West
Upham
Board of Review
Republican Fund
Charles F. Brooker
Connecticut
N. Y. Chamber of Commerce
New York, New Haven Railroad Co
Brass Trust
Frank O. Lowden
Pullman Palace Car Co
E. C. Duncan
Atlantic & North Carolina Railway
Seaboard Air Line
North Carolina
T. Coleman DuPont
DuPont
Brooker
Protecting Deposits in Banks and Political Stances
The article contrasts Bryan and Taft positions on guaranteed bank deposits. It cites Ohio scene where Farmers and Merchants Bank depositors face a $415,000 loss amid embezzlement charges against cashier Gazell and Oklahoma case where deposits were paid in full under a new banking law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Ohio
Herrick
Taft
Oklahoma
Cleveland, O
Farmers and Merchants’ Bank
Henry W. Gazell
Gazell
Guthrie
Okla
H. H. Smock
Oklahoma Banking Commission
International Bank of Colgate
RNC says Standard Oil funds not given to candidates
The Republican National Committee states it receives no money from Standard Oil. The inquiry questions whether such concerns imply direct funds to Republican candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican National Committee
Standard Oil Company
Mail Order Menace Says Drummer Warns Small Town Merchants
A drummer visits Brown the merchant in an eastern town and urges local shops to intensify persistent advertising and stock selection to combat mail order rivals. He argues residents chase cheaper out-of-town goods and urges catalogues, bargain days, and clear local pricing to keep money in town. The town later grows crowded as the merchant adopts the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Barnum
Goodby
A. B. Lewis
Home trade message urges local advertisement
The piece argues that keeping spending in town boosts the local economy. It quotes poetry to stress the value of home trade and questions when merchants will advertise as vigorously locally as they do nationally.
Pie with knives among early presidents inUtica Observer
The Utica Observer notes that George Washington through James Monroe reportedly ate pie with a knife, while John Quincy Adams, upon entering the White House, adopted forks. Mrs Adams recalls the habit formed in France and hard to break after returning home.
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George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
James Monroe
John Quincy Adams
White House
America
France
Massachusetts
Utica
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