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Washington Letter on Tariff and Cabinet Prospects
Washington letter surveys tariff reform hopes, Roosevelt era politics, and possible cabinet appointments. It notes Myron Herrick as potential Secretary of the Treasury, predicts Root to the Senate from New York, and criticizes express companies blocking postal reform while urging self sustaining rural routes and parcels post. The piece condemns partisan obstruction and reflects on Hawaii and US expansion.
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Washington
United States
New York
Ohio
Iowa
Myron P. Herrick
the Treasury
Garfield
Interior
Roosevelt
Root
Cortleyou
Straus
Senate
Nevada
Rhode Island
Senator Platt
United States Express Company
Parcels Post
Postal Service
Patent Office
House of Representatives
Platt
Africa
Hughes
House of Peers
LaFollette
Tafthaar
Sixty-first Congress
Blaylock
Watauga County
China
New Mexico
Tai Au Fu
Shantung
Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
San Francisco
Pacific Ocean
Hawaii
Japan
Pearl Harbor