WOODROW
WILSON (December 28,
1856-February 3, 1924) served as the 28th President of the United
States from 1913-1921. Wilson also
served as President of Princeton University from 1902-1910 and as Governor of
New Jersey from 1911-1913. His election
to the presidency made him the first Southerner to become president since
Zachary Taylor in 1848. As president,
Wilson became a leading force in the Progressive Movement. He also led the
United States during World War I, establishing an activist foreign policy known
as Wilsonianism. He championed the
League of Nations at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, but was unable to
secure Senate approval for U.S. membership.
Wilson asked Congress to declare in 1917 after Germany resumed
unrestricted submarine warfare. The
United States then conducted military operations alongside the allies. At home, Wilson raised income taxes, borrowed
billions of dollars through Liberty Bonds.
He regulated agriculture and food production through the Lever Act and
took control of the Railroad system. Wilson asked Congress to pass the
Espionage Act of 1917 and the Sedition Act of 1918, suppressing anti-draft
activists.
Offering a 2 pp, 6 x 7 ¼, TLS as President of
Princeton University, April 20th, 1910, to Mr. Creigh [Thomas
Creigh, an attorney for Cudahy Packing Company, which became one of largest
meat packers in the United States within a decade and was one of the first
Standard and Poor’s 500 companies.
In part, “…The statement I made about the meat
business in the speech to which you refer was based upon a great many
conversations I have had with men who had, at one time or another, been engaged
in the business of raising cattle. They
had all made practically the same statement to me, namely that whatever the
fluctuations in the price of meat, the price of cattle on the hoof remained
stationary, and stationary at so low a figure as to make the raising of cattle,
except on a very large scale and under favorable circumstances,
unprofitable. They had for that reason
gone out of business.
“I realize, of course, that these statements may be
touched with personal feeling and may have been exaggerated, but I took it for granted,
from my knowledge of the men themselves, that what they stated was in substance
true. I should be very much interested
to know whether you have any statistics upon that point or can refer me to any. I certainly had no intention of being unfair
to meat packers, and I know how easy it is to misjudge in complicated questions
of this sort.
“With much respect,
“Sincerely yours,
“Woodrow Wilson”
Hole in the upper left, not affecting any text. A
couple of pin holes at the top. Folds and light toning. Very fine letter with a wonderful Wilson
signature.
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