Herbert Hoover to Woodrow Wilson
Title
Herbert Hoover to Woodrow Wilson
Creator
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
Identifier
WWP19285
Date
1917 December 1
Description
Sending an enclosed letter, Herbert Hoover writes to Woodrow Wilson about concerns over regulating food handling and its effects on small dealers.
Source
Hoover-Wilson Correspondence, Hoover Institution, Hoover Institution Archives, Stanford, California
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
United States Food Administration
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924--Correspondence
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964--Correspondence
Language
English
Text
(1) Inclosure.
Dear Mr. President
As to regulating food handling concerns on a pre-war profit basis, I agree that it would work hardship if applied rigorously to small dealers. On the other hand, I have the feeling that our chief opponent to this plan - J. Ogden Armour - can manage to live all right. Therefore, we will try to apply it with consideration.
We have been for two months endeavoring to come to some settlement with the packers as to regulations governing that trade. Finally we were compelled to use our own judgment upon pre-war conditions with an increase of ½% for certain extra expense considerations in borrowing capital. The packers today came in a body to protest and I have written them the enclosed letter in confirmation of our discussion. I trust I have your approval in the course laid down.
Yours faithfully,
[Herbert Hoover]
Dear Mr. President
As to regulating food handling concerns on a pre-war profit basis, I agree that it would work hardship if applied rigorously to small dealers. On the other hand, I have the feeling that our chief opponent to this plan - J. Ogden Armour - can manage to live all right. Therefore, we will try to apply it with consideration.
We have been for two months endeavoring to come to some settlement with the packers as to regulations governing that trade. Finally we were compelled to use our own judgment upon pre-war conditions with an increase of ½% for certain extra expense considerations in borrowing capital. The packers today came in a body to protest and I have written them the enclosed letter in confirmation of our discussion. I trust I have your approval in the course laid down.
Yours faithfully,
[Herbert Hoover]
Original Format
Letter
To
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Files
Citation
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964, “Herbert Hoover to Woodrow Wilson,” 1917 December 1, WWP19285, Hoover Institute at Stanford University Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.