Griest: William Walton Griest Collection, Series 19 Taxes/Tariffs, 1909-1929

Call Number:  MG-65, Series 19 Taxes/Tariffs

4 boxes     36 folders     1.5 cubic ft.

Repository:  LancasterHistory.org (Lancaster, Pa.)

Shelving Location:  Archives South, Side 2

Description:  Series 19 contains documents pertaining to taxes and tariffs, including internal revenue regulations and taxes on candy, iron, liquor, and automotive products.

This collection contains business and personal correspondence relating to politics, education, immigration, roads and waterways, railroads, economic issues, agriculture, trade and commerce, taxes, the Postal Service, the Susquehanna Iron Company, the Susquehanna Bridge, and many other topics. There are also Congressional bills and speeches, financial information for the businesses William Walton Griest was involved with, and papers reflecting his efforts to improve Lancaster County’s road system and to survey the county’s waterways for expanded uses.

Creator:  Griest, William Walton, 1858-1929.

Conditions for Access:  No restrictions.

System of Arrangement:  Griest’s original folder titles and contents have been retained. The collection has been organized by subject into 26 series.

Conditions Governing Reproductions:  Collection may not be photocopied. Please contact Research Staff or Archives Staff with questions.

Language:  English

Source of Acquisition:  Gift of W. W. Griest’s daughter, Rebecca W. Griest.

Administrative/Biographical History: 

In 2003, the Lancaster County Historical Society received a Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission grant to rehouse and inventory the William Walton Griest papers. Many of these papers date from the 1880s to the 1930s and focus on Griest’s business and political interests. The grant has allowed the historical society to open this previously inaccessible collection to researchers of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and United States history.

William Walton Griest was a prominent member of Congress from 1909 until 1929.  His papers reflect his influence not only in matters of national concern, but also those of Lancaster County.  His term in office spans a tumultuous era of United States history, dealing with such topics as Women’s Suffrage, Prohibition, and the First World War.  The collection sheds light on what members of Congress felt about these issues, and also what Lancasterians felt about them.  Numerous letters and petitions were written to Representative Griest on issues which divided the nation and Lancaster County.

William Griest did not begin his career as a politician, but rather started as a public school teacher. After graduating from Millersville State Normal School in 1876,  he taught at schools in East Donegal and Mount Joy townships for three years before taking another career path.  His education led him to become a writer and later editor of the Lancaster Inquirer, a weekly newspaper published by his father Ellwood Griest.

Griest was an unostentatious man; nevertheless, he was a well-respected man in the community.  He lived on South Queen Street with his wife Elizabeth Paxson Smith, son George W. Griest, and daughter Rebecca Walton Griest. The family was extremely close. Files containing personal correspondence between the family give insight into the quiet life of such a public man.

His first election to public office, as a member of the Lancaster City School Board in 1884, probably derived from his background as a teacher. With this success, his political career had been born and Griest continued to run for increasingly more prestigious offices. He was Chief Clerk for the County Commissioners, leader of the Republican party in Lancaster County, delegate to Republican National Convention from 1896-1920, and finally a representative to Congress from 1908 to 1929.  His political career of more than forty years extended over an era of great change in both the county and the country.

Griest was heavily involved in the economy of Lancaster County.  Not only was he a noteworthy Congressman, he was an equally shrewd businessman.  He became an investor in many of the local public utility companies, the most prominently featured in his papers being the Lancaster County Railway and Light Company. Documents in the collection shed light on Griest’s involvement in the company as well as the company’s financial information and its interactions with other utility companies. Under his leadership, the company turned around from a dying operation on the brink of bankruptcy to an operation netting a profit of more than $100,000 a year. 

Griest invested in another failing company, the Susquehanna Iron and Steel Company, at Columbia.  He purchased the company in an attempt to save the mills from closing and losing the industry in the area.  His papers contain many of the financial ledgers and employment records of the company.  The documents give further insight into not only Griest’s business dealings, but also the lives of local men that worked for the company.

A large portion of the collection deals with Griest’s Congressional career.  He held many influential positions while in Congress, including chairman of the Personnel of the House Service Committee and the Post Office and Post Road Committee, one of the largest committees in the Congress. He also sat on the Committee of Committees.  The documents in this part of the collection contain bills that were proposed to Congress, speeches given by members of Congress, and reports given by many of the committees.  Griest kept records on topics ranging from agriculture, veterans affairs, income tax, and child labor, to commerce and trade.  On many of these issues, the collection has letters and petitions from voters from Lancaster County urging Griest to remember Lancaster County in congressional deliberations. 

Griest’s major accomplishments in Congress included creating the Lincoln Memorial, improving mail service, and assisting returning World War I veterans to cope with entrance back into their local community.  Locally, he assisted Lancaster County in pushing bills that would benefit the county with its economy based in agriculture and by creating a local farm bureau.  He also sought to improve the road systems in the county and to survey waterways throughout the county for expanded uses. 

William Griest was very close with many of the leading political figures of Pennsylvania during the early 1900s. The collection contains correspondence between Griest and men such as Gifford Pinchot, Boise Penrose, William Vare, and William Cameron Sproul.

The William Walton Griest collection is a wonderful source of information on one of Lancaster County’s leading 20thcentury citizens. Thanks to the generous support of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission this collection will be available to both professional researchers and students of history.  Those interested in the period and in local history will find these papers extremely valuable as a primary source.

Processed by:  KC, 2002-2003.

Note:  This project was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission’s Archives and Records Management Grant, ME 230340, 2002-2003.

 

Box 35

Folder 1     Abolition of Internal Revenue

Insert 1  Newspaper clippings from: The Daily New Era, 22 July 1919; Lancaster Examiner, 31 July 1919; The New Era, July 24 and July 31; and from unknown paper including letters of 22 July 1919 and 16 July 1919.

Insert 2  Typed copy of speech. No date.

Insert 3  Telegram to William Griest from Paul Baker. July 25. 

Insert 4  Telegram to William Griest from The Cloister Club, H. H. Singer (president) and H. R. Mohler (secretary), Ephrata, to William Griest and his response. 29 July 1919.

Insert 5  Telegram to William Griest from Lancaster Chamber of Commerce, 25 July 1919; Telegram to Chamber of Commerce from W. W. Griest, 26 July 1919.

Insert 6  Telegram to William Griest from A. H. Sandheimer, secretary of Lancaster Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade, 21 July 1919; Telegram to William Griest from Robert M. Herr, secretary of the Lancaster County Florists Association, 23 July 1919; Telegram to Chamber of Commerce from William Griest, 23 July 1919.

Insert 7  Telegram to W. W. Griest from Charles B. Baker, Lancaster Bar Association. 23 July 1919.

Insert 8  Telegram to William Griest from S. L. Brown, secretary, The Manufacturers Association of Lancaster. 23 July 1919.

Insert 9  Telegram to William Griest from Lancaster Rotary Club. 22 July 1919.

Insert 10  Telegram to William Griest from Lancaster Chamber of Commerce, 21 July 1919, 22 July 1919; Telegram to Chamber of Commerce from William Griest, 22 July 1919.

Insert 11  Tickets to Inauguration Ceremonies. 4 March 1925.

 

Folder 2     Facts About Taxes

Insert 1  “A Public Utilities Record” Broadside by Commission of Board of Directors; Letter to Stock and Bond Holders of Public Utility Companies of Lancaster from Commission of Stock and Bond Holders, 28 October 1921; Letter to the Voter from Republican City Commission, Samuel W. Diller (chairman) and Mrs. William N. Appel (vice-chairman), 3 November 1921; Statement from W.C.T.U. regarding candidate Frank C. Musser, owner of Green Tree Hotel in Bart Township. Signed by Amanda Landes, Mrs. Josephine Jackson and Mrs. Sallie McElwain, no date; Letter from Executive Committee of Citizens Party regarding election, signed by William S. Raub, Charles W. Eaby, Dr. J. C. Bolton, C. E. Gunzenhauser, John N. Hetrick, 3 November 1921; Letter to James Johnston from H. E. Kennedy, Mayor, 2 November 1921; Letter from J. Pearsol Conn, candidate for councilman, 2 November 1921; Letter from Howard W. Fry, candidate for councilman, 2 November 1921; Instructions for mailing the letters of Mr. Conn and Mr. Fry, [1921]; List of number of voters in wards of Lancaster City, no date.

Insert 2  “Speeches of Hon. William W. Griest . . . The Tariff.” April 1913.

Insert 3  Letter to William Griest enclosing letter to H. C. Kaufman, Strasburg. (enclosure not with letter) 11 August 1926.

Insert 4  “Facts About Taxes” to the voters of Lancaster City prepared by the Taxpayers’ League. (2 copies) No date.

Insert 5  Letter to Dr. Homer W. Tope, Philadelphia, from William Griest. (lower left corner missing) 2 August 1928.

Insert 6  Letter to William Griest from Orie O. Miller, secretary of Peace Problems Committee of the Mennonite Church, enclosing copy of letter sent to others. (enclosure not with letter) 12 December 1927.

Insert 7  Letter to William Griest from Orie O. Miller, Mennonite Central Committee, regarding Russian Mennonite immigrants. 15 April 1922.

Insert 8  Statement regarding Congressman Griest, the Selective Service Law, and his support of agriculture. No date.

 

Folder 3     Internal Revenue Regulations

Insert 1  Letter to William H. Osborn, 21 October 1913; Letter to W. A. Smith, 21 October 1913; Letter to William Griest from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 23 October [1913]; Telegram from William Griest to W. A. Smith, 29 October 1913; Telegram from William Griest to W. A. Smith, 29 October 1913; Note from William Griest to W. A. Smith, 30 October 1913.

Insert 2  Form 1033, return form for manufacturing corporations. Approved 3 October 1913, (2 copies); Letter to William Griest from F. H. Breneman, 31 March 1909; Letter to F. H. Breneman from William Griest, 1 April 1909; Newspaper clipping, “The Income Tax,” The New Era, August 20.

Insert 3  Printed instructions to collectors of internal revenue, (2 copies) 1913; Regulations relation to income tax,  (2 copies) 1913; Form 1004. To be presented with coupons or interest orders . . . 1913.

Insert 4  Regulations relating to income tax, 1913; Income Tax-Supplemental Regulations, 1913.

Insert 5  “Proposed Sixteenth Article of Amendment to Constitution . . . Memorandum . . . in Opposition . . . ” 1910.

Insert 6  Memorandum to House Members from the National Civil Service Reform League. 10 September 1913.

Insert 7  Letter to William Griest from I. C. Arnold, Lancaster, 11 December 1913; Letter to I. C. Arnold from William Griest, 12 December 1913.

Insert 8  Regulations regarding tax deductions, by W. H. Osborn, Commissioner. 1913.

Insert 9  Income tax law, 1913; Regulations regarding the deduction of income tax, 1913; Regulations relating to income tax, 1913; Instructions to collectors of internal revenue, 1913; Income tax on interest, 1913; Interest upon obligations of the United States, 1913; Income tax ruling regarding certificates of ownership, 1913; Instructions to collectors of internal revenue, 1913; “Income Tax-Supplemental Regulations,” 1913; “Income Tax-Supplemental Regulations,” 1913.

Insert 10  Letter to William Griest from Col. Horace J. Haldeman, Pulaski Iron Company, 21 January 1914; Letter to Col. Haldeman from William Griest, 22 January 1914.

Insert 11  Letter to William Griest from R. B. Gordon, Sergeant at Arms regarding tax exemptions, 2 January 1914; Letter to R. B. Gordon from William Griest with Form 1007 for claiming exemption, 19 January 1914.

Insert 12  Letter to William Griest from Clarence Schock, 2 January 1914; Letter to Clarence Schock from William Griest, 3 February 1914; Letter to William C. Bidlack from William Griest, 13 February 1914.

Insert 13  Letter to George W. Hensel from William Griest, 10 February 1914; Letter to William Griest from Horace L. Haldeman, 10 February 1914; Letter to Horace L. Haldeman from William Griest, 11 February 1914; Letter to Quarryville National Bank from William Griest, 13 February 1914.

Insert 14  Letter to Quarryville National Bank from William Griest, 13 February 1914; Letter to William Griest from Mahlon B. Kent, Christiana National Bank, 16 February 1914; Petition to amend income tax act; Letter to M. B. Kent from William Griest, 17 February 1914.

Insert 15  Letter to Frederick C. Kirkendall from William Griest regarding United States Lock & Hardware Company of Columbia, 29 May 1914; Letter to William Griest from Cleon Berntheizel, 18 July 1914; Letter to Mr. Berntheizel from William Griest, 22 July 1914; Joint Resolution, S.J. Res.155, 1914.

Insert 16  Lists of businesses, businessmen, and others. 1914.

Insert 17  Letter to William H. Osborne from William Griest, 19 August 1914; Letter to William Griest from G. E. Fletcher, 24 August 1914; Letter from William Griest enclosing a compilation of decisions, 9 January 1915.

Insert 18  Form 1040, return for individuals. 1913

Insert 19  Letter to Col. C. C. Pratt from William Griest. 4 December 1913.

Insert 20  Newspaper clipping. “Palmer Succeeds in Modifying Income Tax Fines.” 17 August 1914.

 

Folder 4     Liquor Tax

Insert 1  Letter to William Griest from Howard Rohrer, 26 August 1914; Letter to Howard Rohrer from William Griest, 27 August 1914; A letter to Jeremiah Rohrer from the Union Distilling Co., 20 August 1914; Envelope addressed to Hon. W. W. Griest from J. Rohrer. Postmarked Lancaster, 22 August 1914; Letter to Jeremiah Rohrer stating that Mr. Griest received the forwarded letter, 25 August 1914.

Insert 2  Telegram to William Griest from Neil Bonner, Pennsylvania Federation of Liquor Dealers, 23 September 1914;Telegram to William Griest from H. C. Schock, 25 September 1914; Telegram to H. C. Schock from William Griest, 25 September 1914; Telegram to William Griest from Conestoga National Bank, 25 September 1914; Telegram to Conestoga National Bank from William Griest, 25 September 1914.

Insert 3  Letter to William Griest from H. H. Mosemann, 24 August 1914; Letter to H. H. Mosemann from William Griest, 27 August 1914; Letter to J. S. Batroff from William Griest, 4 September 1914; Letter to S. N. Mumma from William Griest, 2 September 1914; Petition against additional taxes on the cigar manufacturing industry.

Insert 4  Letter from William Griest regarding Underwood War Tax Bill. 25 September 1914.   

Insert 5  Telegram to William Griest from Clarence Schock, 25 September 1914; Letter to Clarence Schock from William Griest, 26 September 1914; Letter to William Griest from R. H. Brubaker, Conestoga National Bank, 25 September 1914; Letter to R. H. Brubaker from William Griest, 26 September 1914; Letter to William Griest from H. H. Diehm, Akron National Bank, 25 September 1914; Letter to H. H. Diehm from William Griest, 26 September 1914; Letter to William Griest from Alvin W. Mentzer, Denver National Bank, 25 September 1914; Letter to Alvin W. Mentzer from William Griest, 26 September 1914.

Insert 6  Letter to William Griest from A. H. Stubbs, MD regarding a tax on gasoline, medicines, and whiskey, 16 September 1914; Letter to A. H. Stubbs from William Griest, 21 September 1914; Letter to William Griest from Clarence Schock, 30 September 1914; Telegram to William Griest from Clarence Schock, 1 October 1914; Telegram to Clarence Schock from William Griest, 1 October 1914; Letter to Clarence Schock from William Griest, 1 October 1914.

Insert 7  Letter to William Griest from J. G. Forney, Lancaster Automobile Club, 5 October 1914; Letter to J. G. Forney from William Griest, 6 October 1914; Letter to William Griest from J. W. Graybill, 3 October 1914; Letter to John W. Graybill from William Griest, 6 October 1914.

Insert 8  Letter to William Griest from A. G. Hertzler, The Star Ball Retainer Co. regarding a proposed tax on automobile manufacturers, 5 October 1914; Letter to Arthur G. Hertzler from William Griest, 6 October 1914; Letter to William Griest from A. G. Hertzler, 8 October 1914; Telegram to William Griest from W. O. Frailey, Lancaster County Retail Druggists Association, 8 October 1914; Letter to W. O. Frailey from William Griest, 10 October 1914.

Insert 9  Telegram to William Griest from Wilmer J. Weaver regarding tax on medicine, 9 October 1914; Letter to Wilmer J. Weaver from William Griest, 10 October 1914; Letter to William Griest from John S. Cochran, New Process Steel Company, regarding tax on automobile manufacturers and owners, 9 October 1914; Letter to John S. Cochran from William Griest, 12 October 1914; Form letter of concurrence from William Griest, 10 October 1914.

Insert 10  Telegram to William Griest from The Hostetter Co. regarding tax on medicine, 10 October 1914; Letter to The Hostetter Co. from William Griest, 13 October 1914; Telegram to William Griest from C. W. Rudisill, 12 October 1914; Letter to C. W. Rudisill from William Griest, 13 October 1914.

Insert 11  Telegram to William Griest from H. L. Cox regarding tax on medicine, 12 October 1914; Letter to H. L. Cox from William Griest, 13 October 1914; Letter to William Griest from David J. Reese, The Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Association, 12 October 1914; Letter to David J. Reese from William Griest, 14 October 1914.

Insert 12  Letter to Herbert P. Taylor, Lancaster Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade Inspection Co., from William Griest, 19 October 1914; Letter to A. B. Hess, Lancaster Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade Inspection Co., from William Griest, 19 October 1914; Letter to William Griest from H. J. Ryder, S. R. Moss Cigar Co., 24 October 1914; Letter to H. J. Ryder from William Griest, 27 October 1914; Letter to William Griest from Alfred C. Bruner,  18 November 1914; Letter to Alfred C. Bruner from William Griest, 20 November 1914.

Insert 13  Letter to Commissioner of Internal Revenue from William Griest, 19 November 1914; Letter to William Griest from Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 24 November 1914; Executive order for inspection of tax returns,  1914; Consignment of newspapers, 1914; Supplemental instructions relative to paying taxes, 1914; Emergency revenue law, 1914; Emergency revenue law-motion picture theaters, 1914; Emergency revenue law-sales of seats or berths in cars, 1914; Emergency revenue law-policies of fire insurance, 1914; Emergency revenue law-building and loan associations, 1914.

Insert 14  Letter to William Griest from R. O. Richards, Columbia Chemical Company, 1 February 1915; Letter to R. O. Richards from William Griest, 2 February 1915; Letter to William Griest from George B. Tripp, United Gas and Electric Corporation, 19 November 1914; Letter to George B. Tripp from William Griest, 23 November 1914; Letter to William Griest from Charles M. Harple, agent of The Continental Insurance Company, 24 November 1914; Letter to Charles M. Harple from William Griest, 25 November 1914; Letter to William Griest from O. B. Swartz, 28 December 1914; Letter to O. B. Swartz from William Griest, 29 December 1914.

Insert 15  Letter to William Griest from George Brown’s Sons, 8 December 1915; Letter to George Brown’s Sons from William Griest, 9 December 1915; Proposed Redraft of Insurance Section of the Federal Stamp Tax Act; Letter to William Griest from William C. Bidlack, American Caramel Co., regarding a tax on chewing gum, 25 February 1916; Letter to William C. Bidlack from William Griest, 26 February 1916; Circular, “War Tax on Chewing Gum” from the National Confectioners’ Association, 7 February 1916.

Insert 16  Letter to William Griest from F. D. Jolly, McCrory Stores Corporation, 6 December 1915; Letter to William Griest from manager of McCrory’s Store, 7 December 1915; Letter to McCrory Stores Corporation from William Griest, 8 December 1915; Letter to William Griest from B. P. Cooper, Mutual Fire Insurance Company, 10 December 1915; Proposed Redraft of Insurance Section of the Federal Stamp Tax Act; Letter to B. P. Cooper from William Griest, 11 December 1915.   

 

Folder 5     Taxes and Lancaster County Businesses

Insert 1  Letter regarding Bollman Hat Co., Adamstown from H. Frank Eshleman and response. 1928.

Insert 2  Letter to W. W. Griest regarding Pequea Fishing Tackle, Strasburg and response. 1926.

Insert 3  Letters to W. W. Griest from Walter H. Doner, Lancaster; Penn Automobile Co., Lancaster and The Non-Retail Co., Lancaster and responses.

Insert 4  Letters to W. W. Griest from Stimson Motor Co., Lancaster and The National Grange and responses. 1927

Insert 5  Letter to W. W. Griest from Brick Mfg. Co. and response; Letter from Walter W. Moyer, Ephrata, 1927.

Insert 6  Letter to W. W. Griest from Fraim-Slaymaker Hardware Co., Lancaster; Letter to House Of Representatives from Chester H. Gray, American Farm Bureau, 1927.

Insert 7  Booklet, “USA Chamber of Congress on Referendum No. 50.” 1927. 

 

Folder 6     War Revenue Tax Law

Insert 1  Letter to W. W. Griest from S. L. Johns, McSherrystown and response. 1925.

Insert 2  Letter to W. W. Griest from J. L. Grash, Secretary, Musicians Protective Association, Lancaster with enclosure and response. 1916.

Insert 3  Letters to W. W. Griest from Kal-Pheno Chemical Co., Philadelphia and response; Letter from Christ J. Martin, J. R. Watkins Medical Co., Lancaster and responses; Letter from J. S. Sowers, Elizabethtown and response; Letter from W. Morris Deisler, National Association of Material Insurance Companies, Reading and enclosure; Letter to Theodore A. Tack, Philadelphia; Newspaper clipping from Lancaster New Era, 1916.

Insert 4  Telegram to W. W. Griest from Widmyer-Prangley Co., Lancaster forwarded to Senator Boise Penrose and his response. Their response. 1916.

Insert 5  Letter to W. W. Griest from John Henry Miller, Inc., Lancaster with forwards to Senator Boise Penrose. 1616.

Insert 6  Letter to W. W. Griest from William C. Bidlack, American Caramel Co., Lancaster. Forward to Boise Penrose and response. 1916.

Insert 7  Correspondence: W. W. Griest with H. K. Mulford Co., Philadelphia, 1916.

Insert 8  W. W. Griest responses to J. W. Eckenrode & Son and George N. Reynolds, Lancaster; Response to George Bullock, United Gas and Electric Corp., New York, 1913.

Insert 9  Broadside, “Over-doing Tariff Reduction,” by Robert Kenneth MacLea. No date.

 

Box 36

Folder 7     Tariff on Clothing Items

Insert 1  Booklet “Relating to Hosiery,” addressed to Honorable Oscar W. Underwood from Hosiery Manufacturers Legislative Committee. 1913.

Insert 2  Booklet “The Tariff and one of the Jute Mills of America” by the Ludlow Manufacturing Associates. 1913.

Insert 3  Letter to W. W. Griest from Forstmann and Hoffmann Co., Passaic, NJ enclosing booklet “Brief regarding Reduction of Duties.” 1913.

Insert 4  Letter to W. W. Griest from National Cloak, Suit and Shirt Manufacturers Association enclosing booklet, “Statement Regarding New Underwood Tariff Bill.” 1913

 

Folder 8     Tariff on Clothing Items

Insert 1  Clipping from “Evening Standard,” New Bedford Mass. Reprint: “What Tariff Revision Means for Wool Manufacturers.” 1913.

Insert 2  Letter to W. W. Griest from Cheney Silks, CT with enclosures and response. 1913.

Insert 3  Letter to W. W. Griest from The Albertype Co., New York; Letter to W. W. Griest from Charles J. Cohen, Philadelphia; Letter to W. W. Griest Ludlow Mfg. Association, Massachusetts; Letter to W. W. Griest from J. B. Upright.

Insert 4  Reprint, “Protection for Paper Industry” by The Home Market Club. No date.

Insert 5  Letter to W. W. Griest from Association of Importers and Manufacturers of Human Hair with enclosures of their reprint. 1913.

Insert 6  Letter to W. W. Griest from Lester Piano Co., Philadelphia; Letter to Honorable William H. Wilder from Isaac Proudly & Co. Envelope; Letter from Committee on Tariff Schedule, New York.

Insert 7  Letter to W. W. Griest from the National Association of Tanners with enclosure: booklet, “Leather Brief Discussion.” 1913.

Insert 8  Booklet, “Relating to Brushes.” 1913

Insert 9  Letter to Honorable Oscar W. Underwood from Isaac Prouty and Company. 1913.

Insert 10  Booklet, “Personal Baggage Law.” 1913

 

Folder 9     Income Tax

Insert 1  Letter to W. W. Griest from Congress Member on Special Joint Subcommittee on Postal Rates. 1926.

Insert 2  Letter to W. W. from E. S. Gerberich, Mount Joy, 1925; Letter to F. C. Riedesel from W. W. Griest and response, 1927.

Insert 3  Letter to W. W. Griest from Thomas O. Marvin, U. S. Tariff Committee; W. W. Griest letter to Reese Padlock Co., Lancaster, 1929.

Insert 4  Letter to W. W. Griest from John Hertzler, the Lancaster Trust Co. and response; Letter to W. W. Griest from Robert F. Miller, Hamilton Watch Co. and response, 1914.

Insert 5  Letter to House and Senate from E. Buffalo Livestock Association; Article from Jersey City Stockyards.

Insert 6  Booklet, “Brief to House and Senate on Pineapples” from E. E. Miller and Mills Brothers, Chicago. No date.

Insert 7  Newspaper clipping, “Griest Exposes Dangers Lurking in Tariff Bill, The Evening Star, Philadelphia. 1 May 1913.

Insert 8  Letter to W. W. Griest from Washington Millers Association, Tacoma, Washington.

Insert 9   Resolution from Southern New England Textile Club with enclosures. 1913.

Insert 10  Letter from The Cotton Underwear Manufacturing Tariff Commission of The National Association of Hosiery and Underwear Manufacturers. 1913.

Insert 11  Resolution passed by Passaic Board of Trade with briefs submitted by Passaic Manufacturers addressed to the President of the U.S., Senators and Representatives. 1913.

Insert 12  Letter from L. B. Howel, New York Produce Exchange. 1913.

Insert 13  Letter to W. W. Grant from New Bedford’s Protest and Petition. 1913.

Insert 14  Letter to W. W. Griest from the American Spice Trade Association. 1913.

Insert 15  Letter to W. W. Griest from Loose-Wiles Biscuit Co., Philadelphia. 1913.

Insert 16  Letter to W. W. Griest from Merchants and Manufacturers Board of Trade, New York. 1913.

Insert 17  Letter to W. W. Griest from Philadelphia Branch, National League of Commission Merchants. 1914.

 

Folder 10     Candy Excise Tax 1924

Insert 1  19 Letters to W. W. Griest from Lancaster County candy manufacturers presenting facts on each company. 1923.

Insert 2  Summary of information presented in letters of Insert 1.

Insert 3  Comparative information reports from National Confectioners’ Association. 1923; Letter to Albert Hopper from A. E. Sander, President Pa. Confectioners’ Association. 1923.

Insert 4  Letter to W. W. Grant from R. E. Rodda Candy Co. and response. 1922.

Insert 5  Flier, “Reasons Why the Candy Excise Tax Should be Repealed.” No date.

Insert 6  Letter to W. W. Griest from the American Caramel Co., Lancaster with three enclosures and response. 1923.

Insert 7  Cartoon, “When a Feller Needs a Friend. “No date.

Insert 8  Copy of letter sent to seventeen Lancaster County candy manufacturers. 1924.

Insert 9  Copy of letter sent to seventeen Lancaster County candy manufacturers. 1924.

Insert 10  Copy of statement regarding repeal of tax on candy. No date.

Insert 11  Copy of statement regarding W. W. Griest’s stand on candy tax. No date.

Insert 12  Three newspaper clippings regarding candy tax. No date.

 

Folder 11     Ordnance and Court Reliance 224-Rifles

Insert 1  Correspondence with Navy and War Departments regarding purchase of rifles for Foresters of America. 1910.

Insert 2  Letters to Navy Department. 1910.

Insert 3  Correspondence with The York Cadets Military Academy regarding acquiring rifles, bayonets with 5 scabbards, and a U.S. Gatling Gun. 1910.

Insert 4  Correspondence with H. O. Leachy regarding acquiring a “Stand of Arms.” 1910.

Insert 5  Correspondence with Cleon N. Berntheizel regarding acquiring arms from the War Department for the Cadet Corp at Columbia High School and the Lancaster Rifle Club. 1910-1911.

Insert 6  Correspondence with War Department regarding acquiring arms for GAR and Sons of Veterans.

Insert 7  Correspondence with War Department regarding acquiring arms for Cadet Corp, Columbia High School.

Insert 8  Correspondence with War Department regarding acquiring army rifles and copy of Regulations for W. P. Meixell. 1914.

Insert 9  Correspondence regarding acquiring rifles for POSOA, Denver from War Department. 1915.

Insert 10  Correspondence with John F. Fenstermacher and others regarding securing rifles for Sons of Veterans Camp’s Firing Squad to fire over graves at burial service for dead veterans. 1915.

Insert 11  Correspondence regarding acquiring rifles for Washington Camp, No. 274 P.O.S. of A., Terre Hill, Ivan E. Newpoher, 1^st Sergeant. 1915.

Insert 12  Correspondence regarding acquiring equipment for Firing Squad, Gen. George H. Thomas Camp #19, Sons of Veterans, H. O. Leachy, Commissioner. 1914.

Insert 13  Correspondence regarding acquiring “U. S. Army Small Arms Firing Manual” for H. H. Lindsay, Gap, and a copy of “Government Civilian Rifle Clubs” published by the U. S. War Department. 1914.

 

Folder 12     Internal Revenue

Insert 1  Letter to W. W. Griest from B. F. Grosh with enclosure of letter from the IRS to Lititz Paper Box and Printing Co. 1924.

Insert 2  Correspondence – W. W. Griest and R. J. Norment regarding Groff and Wolf Co. 1922.

Insert 3  Correspondence – W. W. Griest and R. J. Norment regarding United States Asbestos Co. 1922-1923.

Insert 4  Correspondence – W. W. Griest and John A. Nauman regarding Lancaster and Williamstown Turnpike Road Co. 1922.

 

Folder 13     Tobacco Tariff

Insert 1  Letter to George W. Toombs. 1923.

Insert 2  Letter to W. W. Griest from Paul L. Miltenberger, IRS; Letter to IRS from I. Hartman with statement. 1923.

Insert 3  Letter to W. W. Griest from Paul Malone; Letter to B. F. Grosh regarding Lititz Paper Box and Printing Co. 1923.

Insert 4  Letter to Charles J. Lebzelter; Letter to W. W. Griest from D. H. Blair, IRS, 1922.

Insert 5  Hearings, Importation of Cuban cigars by parcel post. 1926.

Insert 6  Letter and copy to F. C. Riedesel, Esq. from Gerard W. Winston, under-secretary of Treasurer.

Insert 7  Letter to W. W. Griest from F. C. Riedesel. 1925.

Insert 8  Copy of letter to W. W. Griest regarding importation of Cuban cigars. 1926.

Insert 9  Report from Committee on Ways and Means. 1927.

Insert 10  Letter to F. C. Riedesel from W. W. Griest. 1926.

 

Folder 14     Sugar Tariff, Tax on Iron or Steel Wood Screws

Insert 1  Booklet, “Porto Rico’s Case and The Tariff Bill.” 1913.

Insert 2  Booklet (2 copies), “Sugar in Washington.” 1913.

Insert 3  Ten cartoons regarding Sugar Tariff. No date.

Insert 4  Booklet, “The Sugar Tariff and the Consumer.” 1913.

Insert 5  Hearings, “Sugar, Molasses, and Manufacturers of.” 1913.

Insert 6  Statement, Tariff Duty on Iron or Steel Wood Screws. 1913. 

 

Folder 15     Tariff on Automotive Products, Ore Producers, Cutlery, and Anti-Friction Bearings

Insert 1  Letter (copy) to J. M. Carples from Henry B. Joy, president, Packard Motor Co. with enclosure and acknowledgement from Tariff Board; Letter to Oscar W. Underwood, chairman of Ways and Means Commission; Booklets, “Tariff Brief of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers” and “A Brief in Behalf of American Motor Vehicle Industry,” 1911-1912.

Insert 2  Letter to F. M. Simmons, Chairman on Finance from Henry B. Joy, chairman of the Tariff Commission, Motor Car Manufacturers. 1913.

Insert 3  Memorial 63^rd Congress of USA from the Rocky Mountain Ore Producers. 1913.

Insert 4  Statement to Ways and Means Commission from Table Cutlery Producers. No date.

Insert 5  Brief to Ways and Means Commission, House of Representatives from Anti-Friction Bearing Manufacturers. 1913.

 

Folder 16     Tariff on Plate Glass, Paints, and Gypsum

Insert 1  Statement of J. G. Sayre, Treasurer, Imperial Window Glass Co.; Letter to Whom it May Concern from Hand Window Glass. 1913.

Insert 2  Letter to W. W. Griest from Fisher Bruce and Co. with two statements regarding tariff on earthenware. 1913.

Insert 3  Reply brief by American Plate Glass Industry. No date.

Insert 4  Tariff data from window glass manufacturers. 1913.

Insert 5  Letter to House Members from manufacturers of plate glass. 1913.

Insert 6  Tariff Bulletin from National Association of Window Glass Manufacturers. 1913.

Insert 7  Letter to W. W. Griest from The Johnston Glass Co. 1913.

Insert 8  Letter to W. W. Griest from John Lucas & Co. 1913.

Insert 9  Letter to House Members from U. S. Gypsum Co. No date.

 

Folder 17     Tariff on Grocer’s Sundries and Chemicals

Insert 1  The Underwood Bill admits British flour free. No date.

Insert 2  Booklet, “Statement of the Olive Protective League of California.” 1913.

Insert 3  Letter to W. W. Griest from Sherer-Gillett Co. 1913.

Insert 4  Letter to W. W. Griest from E. R. Durkee & Co. 1913.

Insert 5  Supplemental statement of William Wrigley, Jr. 1913.

Insert 6  Letter to W. W. Griest from The Glodgett Milling Company with enclosed statement. 1913.

Insert 7  Letter to W. W. Griest from Primas Chemical Co., enclosing brief. 1913. 

 

Folder 18     Taxing Automotive Products

Insert 1  Telegram urging not taxing gasoline and autos; Telegram to W. W. Griest from Lancaster Auto Co.; Telegram to W. W. Griest from Foss Hughes Co.; Telegram to W. W. Griest from George Lamparter Sons.

Insert 2  Telegrams to W. W. Griest urging no tax on gasoline and automobiles from Wacker Brewing Co., Packard Auto Co. of Lancaster, D. Wilbur Ranck. No date.

Insert 3  Telegrams, etc. from Siegler Garage, Pa. Motor Club, Wheatland Auto Co. No date.

Insert 4  Telegrams, etc. from Cadillac Co. of Lancaster; Overland and Studebaker; Dombach Bissinger Motor Co. No date.

Insert 5  Telegrams, etc. from J. Clyde Myton, George W. Creswell, Queen Motor Co. 1922.

Insert 6  Telegrams, etc. from Guy S. Burkholder, Rowe Motor Works, Automobile Trade Association. 1922.

 

Folder 19     Currency-Correspondence regarding Walter B. Jernigan, IRS Employee

Insert 1  Statement from Comptroller regarding retirement of emergency currency. 1915.

Insert 2  Letter to Riggs National Bank, Washington, DC from Comptroller of currency. 1916.

Insert 3  Correspondence concerning Walter Barry Jernigan, IRS employee. 1915.

 

Folder 20     Tariff on Cotton, Shingles, and Life Insurance

Insert 1 Open letter to Hon. Cardell Hull from President of the Equitable Life Assurance Society. 1913

Insert 2  Six letters to W. W. Griest concerning Tariff Bill H.R. 3321. 1913.

Insert 3  Letter to W. W. Griest from Provident Life and Trust Co., Philadelphia. 1913.

Insert 4  Statement regarding new tariff law from E. H. Van Ingen & Co., New York including his business card; Letter to W. W. Griest from Walnut Street Business Association, Philadelphia. 1913.

Insert 5  Letter to W. W. Griest from Red Shingle Manufacturers Association, Seattle, Washington. 1913.

Insert 6  Letter to policy holders from president of New York Life Insurance Company. 1913.

Insert 7  Letters to members of Congress from Equitable Life Assurance Company. 1913.

Insert 8  Letter from Northwestern Life Assurance Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 1913.

Insert 9  Confidential letter from R. K. MacLea. 1913.

Insert 10  “Income Tax Issue,” published by Equitable Life Assurance Society, New York. 1913.

Insert 11  Letter to members of Congress from Walter H. Longshar, Dartmouth Mfg. Co. and Bristol Mfg. Co. New Bedford, MA. 1913.

Insert 12  Letter to President and Congress from C. H. Krippendorf, Sr., Cincinnati, Ohio. 1913.

Insert 13  Open letter to Congress from Tariff Reform Commission of Reform Club, New York. No date.

Insert 14  Brief from Merchants Association of New York regarding Underwood Tax Bill. No date.

 

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Folder 21        Tariff on Life Insurance, Cotton, Boots, and Shoes

Insert 1  Ten copies of letter to W. W. Griest from ten directors of The Provident Life and Trust Co., Philadelphia. 1913.

Insert 2  Letter to W. W. Griest from Thomas Newhall, Philadelphia. 1913.

Insert 3  Letter from American Cotton Manufacturers Association enclosing booklet, “Tariff Bulletin No. 6.” 1913.

Insert 4  Bulletin, “Schedule N,” from Boot and Shoe Manufacturers. 1913.

 

Folder 22     Income Taxes, War Excise Taxes

Insert 1  Letter to W. W. Griest from William R. Green, Commission on Ways and Means. 1924.

Insert 2  Brief on General Definitions and Income Tax. 1924.

Insert 3  Letter to W. W. Griest enclosing Congressional Record, Friday, 29 February  1924.

Insert 4  Letters from Motor Co. of Lancaster and from Fred Roth, Wrightsville, and his responses. 1924.

Insert 5  Letters from Johnson-Brinkman Motor Co., Lancaster and Lancaster Optometric Association to W. W. Griest and his responses. 1924

 

Folder 23     Taxation 1924

Insert 1  Letter to W. W. Griest from Donegal and Conoy Mutual Fire Insurance Company; Letter to W. W. Griest from U.S. Asbestos Co. and two responses, 1922-1924.

Insert 2  Letter to W. W. Griest from Foss-Hughes Company and two responses; Letter from Anna P. Cochran and response, 1922-1924.

Insert 3  Letters to W. W. Griest from Donegal and Conoy Mutual Fire Insurance Co. and B. P. Miller & Co. and responses. 1924.

Insert 4  Letters to W. W. Griest from The Buckwalter-Sweigart Co. and from Pa. Confectioners’ Association and his responses. 1924.

Insert 5  Letter from William O. Frailey and letter and telegram from S. Kurtz Zook to W. W. Griest and his responses. 1924.

Insert 6  Letters from John F. Longenecker and A. Landmark & Co. to W. W. Griest and his responses. 1924.

Insert 7  Letters from Walter W. Moyer and The House of Quality to. W. W. Griest and his responses. 1924.

Insert 8  Telegrams from W. W. Apple and from L. Weber and Son to W. W. Griest and his responses. 1924

Insert 9  Letters from Columbia Chamber of Commerce and from Farmers Mutual Insurance Company to W. W. Griest and his responses; Letter to W. W. Griest from Armstrong Cork Company, 1924

Insert 10  Letter to Hon. Green, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee with enclosure. 1924.

Insert 11  Letter to W. W. Griest from E. F. Gottshall and from L. B. Herr and his responses. 1924

Insert 12  Letter to W. W. Griest from Armstrong Cork Co. and his response. 1924.

Insert 13  Telegrams from Alfred Schneeble, J. P. Horn, Lancaster Concrete Tile Co., Carbon Steel Casting Co., P. Harry Wohlsen Co. to W. W. Griest; Telegram to W. W. Griest from J. N. Schroeder & Co., Inc. and his response, 1924.

Insert 14  Telegrams to W. W. Griest from National Bearing Co., Smith Conrad Co., J. Walter Miller Co., Oblender & Co., Keystone Furniture Co., Peerless Umbrella Co., Rice and Whaley, Merchant and Evans Co., Penna. Poultry Farms, Lancaster Iron Works, Gasco Manufacturing Co., Buckwalter-Sweigart Co., Lasho Manufacturing Co., Bearings Company of America, R. P. McGrann, Helm Candy Co., Heidelbaugh Coal Co., J. C. Budding Co., Lancaster Steel Products Corp., A. Hoober Sons, Safe Padlock and Hardware Co., Charles E. F. Lebzelter, Malcit Parts Co., Penna. Soap Co., Keystone Planing Mills Corporation, Bertram Rubber Co., Benner Mfg. Co., Fidelity Electric Co. F. Mettfett Bros., Christ Kunzler; W. W. Griest responses to National Bearings Co. and Christ Kunzler. 1924.

Insert 15  Letter to W. W. Griest from the Garman Cigar Co.; Letter from W. W. Griest to Hamilton Watch Co. and Manufacturers Association of Lancaster, 1924.        

Insert 16  Six newspaper clippings regarding taxes. No date.

 

Folder 24     Taxation 1924

Insert 1  Letters to W. W. Griest from Lancaster Coca-Cola Bottling Co. and from Janson Steel & Iron Co. and his responses. 1924.

Insert 2  Letters to W. W. Griest from H. W. Prentis and from Hamilton Watch Co. and his responses. 1924.

Insert 3  Letters to W. W. Griest from Darmstaetter and from S. F. Houston, Philadelphia and his responses. 1924.

Insert 4  Letter to W. W. Griest from George H. Hassell and family of New York and his response; Letter to W. W. Griest from William O. Frailey, 1924.

Insert 5  Letters to Congress from E. R. Garvin and from Joseph L. Brandt and responses. 1924.

Insert 6  Letter from Congress to Hon. Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury; Letter to W. W. Griest from William O. Frailey with enclosure signed by 24 names and copy of a response, 1924.

Insert 7  Letter to W. W. Griest from Rowe Motor Manufacturing Co. and his response; Letter to W. W. Griest from Fraim-Slaymaker Hardware Co., Inc., 1924.

Insert 8  Letter to W. W. Griest from Pottsville Newspaper’s Editor and from Pa. Gas Association and his responses. 1924.

Insert 9  Letters to W. W. Griest from McDowell Paper Mills and from W. Fred Reynolds and his responses. 1923-1924.

Insert 10  Letter to W. W. Griest from Edward J. King enclosing copy of his letter to Hon. Mellon, Secretary of the Treasurer; Letter to Congress from Max J. Boeher, 1924.

Insert 11  Letter to W. W. Griest from Pa. Street Railway Association and his response; Letter to member of the Metal Manufacturers Association of Philadelphia from its president.

Insert 12  Letters to W. W. Griest from Hamilton L. Carson, Philadelphia and from J. P. McCaskey. 1923-1924.

Insert 13  Letter to W. W. Griest from Stephen H. Lesher; Copy of letter to Max J. Bucher; Copy of letter to Charles R. Clark (marked “not sent”). 1923.

Insert 14  Letters to W. W. Griest from John P. Marshall, Alma B. Landow, Nathan E. House and Home Life Insurance Company. 1923-1924.

 

Folder 25     Taxation 1923-1924

Insert 1  Letters to W. W. Griest from M. M. Griest, George H. Rothermel, J. P. McCaskey and B. F. Witman, 1923-1924.

Insert 2  Letters to W. W. Griest from W. G. Binkley M.D., Horace Hinkle, Henry Boettcher, and Mrs. Henry Boettcher. 1923.

Insert 3  Letters to W. W. Griest from G. W. Weimer, The Union Trust Co., L. B. Herr and Brown and Clayton. 1923.

Insert 4  Letters to W. W. Griest from Penn Auto Co., Hertzler Brothers, Hager and Brother., F. Suter and C. F. Humphreys, and Armstrong Cork Co.; Response to C. F. Humphreys, 1924.

Insert 5  Letter to W. W. Griest from Gunzenhouser Bakery and his response; Letter to W. W. Griest from Susquehanna Cut Glass Co.; Statement from Lancaster Real Estate Board, 1923.

Insert 6  Letter to W. W. Griest from W. B. Walter, The Walter Agency. 1923.

Insert 7  Postcard to W. W. Griest from U. H. Miller; Letters to W. W. Griest from the Union League of Philadelphia and from Lehigh and New England Railroad Co., 1923.

Insert 8  Letters to W. W. Griest from Rev. C. D. Rishel, Columbia and his response; from Farmers’ National Bank, Ephrata; from Otto Eisenlohr and Brothers, Philadelphia; from B. P. Miller & Co., Lancaster; and from National Transit Co., Lancaster. 1923

Insert 9  Letters to W. W. Griest from William G. Fox, M.D.; J. H. Weaver Co.; Hydrocarbon Chemical Co., all of Lancaster; and from J. H. Ostertag and Susquehanna Cut Glass, both of Columbia. 1923.

Insert 10 Letter to W. W. Griest from Manufacturers Association of Lancaster and his response; Letter to W. W. Griest from Widmyer Prangle Co.; Newspaper clipping regarding tax reduction; Miscellaneous responses. 1923.

Insert 11  Letter to W. W. Griest from Armstrong Cork Co. and his response; Letter to W. W. Griest from The Hubley Manufacturing Co. 1923.

Insert 12  Letter to W. W. Griest from P. S. DuPont, Wilmington, Delaware. 1923.

Insert 13  Broadside, “Outstanding Achievements of the Harding Administration Briefly Summarized.” No date.

Insert 14  Newspaper clipping, “Manufacturers Here Favor Tax Plan of Mellon.” 1923.

 

Folder 26     Tariff Correspondence

Insert 1  Three unsigned copies of letters addressed to W. W. Griest – regarding Bureau of Insular Affairs and postmastership in the Philippine Islands. 1909.

Insert 2  Letters to W. W. Griest from Cigar Makers International Union and B. Ezra Herr, Lancaster and his responses. 1909.

Insert 3  Telegram to John M. Groff, House of Representatives from W. W. Griest; Letter to John M. Groff from W. R. Andrews; Letter to W. W. Griest from the Connecticut Tobacco Corporation; Undated, unsigned carbon copy of paragraph from letter of American Tobacco Company, 1909.

Insert 4  Unsigned copy of letter to W. W. Griest; Letter to Jerre Cronin from W. W. Griest; Letter to W. W. Griest from the Connecticut Tobacco Corp and his response, 1909.

Insert 5  Letter from Cigar Makers International Union to John Groff. Two paragraphs taken from letter by American Tobacco Co. and International Cigar Makers Union. 1910.

Insert 6  Unsigned copies of letters addressed to Jerre Cronin and to George W. Perkins. 1909-1910.

Insert 7  Letters to W. W. Griest from J. H. Weaver, Cigar Makers International Union, Aaron B. Hess, and Lancaster Leaf Tobacco and his response with preparation papers. 1909.

Insert 8  Letter to W. W. Griest from Walter S. Bare and his response; Response to W. W. Griest from Walter S. Bare; Unsigned carbon copy of letter to Hon. E. F. Hill regarding the Philippine Provision of the tariff bill, 1909.

Insert 9  Letter to W. W. Griest from Rothsville Carriage Works; Two unsigned copies of letters to W. W. Griest regarding tariff on hosiery, gloves, and lumber, 1909.

Insert 10  Two telegrams to W. W. Griest, one from John M. Groff and one unsigned; Four unsigned copies of letter to W. W. Griest; Two unsigned copies of letters to Hon. H. Burd Cassel; Excerpt from letter to International Cigar Makers Union from William Bancker, 1909.

Insert 11  Correspondence between Samuel W. Diller, County Commissioner and W. W. Griest regarding copies of W. W. Griest speech on Tobacco question to be distributed in Lancaster County. 1909.

Insert 12  Four unsigned copies of letters to W. W. Griest; One unsigned copy of letter to Marcus L. Floyd; Letter to W. W. Griest from E. S. Hoover and his response; Letter to Congress from Cigarmaker’s International Union of America, 1909.

Insert 13  Letter to W. W. Griest from J. W. Fordney and his response; Unsigned copy of letter to W. W. Griest; Five unsigned copies of same letter addressed to John Dalzell, Serene Payne, Nelson W. Aldrich, S. W. McCall; W. W. Grant note from William K. Payne and conveying note.

Insert 14  Letter to W. W. Griest from Connecticut Tobacco Corporation and his response; Letter to W. W. Griest from S. R. Moss Cigar Company, 1909.

Insert 15  Unsigned copy of letter to W. W. Griest; Letter to W. W. Griest from Boris Penrose, 1909.

Insert 16  Four unsigned copies of letters to W. W. Griest; Unsigned copy of letters to Boris Penrose, H. S. Frye, M. L. Floyd, 1909.

 

Folder 27     Tariff Correspondence

Insert 1  Two letters to W. W. Griest from I. H. Weaver Leaf Tobacco and his responses; “Philippine Resolution” from John R. Young & Son, 1909.

Insert 2  Letter to W. W. Griest from Hoffman Leaf Tobacco Co. and his response; Unsigned copies of letters to I. H. Weaver and M. R. Hoffman; Letter to W. W. Griest from Marlin C. [Shustell], 1909.

Insert 3  Letter to W. W. Griest from The Surbrug Co. and his response; Letter to W. W. Griest from Hoffman Leaf Tobacco and his response; Statement from the Ohio Leaf Tobacco Packers Assn. note to Griest, 1909.

Insert 4  Resolution by National Cigar Leaf Tobacco Association; Two unsigned copies of letters to W. W. Griest. List of names and addresses, 1909.

Insert 5  Letters to W. W. Griest from Lyle C. Taylor and from Miles Poindexter, both of House of Representatives; Unsigned copies of letters to A. T. Litch and Boise Penrose, 1909.

Insert 6  List of Philippine Provisions with suggested changes and comments; Letter from Cigar Makers International Union of America; Business cards of H. S. Frye and Marcus L. Floyd, 1909.

Insert 7  Resolution of Lancaster Leaf Tobacco Company. Unsigned statement regarding Philippine Tariff; Statement from Commission of Cigar Manufacturers, 1909.

Insert 8  Telegram to W. W. Griest from S. R. Moss and his Telegram response; Note to S. R. Moss from W. W. Griest.

Insert 9  Note to W. W. Griest from John M. Groff; Two unsigned copies of letters to W. W. Griest; Letter to W. W. Griest from Cigar Makers International Union of America, 1909.

Insert 10  Letter to Samuel Gompers from W. W. Griest with enclosures; Letter to W. W. Griest from Gompers; Letter to W. W. Griest with enclosure from G. W. Perkins, 1909.

Insert 11  Letter to W. W. Griest from Committee on Ways and Means and his response; Letter to Brigadier General C. R. Edwards from W. W. Griest; Letter to Hon. Boise Penrose from W. W. Griest; Unsigned copy of letter to M. L. Greider, 1909.

Insert 12  Letter to W. W. Griest with 30 names signed and his response; Unsigned copies of letters to John Dalzel, Boise Penrose and George T. Oliver, all in U.S. Congress; Letter to W. W. Griest from J. H. Weaver Leaf Tobacco, 1909.

Insert 13  Correspondence between W. W. Griest and Brigadier General Clarence R. Edwards regarding revenue of Philippine Islands. 1909.

Insert 14  Telegrams from W. W. Griest to Martin L. Greider and Frank R. Diffenderfer; Copy of office list of members of House of Representatives.

Insert 15  Unsigned copies of letters to H. Burd Cassel, M. E. Olmstead, John Dalzell, S. E. Payne and Boise Penrose, all members of Congress.

 

Folder 28     Tariff Correspondence

Insert 1  Letter to W. W. Griest from H. K. Myers and his response; Letter to W. W. Griest from A. M. Cline; Postcard from A. O. Stanley and two responses, 1909. 

Insert 2  Letters to W. W. Griest from 22 members of House of Representatives. 1909. 

Insert 3  Letter to W. W. Griest from H. Burd Cassel; Letter to H. Burd Cassel from Merchants of Manila; Unsigned copy of letter to W. A. Smith, 1909.         

Insert 4  Resolutions adopted by New England Tobacco Growers Association; Letters to W. W. Griest from J. A. Stober and from James D. Landis; Unsigned copies of letters to M. L. Grieder and B. Ezra Herr, 1904-1909.

Insert 5  Speech delivered to House of Representatives by W. W. Griest. 3 March 1909.

Insert 6  Notes regarding Philippine Bill and letter to W. W. Griest from C. R. Martin and his response. 1909.

Insert 7  Correspondence between W. W. Griest and M. L. Floyd of the Connecticut Tobacco Corporation; Correspondents’ special to the New Era. 1909.

Insert 8  Letters to W. W. Griest from The New England Tobacco Growers Association and from the Connecticut Tobacco Corporation and his responses. 1909.  

Insert 9  Printed copy regarding Philippine Tobacco Tariff with corrections added. Proposed substitute as reported to the Senate. Philippine Bill as reported May 10. Projection of revenue lost regarding Payne Bill. 1909.

 

Folder 29     Tariff Correspondence

Insert 1  Letter to W. H. Taft, President from The New England Growers Association and W. W. Griest’s response. 1909.

Insert 2  Letter summarizing status of Philippine Tobacco Tariff Bill; Unsigned copy of letter to editor, U. S. Tobacco Journal, 1909.

Insert 3  Letter to W. W. Griest from Rep. John M. Groff; Unsigned copy of letter to W. W. Griest; Unsigned copy of letter to Sen. Boise Penrose, 1909.

Insert 4  Three letters to W. W. Griest from C. E. Long, Secretary of Lancaster Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade and his responses. 1909.

Insert 5  Note from Marcus L. Floyd, Connecticut Tobacco Corp. enclosing a copy of his letter to President William E. Taft. 1909.

Insert 6  Letter to W. W. Griest from the Mount Joy Cigar Co.; Letter to W. W. Griest from B. Ezra Herr and his response. 1909.

Insert 7  Speech by Hon. H. Burd Cassel, Pa. in the House of Representatives on the Payne Philippine Tariff Bill. 1909.

Insert 8  Speech by Hon. Benito Legarda, Resident Commissioner of the Philippine Islands in the House of Representatives on the Philippine Tariff. 1909.

Insert 9  Letter to W. W. Griest from Hon. H. Burd Cassel, Pennsylvania with enclosure. 1909.

Insert 10  Letter to W. W. Griest from Judge Eugene G. Smith; Letter to W. W. Griest from E. O. Lyte; Telegram to W. W. Griest from G. B. Long, 1909.

Insert 11  Letters to W. W. Griest from Hon. A. B. Hassler, D. H. Landis, and M. L. Greider and his responses. 1909.

Insert 12  Picture of a Tobacco Stripping Room is a Philippine Cigar Factory. 1909.

Insert 13  Letter to W. W. Griest from Hon. H. Burd Cassel and his responses. 1909.

Insert 14  Letter to W. W. Griest from Lodge 134, B.P.O. Elks and from John H. Landis, U.S. Mint and his responses. 1909.

 

Folder 30     Tariff Correspondence

Insert 1  Report 406 to House of Representatives by Mr. Hughes of NJ “Taxing White Phosphorous Matches.” 1912.

Insert 2  Letter to W. W. Griest from R. A. Barton, secretary of the Manufacturers Association of Lancaster. 1913

Insert 3  Notice of Tariff Hearings for 1913. 1912.

Insert 4  Correspondence with Philip Lebzelter and Son and with E. F. Fraim. 1913.

Insert 5  Correspondence with Oxford Confectionery Co., Hershey Trust Co., John E. Snyder Esq., D. F. Lafean, and A. C. Godshall & Co. 1913.

Insert 6  Correspondence with R. E. Rodda Candy Co. 1913.

Insert 7  Correspondence with John E. Snyder, Esq. 1913.

Insert 8  Correspondence with Slaymaker Lock Mfg. Co., A. Baldwine Co., and Christ Gunzenhauser. 1913.

Insert 9  Correspondence about and copies of Tariff Bill on Almonds, Chocolate and Cocoa. 1913.

Insert 10  Correspondence with Charles Johnson, Marietta; Copy of “Our Weekly Letter” by Trade and Transportation Bureau, 1912-1913.

Insert 11  Correspondence regarding Revision of Schedule F embodying tobacco and its products. 1912-1913.

Insert 12  Clippings from Lancaster newspapers regarding tariff on tobacco and its products. 1913.

 

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Folder 31     Tariff Correspondence

Insert 1  Letter from Hershey Trust Co. with enclosure of John E. Snyder brief and W. W. Griest’s response. 1913.

Insert 2  Briefs by Tobacco Growers and Cigar Manufacturers. 1909.

Insert 3  Brief and exhibits, New England Tobacco Associations. 1909.

Insert 4  Letter to W. W. Griest from Library of Congress enclosing Statement of Tobacco and its products 1789-1922.

Insert 5  Letter to House from W. W. Griest. Information and correspondence regarding Internal Revenue Collection Districts. 1923-1925.

Insert 6  Copy of Speech delivered at Lake Mohonk Conference by Hon. Pablo Ocampo de Leon, Commissioner from Philippine Islands. 1908.

Insert 7  Copy of speech delivered to House by Pablo Ocampo de Leon, etc. 1909.

Insert 8  Remarks by Sen. Francis Newlands regarding sugar and tobacco tariffs, Philippines. 1909.

Insert 9  Speech to House by Hon. Arsene P. Pujo, Louisiana regarding Philippine Tariff. 1909.

 

Folder 32     Tariff Correspondence

Insert 1  Correspondence with Cigar Maker’s International Union and a copy of “A Protest Against Unlimited Free Trade with The Philippine Islands.” 1913.

Insert 2  Correspondence with Cigar Makers’ International Union and with Lancaster County Tobacco Growers’ Association. 1913.

Insert 3  Letter to Committee on Ways and Means from members of Cigar Makers’ Union of Lancaster. 1913

Insert 4  Statement by Mongolian and Asiatic Coolies vs. Organized Labor in the USA and by Cigar Makers’ International Union of America. No date.

Insert 5  Request from Lancaster Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade for information regarding Philippine Cigar Manufacture and W. W. Griest’s correspondence in his efforts to comply. 1913.

Insert 6  Correspondence with New England Life Insurance Co. 1913.

Insert 7  Brief of Walter H. Langshaw on the cotton tariff schedule, “One Man’s  Experience in Connection with Schedule 1.” 1913.

 

Folder 33     Tariff Correspondence

Insert 1  Correspondence with A. B. Hess, Lancaster Chemical Co. regarding adoption of revision of Tariff Bill including Tobacco and Chemicals. Notice of same sent to thirteen  other Lancaster County businesses.

Insert 2  Correspondence with the Cosmo Company and with the Pennsylvania Soap Co. 1913.

Insert 3  Correspondence with The Globe Steel Co. and with Bolster Bros. regarding  tariff on shot. 1913.

Insert 4  Correspondence with H. M. Musser regarding tariff. Bill H. R. 10. 1913.

Insert 5  Correspondence with Fallmer Clog and Co., with Susquehanna Iron Co. and with Hamilton Watch Co. regarding tariff on iron and steel and on watches. 1912-1913.

Insert 6  Correspondence with Star Ball Retainer Co. and with Slaymaker Lock Mfg. Co. regarding tariff bill, including articles from “Iron-Age Hardware.” 1913.

Insert 7  Clippings from Lancaster newspapers. 1913

 

Folder 34     Tariff Correspondence

Insert 1  Correspondence with Hon. Daniel F. Lafean and with L. G. Sherman and R. E. Rodda regarding tariff on meats and on coconuts. 1913.

Insert 2  Correspondence with Hon. Boies Penrose’s office regarding Penrose’s speech on Philippine Tobacco. 1913.

Insert 3  Correspondence regarding Philippine Tobacco Tariff with Cigar Makers’ Union of America, W. J. Alders Herr, The Connecticut Tobacco Corp., The Lancaster Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade, D. H. Landis, and the Cigar Makers’ International Union. 1913.

Insert 4  Correspondence with Cigar Makers’ International Union regarding Philippine Tobacco Tariff. 1913.

Insert 5  Correspondence regarding resolution adopted by Lancaster County Tobacco Growers Association. 1913.

Insert 6  Correspondence with Cigar Makers’ International Union of America and with The National Cigar Leaf Tobacco Association. 1913.

Insert 7 Correspondence with Lancaster Chamber of Commerce, Manufacturers Association of Lancaster, Cigar Makers’ International Union, and J. Aldus Herr. 1913.

Insert 8  Correspondence with Lancaster Central Labor Union, with Long & Taylor, with Hon. Augustine Lonergan, and with I. H. Weaver. 1913.

Insert 9  Correspondence with S. R. Moss Cigar Co. and with Marcus L. Floyd. 1913.

Insert 10  Correspondence with Honorable Aaron B. Hess; Letters to S. R. Moss Cigar Co., to John H. Shank, J. Aldus Herr, et al. 1913.

Insert 11  Correspondence with Amos H. Mylin. 1913.

Insert 12  Correspondence with The Connecticut Tobacco Corp. 1913.

Insert 13  Correspondence with J. Aldus Herr, Long and Taylor, Lancaster Leaf Board of Trade, J. Aldus Herr, and H. C. Reynolds. 1913.

Insert 14  Correspondence with J. Aldus Herr, Cigar Makers’ International Union of America, and Lancaster Central Labor Union regarding free trade of tobacco and cigars with the Philippines. 1913.

Insert 15  Correspondence with Cigar Makers’ International Union regarding Tariff Bill H.R.10. 1913.

 

Folder 35     Tariff Correspondence.

Insert 1  Correspondence with J. K. Ressler, Mascot and with S. H. Robinson Company, Philadelphia regarding tariff on wheat flour. 1913.

Insert 2  Correspondence with Strickler Milling Co., Lebanon; The Commercial Exchange of Philadelphia; and Pennsylvania Miller’s State Association, Landis Levan, secretary regarding tariff law on wheat and wheat flour, rye and rye flour, semolina, and other wheat products. 1913.

Insert 3  Correspondence with Dunlap and Frantz, Lancaster regarding tariff on cattle; Correspondence with Bamford Milling Co., Midway regarding tariff on wheat flour, 1913.

Insert 4  Correspondence regarding tariff on cotton and woolen products with George Brown’s Sons, Mount Joy. 1912-1913.

Insert 5  Correspondence with Manheim Manufacturing & Belting Co. regarding tariff on “Veelos.” 1913.

Insert 6  Correspondence with Columbia Lace Company regarding tariff. Newspaper clippings. 1913.

Insert 7  Correspondence with J. J. Evans, Armstrong Cork Co. regarding tariffs on items they manufacture. 1913.

Insert 8  Correspondence with Alfred Schneebeli, Stehli and Co. regarding tariff on silk. 1912-1913.

Insert 9  Correspondence with the Earle Brush Co., regarding tariff on brushes. 1913.

Insert 10  Correspondence with The Non-Retailing Co., regarding tariff on watches and chains. 1913.

Insert 11  Letter to Rice-Stix Dry Goods Co., St. Louis, MO and to Follmer, Clogg & Company, Lancaster. 1913.

 

Folder 36    Tariff Correspondence

Insert 1  Correspondence with S. R. Zimmerman of United States Asbestos regarding  tariff on asbestos textiles. 1912-1913.

Insert 2  Correspondence with James Rose, Rose Brothers & Co. regarding tariff on silk and silk goods. 1912-1913.

Insert 3  Correspondence with W. H. Hastman, Folmer, Clogg & Co. regarding tariff on silk and silk products. 1912-1913.

Insert 4  Correspondence with Stuart H. Heist, Blaisdell Paper Pencil Co. regarding tariff on lead for pencils; and with William H. Barnes, A. Buch’s Sons Co. regarding agricultural implements and wagons. 1913.

Insert 5  Correspondence with G. B. Long, Long & Davidson regarding tariff on boots and shoes; and with W. G. Garrison, Columbia Wagon Co. regarding tariff on agricultural implements and farm machinery. 1913.

Insert 6  Correspondence with The American Protective Tariff League. 1914.

Insert 7  Correspondence with C. C. Gingrich, H. B. Gingrich & Brother regarding tariff on livestock. 1926.

Insert 8  Correspondence with the Treasury Department regarding abolishment of the  Lancaster Division office. 1926.

Insert 9  Correspondence with F. W. Pierce, president, Pennsylvania State College regarding tariff on books. 1929.