JM-005: Why cotton goods are so high

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Details

Creators and Contributors

Artist: McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949

Corporate Name

Democratic Party (U.S.)

Extent

1 sheet : b&w ; 37 x 45 cm

Description

Editorial cartoon depicting Uncle Sam announcing that the price of wheat should be fixed as a war measure and being met with agreement. In the next panel, he suggests fixing the price of cotton for the same reason, and the "Southern Democrats in control of Congress" get angry at the suggestion.

Note

Published in the Chicago Tribune, date not known.,"5"--Handwritten on verso.,"Mr. Ward - 372 Tribune Bldg"--Handwritten on verso.,Pencil and ink on board.,Original in University of Missouri Special Collections, John Tinney McCutcheon Collection.,Digitized on January 2018. Equipment: Indus Color Book Scanner. Scanning software: bcs-2 version 3.4.9. Image specifications: 400 dpi, color. Access copies: tiffs with LZW compression, rotated and cropped.,Title from caption.

Resource Type

Still Image

Subject (Topic)

Price fixing

Geographic (Subject)

United States

Identifier

mu:419585

Member of

McCutcheon Editorial Cartoons - ALL (Collection)

Digital Creation Date

2018-02-02