JM-004: How the Milk Trust trims up the poor consumer

Details
Creators and Contributors
Artist: McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949
Extent
1 sheet : b&w ; 37 x 49 cm
Description
Editorial cartoon depicting the "Milk Shippers Union" raising the price of milk sold to the "Milk Trust" by 3/8 of a cent per quart, causing the Milk Trust to raise the price of milk to the consumer by a cent per quart. The bottom panel shows the Milk Trust sitting in church singing about thankfulness while being glared at by people in the pews behind him.
Note
Published in the Chicago Tribune, date not known.,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)
Prices
Identifier
mu:419584
Member of
McCutcheon Editorial Cartoons - ALL (Collection)
Digital Creation Date
2018-02-02
Date Modified
2021-07-23