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The Chicago daily journal (Chicago, Ill.: 1904-1929)

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The dress pinches

The dress pinches

“Miss Columbia” dressed in the “present currency system” asks President Roosevelt, working in a fabric shop, “Can’t you hurry those new goods?” Roosevelt points to the sign: “New elastic goods will be received in December from Congress.”

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Arthur L. Bowen’s drawing in the Chicago Daily Journal was more an editorial cartoon than a political cartoon — illustrating a current situation rather than advocating or attacking a partisan position. But as such it explained well what researchers might understand about the financial crisis that precipitated and followed the Wall Street Panic that commenced several weeks earlier.

The party who created Roosevelt

The party who created Roosevelt

President Roosevelt holds a hammer and chisel, ready to strike, just above a large bust of himself with the words, “Honor,” “Strength,” “Integrity,” “Breadth,” and “Patriotism” written on his bust.

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Comments and Context

This cartoon by Arthur L. Bowen suffers the fate of many a drawing by an artist one step above amateur status, and commentators of modest powers. It appears to commend President Roosevelt, but at the same time seems to suggest that he molded, more than earned, his image.