He won’t be happy till he gets it (with profuse apologies to the Pears’ Soap Baby)
A man labeled “Organized Greed,” an iconic plutocrat, appears as a baby trying to climb out of a tub of bath water labeled “Special Privilege,” reaching for a bar of soap labeled “Ship Subsidy.” Hanging on the wall in the background is a sign “In Graft We Trust.”
Comments and Context
Puck frequently parodied or satirized advertisements in its political cartoons. Also its drawings made allusions to mythological legends, scenes from Shakespeare, and dramatic moments from famous operas. In fact, political cartoonists on weekly deadlines might occasionally have been frantic for inspirations.