Cuba

Cuban relief, U.S. labor laws …

Cartoon shows Republican House Speaker Sereno Elisha Payne as a messenger delivering a sheet of paper “Cuban relief. U.S. labor laws. U.S. immigration law. 20% reduction reciprocity. April 1, ’02” to a barefoot man “Cuba.” Payne has a sheet of paper in his coat pocket “[Paragraph] Veto. 209 Dutch Standard Tariff Law 1897.” Cuba holds a sugar knife “Industry” and dangles a pair of shoes “Real estate taxation” behind his back.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902

Brussells conference, cartel magnate

Cartoon shows a man in German dress “Cartel Magnate” jumping a rope “Brussells Conference” turned by a barefoot man “Cuba” and Republican House Speaker Sereno Elisha Payne. The cartoon refers to the 1902 Brussels Sugar Convention where discussions included the topic of a German sugar cartel that received trade advantages over Cuban sugar.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902

Sugar trust. Herald (N.Y.) April 26, ’02

Cartoon shows a group of Senators looking at fireworks “Beef trust Ignus Fatuous” as the head of the American Sugar Refining Company Henry Osborne Havemeyer watches from atop a pile of bags of sugar trust profits. Over the Senators, “Roosevelt & Knox, professional distracters.” Over Havemeyer, “Senatorial sugar trust – Cuban investigation. Teller resolution.”

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902

Cuba and the U.S. sugar trust profits

Cartoon shows a man “Cuba” lying on the ground tied with ropes “Platt Amendment” and “Dutch Standard [paragraph] 209.” The head of the American Sugar Refining Company Henry Osborne Havemeyer, surrounded by bags of sugar trust profits, holds a pair of scissors while Henry McCall, President of the Sugar Planters Association, covers his eyes and whistles.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902

Wire tapping

Cartoon shows a bicycle messenger rushing from the White House to the Capitol with a roll of papers. As he speeds along papers labeled “Remove 16 Dutch veto,” “Must not hurt sugar trust,” and “Annexation is the policy Feb. 17, 1902” blow away. Cartoon implies that Theodore Roosevelt is sending a message to Congress regarding tariffs, the annexation of Cuba and protection of the sugar trust.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902

Reciprocal percentage frothy Cuban relief

Cartoon shows Theodore Roosevelt and Republican House Majority Leader Sereno Elisha Payne holding full steins of beer. They each spit into an empty stein held by a man representing Cuba. At the foot of the man is a “cane knife.”

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902

An unexpected and agreeable (?) discovery

Cartoon shows President Roosevelt looking through a telescope at a glowing cloud “Resolutions Nov. 28 1902 for a Cuban reciprocity law” while Tasker Howard Bliss places his hand over the lens of the telescope. Roosevelt wears a sword “Reciprocity” and has a rolled sheet of paper in his back pocket “Message, I hope soon to submit to the Senate a reciprocity treaty with Cuba.”

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902

Will he ever wake up?

Cartoon shows a dreaming man representing Cuba next to a sugar knife “Industria” with a sugar refinery in the background. In his dream a man “Sugar Trust” walks arm in arm with Cuban ambassador to the U.S. Gonzalo de Quesada.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902

Amending the treaty Enmendando el tratado.

Cartoon shows a boar “Bliss-Palma Protocolo” being de-tusked by Cuban Secretary of State Manuel Sanguily and “Beet Remolacha.” The de-tusking tools they use are labeled “Art. VII” and “Art. IV” referring to portions of a proposed treaty between the United States and Cuba related to sugar.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1903

The Bliss-Palma idea of equity La idea de equidad de Bliss-Palma.

Cartoon shows a figure of Justice with two heads, those of Special Envoy to Cuba Tasker Howard Bliss and President of Cuba Tomás Estrada Palma. Justice holds a scale “Reciprocidad” (Reciprocity.) On the left are weights labeled “20%,” “5 years,” and “Art. VII prefertial.” On the right are weights labeled “20%,” “5 anos,” and “Art. VII preferencia,” “Articulo IV.” The weights refer to various provisions related to sugar tariffs in a proposed treaty between the United States and Cuba.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1903

Los momentos de la conciencia “aprés mois le deluge” Tomas I y unico

Cartoon shows Cuban President Tomás Estrada Palma sitting in a chair “Ejecutivo” (Executive). He holds a sheet of paper “Bliss-Palma Protocolo Anexionista Art. IV, Art. VIII.” referring to portions of a proposed treaty between the United States and Cuba. Behind the chair Cuban ambassador to the United States Gonzalo de Quesado lurks. Behind Palma looms Salvador Cisneros y Betancourt, a Cuban politician who warned against U.S. imperialism in Cuba.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1903

Not one for reciprocity but millions for investment and annexation

Cartoon shows man “Sugar Refining Trust” pushing a wheelbarrow full of bags of money labeled “For Cuban Investment.” A child “Philippino” rides atop the money.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1903

Requirements for trade expansion Requisitos para el desarrollo comercial.

Cartoon shows President Roosevelt extending a spear “Art. VIII” across the Atlantic to England, Germany and France while Tasker Howard Bliss extends a ribbon (?) “Art IV” to Cuban President Tomás Estrada Palma.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1903

Why not wear brogans? Shoes are too small

Cartoon shows Republican House Majority Leader Sereno Elisha Payne standing on two documents, “Tariff Law 1897 [subsection mark] 209, 16 Dutch % reduction enrich sugar trust,” and “Annexation policy, assist Cuba, do not hurt the sugar trust.” The cartoon refers to Payne’s political positions on the US annexation of Cuba, tariffs and support for the sugar trust

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902

Strenuous justice

Cartoon shows blindfolded Justice holding a scale labeled “Republican Administration.” On the heavier side of the scale is a baby labeled “Sugar Trust” wearing a bracelet “12 1/2 [cent sign] and sucking on a bottle labeled “Tariff Law 1897 [paragraph] 209, Dutch Standard.” The lighter side of the scale holds the island of Cuba covered in gravestones and a label “War Bill $300 millions.” The cartoon implies that the Republican administration of Theodore Roosevelt favors the sugar trust over Cuba and the debt incurred during the Spanish American War.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902

Reciprocal percentage frothy Cuban relief

Cartoon shows Theodore Roosevelt and Republican House Majority Leader Sereno Elisha Payne holding full steins of beer. They each spit into an empty stein held by a man representing Cuba. At the foot of the man is a “cane knife.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902

For better protection, wear blinders

Cartoon shows Theodore Roosevelt and Republican House Majority Leader Sereno Elisha Payne walking arm in arm between two billboards, “Help Cuba grant 25% reduction and double stock,” and “Notice! Help Cuba remove Dutch Standard in Tariff Law 1897 Paragraph 209.” The billboards are supported by posts “Sugar Trust,” “American Planters,” and “Cuban Planters.”

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902

The uplifting of Cuba

Cartoon shows Republican House Majority Leader Sereno Payne and Republican Congressmen Robert C. Morris, Francis G. Newlands, Henry Allen Cooper, and James A. Tawney pulling on a rope to lift a bucket from a well. Their efforts are hampered by a stick “Dutch Standard” knotted into the rope “Tariff Law 1897” at the pulley. The cartoon refers to efforts by Republican congressmen to aid Cuba while high tariffs on sugar imposed by the Tariff Law 1897 hampers their efforts.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902

Wire tapping

Cartoon shows a bicycle messenger rushing from the White House to the Capitol with a roll of papers. As he speeds along papers labeled “Remove 16 Dutch veto,” “Must not hurt sugar trust,” and “Annexation is the policy Feb. 17, 1902” blow away. Cartoon implies that Theodore Roosevelt is sending a message to Congress regarding tariffs, the annexation of Cuba and protection of the sugar trust.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902

Then he (Thayer) went away back – and sat down

Cartoon shows Republican House Majority Leader Sereno Elisha Payne and a Republican elephant sweating in the top of a tree labeled “Sugar Trust.” The roots of the tree are labeled “Dutch Standard,” “Cartel,” and “Bounty.” Below the tree stands Democrat Representative John R. Thayer holding a Democratic donkey wearing blinders and wearing a blanket labeled “Resolution March 12th.” Cartoon refers to a congressional resolution introduced by Thayer to leverage divisions in the Republican party. The resolution called for an investigate into whether the sugar trust would be the primary beneficiary of Cuban reciprocity.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902