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Al dictamen extrangero [i.e., extranjero]

Al dictamen extrangero [i.e., extranjero]

Cartoon shows a boxing sugar beet “Productores” (Producers) punching a man “Monopolio Refinador Americano” (American Refining Trust) with fists labeled “Teller Investigacion” and “Resolucion Ley de Reciprocidad Congreso Cubano Nov. 28, 1902” “Reciprocity Resolution Cuban Congress Nov. 28, 1902”.) The man being punched wears boxing gloves “Quesada” and “Bliss” representing Cuban ambassador to the United States Gonzalo de Quesada and Tasker Howard Bliss, Special Envoy to Cuba. In the corner of the ring is Theodore Roosevelt with a bucket of water “Enmienda Platt” (Platt Amendment) and a fan “16 Escala Holandesa” referring to provisions for sugar in the Tariff Law of 1897.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902

Creator(s)

Cuban-American Reciprocity Bureau

A strenuous reciprocity counter

A strenuous reciprocity counter

Cartoon shows a boxing sugar beet “Producers” punching President Roosevelt labeled “Reciprocity Champion” with fists labeled “Teller Investigation” and “Reciprocity Resolution Cuban Congress Nov. 28, ’02.” Roosevelt wears boxing gloves “Quesada” and “Bliss” representing Cuban ambassador to the United States Gonzalo de Quesada and Tasker Howard Bliss, Special Envoy to Cuba. In the corner of the ring is a man labeled “Sugar Refining Trust.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902

Creator(s)

Cuban-American Reciprocity Bureau