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Uncle Sam sits in a wooden tub labeled “Dingley Bill,” rowing with oars labeled “Monopoly” in a small pool labeled “Home Market” near a sign reading, “Republican Goose Pond.” Beyond the pond are several large steam ships, labeled with the major European economic powers. Caption: Uncle Sam–Say! I want you fellows to distinctly understand that I’m not racing with you!
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-09-15
A farmer on “Prosperity Road” stops at a gate labeled “Dingley Tariff.” Standing in his wagon, he hands the “Toll” to a well-dressed bloated man labeled “Monopoly” sitting on a large pile of moneybags labeled “Trust Profits.” A few bags labeled “Cereals” remain in the farmer’s wagon. President William McKinley is the gatekeeper.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-09-29
President Cleveland as a railroad conductor collects fares from William McKinley, who is holding a ticket labeled “War Tariff Pass,” and an elderly man, dressed as an infant labeled “Infant Industries,” on his lap. The infant holds a pacifier connected to a bottle labeled “Protection Pap.” Caption: Conductor Cleveland–That fellow can’t ride free any longer, Ma’am – he’s big enough to pay for himself!
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1893-11-15
An old woman labeled “Dem. Party” sits on snow-covered steps outside a door labeled “Public Confidence.” The door has a padlock on it. At her feet is a hat box labeled “Free Silver in Ohio” and a suitcase labeled “Sugar Trust Legislation,” and she is holding an umbrella and a sign that states “Hillism.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1894-11-14
Arthur P. Gorman labeled “Gormanism” hugs Theodore A. Havemeyer sitting in a chair, dressed as an old woman and labeled “Sugar Trust” and “$.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1895-01-09
Uncle Sam sits on the Speaker’s desk in the “U.S. Senate,” bound by tape labeled “McKinley’s High Protection Monopoly Tariff,” facing a group of senators labeled “Coal Senator, R. Road Senator, Collar and Cuff Senator, Sugar Senator, Steel Rail Senator, Lumber Senator, Copper, [and] Iron Senator,” and David B. Hill holding a large knife labeled “Peanut Dave.” Seated among them is George F. Hoar. Caption: What are we here for, if not for our private interests?
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1894-03-28
A troop of soldiers wearing red coats, some labeled “Clothing Trust, Franchise Grabber, Food Trust, [and] Land Trust,” march past Daniel Chester French’s sculpture, “The Minute Man.” Among the soldiers are Nelson W. Aldrich wearing a miter and carrying a flag decorated with an emblem of a crowned hand pointing thumb-down in a squashing gesture, John Dalzell, J. S. Sherman, and Sereno Elisha Payne. Joseph Gurney Cannon is pictured kissing the boot of a fat officer labeled “Privilege” riding on a horse. In the background, more red coats are ransacking “The American Home” and tearing down the American flag.
Udo J. Keppler’s Fourth of July cartoon was a scathing indictment of the American economy, 1909, and specifically a gallery of politicians and business leaders he portrayed as dismissive of patriots and patriotism.
This cartoon shows Nelson W. Aldrich as the master of the hunt throwing the twisted body of a man labeled “Consumer” to a pack of hunting dogs labeled “Lumber Trust, Fuel Trust, Clothing Trust, [and] Food Trust.” The caption reads, “Throwing the carcase [sic] to the pack.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1909-07-21
On the left, a “New York Police” officer accepts money from a woman’s hand extending from a window labeled “N.Y. Den.” At right, a man labeled “U.S. Senate” accepts “Stock” from a hand extending from a window labeled “Trusts.” Both men are leaning on a solid pedestal labeled with a large “$” and the word “Protection.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1894-08-01
Uncle Sam walks between two bloated businessmen labeled, on the left, “Monopolies,” and on the right, “Trusts.” Each one is picking a pocket while Uncle Sam is blissfully unaware.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-03-10
William McKinley, wearing military uniform, appears underneath a large veil on a pedestal labeled “I am the veiled Mahatma of prosperity! Believe in me, ask no questions, and you will all roll in riches!!!” Charles H. Grosvenor stands on the left and Mark A. Hanna on the right dressed as magicians or wizards. A group of men prostrate themselves in the foreground, labeled “Gold Bug, Greenbacker, Free Silver Crank, Populist, High Protection Fanatic, [and] Any Kind of Money Crank.” In the background, on both sides, are large crowds, some holding signs labeled “Monopoly, Trusts, Combines, [and] Monopolists.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1896-06-17
William L. Wilson appears as a soldier wearing a helmet labeled “Tariff Reform” and holding a rifle labeled “Enlightenment” with fixed bayonet, with which he prevents William McKinley from advancing. McKinley is dressed as a Chinese man with a hat labeled “McKinleyism,” an amulet labeled “Monopoly,” and a medal that states “The Foreigner Pays the Tax.” He is holding a large sword labeled “Fallacious Arguments” and a shield labeled “Trusts,” and his long pigtail is wrapped around a post labeled “Played Out Protection Ideas.” Caption: Superstition and old-fogyism must be conquered in the end by enlightenment and progressiveness.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1894-09-05
William McKinley drives a large circus carriage labeled “McKinley’s Presidential Band Wagon” pulled by the Republican Elephant labeled “G.O.P.” The carriage has come to a stop in front of a sign at the edge of an abyss, which states, “Danger! Results of the McKinley Bill. Decline of wages. Desperate Labor Strikes, and Lock Outs. 1,000,000 Men Out of Employment. Falling off of Customs Revenues $157,000,000. Disappearance of Treasury Surplus of $100,000,000. Net Loss of Gold in Exports $200,000,000.” The abyss blocks McKinley from reaching the United States Capitol, seen at far right. The “Band” in the wagon is comprised of “M.A. Hanna,” Andrew “Carnegie,” John D. “Rockefeller,” Theodore and possibly Henry O. “Havemeyer,” and Whitelaw Reid playing a drum labeled “N.Y. Tribune.” Marching behind the wagon are men carrying banners labeled “Trusts” and “Monopoly.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1896-04-29
A gigantic, well-dressed pig labeled “Protection Glutton” confidently strides into Congress carrying a paper that states, “We demand a prohibitory tariff on all imports, in the interest of the suffering laborer, the down-trodden farmer, and the struggling infant industries of the country.” Among the Congressmen present are Thomas B. Reed, Nelson Dingley Jr., Matthew Quay, Garret A. Hobart, and possibly Mark A. Hanna.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-01-13
Print shows diminutive gladiators labeled “Jones,” “J.D. Sayers” with large sword labeled “State Anti-Trust Laws,” “Bryan” with large sword labeled “Demagogism,” “Hearst,” “Pingree,” “Hogg of Texas” with sword labeled “State Law,” Theodore Roosevelt with sword labeled “Roosevelt,” and “Alger,” and also Joseph Pulitzer. A crowd in the background carries banners that state “Down with Trusts” and “Down with Dept. Stores.” They are struggling against a large gladiator wearing armor labeled “Trusts, Power to Undersell Competitors, Vested Rights, Right to Buy and Sell, Natural Right of Association, Business Progress, Steady Work, [and] Payment of Good Wages.” The gladiator is carrying a shield labeled “Constitution of the U.S.” and a sword labeled “Low Prices.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1899-07-26
A large Trojan Horse labeled “Sound Money” is shown with many businessmen climbing out, carrying papers labeled “Tobacco, Steel, Wool, Coal Demands for More Protection, We Want More Protection Iron, Drugs We Demand Higher Protection, Give Us More Protection Coal, [and] Tin and Iron.” The businessmen clamber down a ladder and up the steps to the U.S. Capitol, attempting to take Congress by storm. Caption: Intrepid attempt of the Protection Greeks to capture the Capitol.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-02-03
An old woman sits in a chair with a parrot labeled “Infant Industries” perched next to her and a cat playing beside her chair with a ball of yarn labeled “Dingley Yarn.” Sitting on a stool at her feet is a boy labeled “Young Republican.” The parrot squawks “Polly Wants Protection.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1899-01-11
President Roosevelt thanks the members of the Union League of Philadelphia for their commitment to upholding the principles of Abraham Lincoln. He praises the traits that brought the American people through the Civil War and subsequent trials that the nation faced. Roosevelt asks the assembled club to reflect on former President William McKinley’s policies, and says that while policies alone cannot make a nation great, “good laws and good administration of the laws can give to strong, honest, brave men a chance to do well.” Roosevelt praises McKinley’s ability to handle the unexpected challenges of the Spanish-American War and subsequent acquisition of the Philippines. He outlines the current situation in the Philippines, with the ending of the Philippine-American War, the establishment of civil administration, and general situation of peace. Roosevelt advises that the government must solve issues related to the industrial growth of the nation. This is the press copy of Roosevelt’s speech.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-11-22
President Roosevelt thanks the members of the Union League of Philadelphia for their commitment to upholding the principles of Abraham Lincoln. He praises the traits that brought the American people through the Civil War and subsequent trials that the nation faced. Roosevelt asks the assembled club to reflect on former President William McKinley’s policies, and says that while policies alone cannot make a nation great, “good laws and good administration of the laws can give to strong, honest, brave men a chance to do well.” Roosevelt praises McKinley’s ability to handle the unexpected challenges of the Spanish-American War and subsequent acquisition of the Philippines. He outlines the current situation in the Philippines, with the ending of the Philippine-American War, the establishment of civil administration, and general situation of peace. Roosevelt advises that the government must solve issues related to the industrial growth of the nation. This is the press copy of Roosevelt’s speech with handwritten edits and applause noted.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-11-22
President Roosevelt thanks the members of the Union League of Philadelphia for their commitment to upholding the principles of Abraham Lincoln. He praises the traits that brought the American people through the Civil War and subsequent trials that the nation faced. Roosevelt asks the assembled club to reflect on former President William McKinley’s policies, and says that while policies alone cannot make a nation great, “good laws and good administration of the laws can give to strong, honest, brave men a chance to do well.” Roosevelt praises McKinley’s ability to handle the unexpected challenges of the Spanish-American War and subsequent acquisition of the Philippines. He outlines the current situation in the Philippines, with the ending of the Philippine-American War, the establishment of civil administration, and general situation of peace. Roosevelt advises that the government must solve issues related to the industrial growth of the nation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-11-22