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Title: JM-031: Nailing it up to stay
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting Uncle Sam nailing an American flag to an "Adequate Merchant Marine" ship with a "Ship Subsidy" hammer.

Title: JM-308: Human reasons versus human nature
Summary: League of Nations futile; arms help prosperity; ghost of Edmund Burke.

Title: JM-016: Vote, brother, vote
Date: 1896
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting three men drawn in a block style marching toward a mailbox with their "postcard vote" cards. At the bottom, there is a poem urging people to vote.

Title: JM-045: "Babe Ruth's at th' bat!"
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting a man in an open roadster vehicle being hit by a baseball from a park where the Giants and Yankees are playing. He exclaims that Babe Ruth must be at the bat.

Title: JM-003: Christmastime and the list of victims in gigantic oil stock swindle
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting a man with a long Christmas list expressing his amazement at the size of the "List of Victims in Gigantic Oil Swindle" posted on a wall. Other people on the road also look to the list, including a man dressed up as Santa.

Title: JM-062: Man leaves job on a farm for the growing city and then is surprised by increased grocery bills due to lack of farm labor
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting a man leaving his job as a farm laborer to head to the city, which has signs advertising jobs with large pay. In the last panel, he is surprised when the Dairy Bill, Butcher Bill, and Grocery Bill all come in and require all the extra money he made on account of fewer farm laborers and decreased farming production.

Title: JM-052: Waiting for relief
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting a woman shielding children from the sun with a tattered cloth. She looks out toward the water.

Title: JM-138: Well, Gentlemen. 138
Summary: This cartoon depicts Richard Achilles Ballinger, the Secretary of Interior, sweating during a cabinet meeting with President Taft. Ballinger was part of a controversial affair in 1910 that went down in history as either the Pinchot-Ballinger Controversy or the Ballinger Affair. The Ballinger Affair began over an investigation into Clarence Cunningham, who was suspected of illegally transferring land ownership in Alaska to commercial third parties. This investigation began under the Roosevelt administration. Ballinger, the General Land Office Commissioner, eventually concluded the investigation without the approval of his the Secretary of Interior, as he was required. Ballinger left his position for private practice as Cunningham’s personal counsel, but he returned to served as Secretary of Interior under President Taft. Ballinger tried to resolve the allegations against Cunningham, but faced great backlash from other members of the administration, including Chief Forester, Gifford Pinchot. Pinchot, among others, accused Ballinger of negligence and endangering public lands. A committee was formed to determine Ballinger’s guilt. With the exception of one Republican, all the Republicans on the committee ruled in favor of Ballinger, and all the Democrats on the committee ruled against Ballinger. The Ballinger Affair led to mass criticism of the Taft administration.The dispute between Ballinger and United States Forest Service Chief Gifford Pinchot that contributed to the split of the Republican party before the 1912 presidential election. (Summary created by Mary Delano, MU History Intern, Spring 2018)

Title: JM-131: Well, I think I am going to have a white Christmas. 131
Summary: This cartoon depicts Richard Achilles Ballinger, the Secretary of Interior, acting smug over the whitewashed Republican majority report that declares him guiltless while the Democratic insurgent minority report declares him guilty and unfit. Ballinger was part of a controversial affair in 1910 that went down in history as either the Pinchot-Ballinger Controversy or the Ballinger Affair. The Ballinger Affair began over an investigation into Clarence Cunningham, who was suspected of illegally transferring land ownership in Alaska to commercial third parties. This investigation began under the Roosevelt administration. Ballinger, the General Land Office Commissioner, eventually concluded the investigation without the approval of his the Secretary of Interior, as he was required. Ballinger left his position for private practice as Cunningham’s personal counsel, but he returned to served as Secretary of Interior under President Taft. Ballinger tried to resolve the allegations against Cunningham, but faced great backlash from other members of the administration, including Chief Forester, Gifford Pinchot. Pinchot, among others, accused Ballinger of negligence and endangering public lands. A committee was formed to determine Ballinger’s guilt. With the exception of one Republican, all the Republicans on the committee ruled in favor of Ballinger, and all the Democrats on the committee ruled against Ballinger. The Ballinger Affair led to mass criticism of the Taft administration.The dispute between Ballinger and United States Forest Service Chief Gifford Pinchot that contributed to the split of the Republican party before the 1912 presidential election. (Summary created by Mary Delano, MU History Intern, Spring 2018)

Title: JM-265: So it's Hoover
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting an elephant hearing through a closed door of the Pennsylvania Delegation that "It's Hoover".

Title: JM-032: Stock jugglers hold up panic head to a man with a sword
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting three stock jugglers holding up a "panic" head on a stick to attempt to ward off someone seen only as a shadow on the wall, seemingly holding a sword. The shadowy figure appears to be heading toward a sign pointing to "Good government."

Title: JM-142: Political methods, old and new. 142
Summary: This cartoon illustrates a comparison between “old” and “new” styles of politics in the United States. The men shown in the left panels represent political bosses who sought to influence elections for their own benefit. The people portrayed on the right panels display a more modern approach to politics. This approach included more open and transparent campaigns, and women were allowed to participate in a limited capacity. The political bosses appear confused at this new way of engaging politics. The “old way” of politics shows the bosses holding primary elections only amongst themselves, buying drinks for other men, and consuming excessive amounts of alcohol. The “new way” of politics shows men and women enjoying parties, banquets, and picnics in a family-friendly environment. The political bosses are shocked and confused to see how politics has changed overtime. The shift in politics occurred as women became more involved with political initiatives such as abolition or prohibition. (Summary created by Mary Delano, MU History Intern, Spring 2018)

Title: JM-224: Cartoons of the day. 224
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting three different things in three separate panels: a man suggesting Constitution Week and Uncle Sam refusing, the same man imposing limitations of air armament on top of naval limitations in the U. S., and a personification of Germany on trial for—ostensibly—war crimes.

Title: JM-182: The new income tax
Summary: This cartoon depicts a man being irritated with the high income tax rates in the United States. The man suggests the reason for the increased taxes is the fact the the United States is currently fighting in World War I. The man continues to complain about the income tax until he passes a group of soldiers. The man realizes his financial sacrifice is less than that being made by the men serving in the military. (Summary created by Mary Delano, MU History Intern, Spring 2018)

Title: JM-079: A good New Year's resolution
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting a hand writing out a check from the National Bank of Chicago for the "Italian Relief Fund." Behind the hand, figures representing New York, St. Louis, California, and Chicago all carry bags or baskets labeled "Relief for Italy."

Title: JM-198: Congress is all out investigatin', Congress is all out investigating
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting two men on a porch watching multiple Congressional committees investigating various things, such as a crime wave, railways, the peace plan, the "Tea pot dome oil lease scandal", charges against Bolshevism, and several different propaganda groups.

Title: JM-305: Trying to prove that all things come to him who waits
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting nine men waiting outside FDR's door.

Title: JM-266: Confidence
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting Hoover, holding a "Continued Prosperity" banner, leading the G.O.P. elephant across the "Bridge to the Presidency".

Title: JM-066: How to raise more taxes
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting three different scenes. In the first panel, women re-entering the United States with Mexican divorce papers are charged a tariff on the divorce. In the middle panel, a nobleman is leaving his wife, an American heiress, at home to go and buy some cigarettes. In the bottom panel, two men discuss going home if the exchange rate gets any worse.

Title: JM-078: Three scenes of Uncle Sam excluding immigrants
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting three scenes in three different panels. In the top panel, Uncle Sam stands in a garden of Americanism surrounded by crows labeled "Unassimilable Asiatic Immigration" and "Undesirable European Immigration." In the middle panel, Uncle Sam is putting up two signs along the coast: "Exclusion of Chinese" and "Exclusion of Japanese Immigrants" while a figure representing Japan, a country who also has exclusion signs for China and Korea, watches. In the third panel, the same figure from Japan gestures with an angry face and Japanese Emigrants behind him, while Uncle Sam proudly shows off a sign welcoming only particular groups of Japanese people: tourists, students, scientists, etc.

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