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Title: JM-286: The changing world
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting three scenes of old-fashioned values and fashions now being replaced.

Title: JM-129: Will It be Conservative or Progressive?. 129
Summary: This cartoon depicts President Taft creating a message regarding railroad freight rates. In the 1910, a large portion of goods was transported on railroads in the United States. Railroad owners made large profits by charging rates to ship cargo from one location to another. One of the books in the cartoon is titled, “injunction”. This likely refers to the injunction granted by Judge David P. Driver against 25 western railroads located throughout the Midwest to the West Coast, who were all members of the Western Traffic Association. This injunction was granted in Hannibal, Missouri, as a result of an executive order from President Taft. This injunction prevented any of these railroads from raising or adjusting their rates in anyway. The special assistant to the Attorney General, Edwin Grosvenor, presented charges against these railroad companies in St. Louis, Missouri. These charges allegations of price-fixing and conspiracy between these companies to collectively raise rates. President Taft’s administration is known for a hard stance against trusts. Taft's predecessor, President Theodore Roosevelt, began this practice during his own administration. Another project begun during President Roosevelt's administration: the construction and governance of the Panama Canal is also shown in this cartoon. (Summary created by Mary Delano, MU History Intern, Spring 2018)

Title: JM-101: Mississippi at the St. Louis Fair
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting a parade of Mississippi entries winding through the page. Groups and people in the parade include: John Sharp Williams, a car "for white folks" alongside a "Jim Crow car", the Jefferson Davis club, and Mississippi river sailors.

Title: JM-W011: Before and after
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting a mother and father expressing their disappointment in their son, who is shown smoking a pipe and relaxing. In the next panel, the boy is depicted in a military uniform, and the mother and father express their pride.

Title: JM-278: Sure he can!
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting Hoover asking Uncle Sam if he can lick unemployment hardships.

Title: JM-256: U.S. Supreme Court reversed by lower court
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting a lower court jury finding no fraud in the Teapot Dome oil deal while the Supreme Court looks on, aghast at the decision and with their own conclusion of fraud.

Title: JM-135: Busy days for the professional stock trader. 135
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting a stockbroker trying and failing to predict trends in the stock market.

Title: JM-163: Suggestion for new seating arrangement in the Illinois state legislature
Summary: This cartoon depicts the Illinois legislature in January of 1915. The legislature is divided into two groups, but not the traditional party divides of the Democrat and Republican parties. The two groups are “wet” and “dry.” The members of the legislature sitting on the ”wet” side are fervently against any prohibition legislation within the state of Illinois. The “dry” side is composed of politicians who favor implementing regulations of the distribution and sale of alcohol. The cartoon points out how this issue of prohibition has divided members of each political party, upsetting the status quo of the legislature (grouping by political party). These suggestions for alcohol regulations in Illinois were some of many being proposed throughout various levels of government in the United States at the time. Many found the temperance movement in the United States to be a more moral than political issue, making it a hotly debated topic within the Republican and Democrat parties. This cartoon was created only five years before the eighteenth amendment to the United States Constitution was passed, which declared the manufacture and sale of alcohol illegal. (Summary created by Mary Delano, MU History Intern, Spring 2018)

Title: JM-301: If the satisfied haves and the troublesome have nots ever have a conference
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting Hitler asking how much land Britain has given to promote peace.

Title: JM-046: The country set to music
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting an outline of the United States set behind sheet music for the opening two lines of "My Country, 'Tis of Thee". The music notes on the bars all contain the names of cities.

Title: JM-185: Tag day
Summary: This cartoon depicts two people asking for money. The top panel shows a woman collecting money for the poor and destitute on Tag Day. Tag Day is a day where people will collect money for a charity, and donors will receive a tag showing they donated. The caption for this panel says to remember the children of the poor when being ask the give. The bottom panel shows an officer asking the same man to purchase a liberty loan subscription. These were bonds distributed by the government that were used to support the war effort. In 1917, the United States was a member of the Allied Powers in World War I, which included France, England, Italy, etc. The This panel is captioned, “Don’t forget your own children when you are asked to subscribe for Liberty bonds”. The man is more skeptical of this purchase than of his donation on Tag Day. (Summary created by Mary Delano, MU History Intern, Spring 2018)

Title: JM-306: G.O.P. conspires to sabotage Democratic success of polls next fall
Summary: Editorial cartoon in three panels: Elephant suggests British resource-sharing plan to Democrats.

Title: JM-153: Still looking for de Valera. 153
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting John Bull, the Uncle Sam of the United Kingdom, looking for Éamon de Valera, an Irish political leader rumored to have been a British spy.

Title: JM-167: Two crimes
Summary: This cartoon depicts the Lusitania, an American ocean liner destroyed by German naval forces in World War I on May 7, 1915. The ship was carrying American passengers and ammunition intended for the British armed forces. The top panel of the cartoon features the periscope of the German submarine spying on the Lusitania. Eventually the German submarine fired a torpedo, which killed 1,198 passengers aboard the ship. The bottom panel of the cartoon shows the 173 tons of ammunition carried on board the Lusitania and the innocent, most likely unaware passengers standing above it. The sinking of the Lusitania caused international outrage, but blame for the attack was passed back and forth between various parties. Many, particularly those in Great Britain, blamed the Germans who committed this attack. Others blamed the United States and the passengers, who ignored Germany’s repeated warning that any ship attempting to enter Great Britain would be subject to attack. Many, including journalists for the Chicago Tribune, claimed Great Britain was responsible for this tragedy. Great Britain had placed immense pressure on the United States to deliver arms, and the British government assured the Lusitania it would be protected from German attack. The Chicago Tribune featured an entire article placing responsibility for the sinking of the Lusitania on Great Britain. After detailing Great Britain’s interest in the Lusitania, the author of the article wrote, “England and England alone is to be held responsible for the loss of life because England lured Americans to death, hoping that the presence of Americans would protect the ship against German attack.” (Summary created by Mary Delano, MU History Intern, Spring 2018)

Title: JM-106: Two ways by which peace may be restored without casting Russia a kopeck
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting two panels, each with a different solution to promoting peace. In the top panel, Rockefeller comes forward to Komura and Dewitte with carriages full of money. In the second panel, Carnegie purchases rights to build a library on Sakhalin Island from Komura, making himself poor, but allowing the two men to walk away from each other.

Title: JM-124: Map of the United States, as seen by the Finance Committee. 124
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting a distorted map of the United States that emphasizes Eastern cities with everything else mislabeled or misspelled.

Title: JM-166: Two unpopular Europeans
Summary: This cartoon shows two European men in World War I. The first man (in the top panel) is slumping his shoulders and tries to avoid attention. He is refusing to enlist the the military, unlike the other men in his country. The caption for the top panel reads, “The man who won’t enlist for his country during the war”. The second man (in the bottom panel) is proudly walking past a group of women, including women who were widowed in World War I. The bottom panel is captioned, “The man who won’t marry for his country after the war”. Instead of getting married to help begin rebuilding society, this man proudly presents himself as a bachelor. These two men are “unpopular”, because they do not conform with the sense of duty and sacrifice that was developed in Europe during and after World War I. Sacrificing oneself for one’s country was seen as an honorable and moral action during this time period. (Summary created by Mary Delano, MU History Intern, Spring 2018)

Title: JM-033: At the ringside
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting Theodore Roosevelt speaking to a man in the center of a roped off area while reporters stand all along the outside of the rope-enclosed space.

Title: JM-150: Japanese Haggling. 150
Summary: This cartoon depicts a Japanese immigrant attempting to buy property from a white man. As negotiations continue, more Japanese owned stores appear in the background of the the cartoon.Eventually the white man’s disposition shifts from enraged to eager as he finally accepts the offer. This cartoon is offering perspective on the relationship between Japanese immigrants and white Americans in the United States, particularly California. The California Alien Land Law of 1913 was passed the same year this cartoon was created.This law prohibited "aliens ineligible for citizenship" from owning agricultural land or possessing long-term leases, but permitted short-term leases lasting up to three years. This law did not have a large tangible impact on Japanese citizens. However, the law remains relevant, because it reflects the discrimination against Japanese immigrants occuring in the 1910s. (Summary created by Mary Delano, MU History Intern, Spring 2018)

Title: JM-116: Missouri and Mr. Rockefeller [3]. 116
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting Missouri with a subpoena in hand following in the footsteps of a set of footprints, accompanied by a dog.

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