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Title: JM-005: Why cotton goods are so high
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting Uncle Sam announcing that the price of wheat should be fixed as a war measure and being met with agreement. In the next panel, he suggests fixing the price of cotton for the same reason, and the "Southern Democrats in control of Congress" get angry at the suggestion.

Title: JM-238: World Court Tribunal. 238
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting Uncle Sam at the World Court Tribunal.

Title: JM-215: Three scenes pertaining to the political barometer in the United States, China, and Russia in 1922
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting political sentiments set in three different countries. In the top panel, centered in the United States, a group of men stand around a political barometer debating why the nomination of Republican, turned progressive, and then again Republican, Albert J. Beveridge for senator occurred. In the middle panel, centered on China, General Wu chases General Chang south while one of the injured warriors lies on the ground and says that Wu is hell. General Wu may refer to General Wu Pei-Fu, who was a warlord in China, mostly in the northern and central regions; he was rumored to be dead by General Chang in the Sacramento Union paper in May 1922. The bottom panel, centering on Russia, shows Uncle Sam sitting next to a representative of the Kerensky Government while Soviet Russia looks on and claims not to be related. Soviet Russia is the period of Russia after the tsar lost power in 1917 and before the creation of the Soviet Union in 1922; the government in this interim period was at first led by Prime Minister Prince Georgy Lvov and Minister of Justice Aleksandr Kerensky, but Lenin returned to Russia in 1917 and began to work on regaining his political supporters, which resulted in Kerensky and Lenin vying for power and support later in the interim period.

Title: JM-227: Dawes remedy for public ills. 227
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting Charles G. Dawes, running mate of Calvin Coolidge on the Republican ticket in the presidential election of 1924, giving his acceptance speech.

Title: JM-020: "Which do you love best?"
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting a pollster bearing a resemblance to Uncle Sam asking Ohio which of her favorite sons she loves best. A group of other people watch from the other side of a fence.

Title: JM-083: Some expert advice on the Panama Canal situation
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting four people: a farmer, a woman editor, a man editor, and a scientist seen in separate panels writing their opinions on the Panama Canal and ideas for what it might be used for.

Title: JM-232: The victory at sea. 232
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting Admiral William Sims flirting with a personification of the airplane and being spotted by a personification of the battleship, who feels betrayed.

Title: JM-W023: News of the 120,000th bomber plane from the Ford assembly line
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting Henry Ford at a table surrounded by women and men holding sheets of paper. A man from the assembly line comes in and shares the news that the 120,000th bomber has just been produced.

Title: JM-230: Hooray for Coolidge. 230
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting Henry Ford driving away from his supporters to cheer on Calvin Coolidge.

Title: JM-179: There are some Congressmen who don't want the Germans to see we are in earnest
Summary: This cartoon depicts Uncle Sam being held back by by men from fighting with his full strength. Uncle Sam is meant to personify the United States. Uncles Sam’s weak arm represents the feeble military forces available through voluntary enlistment. Uncle Sam’s bulky arm represents the United States’s powerful military capability if it enacted the draft. The group holding back Uncle Sam is representative of congress. The two Germans represent Germany across the Atlantic. This comic is showing the disagreement in the United States of employing conscription during World War I. The United States fought in World War I from 1916 to 1918. The draft was eventually employed on May 18, 1917 until November 11, 1919 through the Selective Service Act of 1917. (Summary created by Mary Delano, MU History Intern, Spring 2018)

Title: JM-064: Have you ever noticed--
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting foreign ambassadors to the United States being unaffected by flattery while the American ambassadors are.

Title: JM-291: The changing world
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting three panel sets, with each panel containing a different cartoon. In the first panel, a robot replaces aviator; in the second panel, a donkey and elephant switch places between the "In" and the "Out" parties; in the third panel, the British lion cubs warn against war.

Title: JM-249: The President chooses
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting Calvin Coolidge choosing not to run for re-election in 1928.

Title: JM-148: Japan objects to the weapon which he himself has never hesitated to use. 148
Summary: This cartoon personifies United States relations with Japan in 1913. Japan is criticizing California for employing Japanese exclusion laws. These laws are most likely a reference to the California Alien Land Law of 1913. 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 act was problematic for diplomatic relations with Japan, as it directly discriminated against Japanese citizens. This law also limited the number of Japanese immigrants to come to the US. While this law actually had little tangible backlash on Japanese citizens, it caused a large amount of tension between Japan and the US. Japan is also illustrated wielding the weapon of exclusion laws. In response to California's discrimination laws, Japan threatened to begin creating policies, which would discriminate against Americans. (Summary created by Mary Delano, MU History Intern, Spring 2018)

Title: JM-240: Page Dr. Dawes or Dr. Sowden. 240
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting Coolidge trying to prescribe something for the troubles of an embittered farmer.

Title: JM-245: Cartoons of the day. 245
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting the cartoons of the day: the Supreme Court ruling that returned oil reserves to the Navy at the tail end of the Teapot Dome scandal, American legionnaires visiting the King of England, and a personification of War with his retinue.

Title: JM-319: Cartoons of the day
Summary: Editorial cartoon in three panels: taxpayer complains; Senate votes on draftees; war action.

Title: JM-243: They're teaching him to be hard boiled. 243
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting the Geneva Naval Conference of 1927.

Title: JM-015: How the election returns look to a man who is trying to get an office the people don't want him to have
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting Taft reading unfavorable headlines.

Title: JM-251: Cartoons of the Day. 251
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting the cartoons of the day: what would happen if vaudeville performer Will Rogers were elected to the Senate, fat cats debating whether or not to invite Charles Lindbergh to join their conversation while the Secretary of War objects, and Senator James Reed of Missouri refusing to run for re-election.

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