The Abuse of Wealth: Wall Street Frauds Make Wonderful Cartoons, Part 73
This week, a couple cartoons appropriate to the spirit of the Christmas season. Above, the centerspread of the September 11th, 1878 issue of Puck magazine, titled The Abuse of Wealth Which Creates Communists Among Us, by Puck‘s founder, Joseph Keppler, Sr. The point being how the excesses and greed of the wealthy in ignoring the plight of the poor, could push the poor majority towards political extremes. Shown is Henry Hilton, building mansions and marble tombs, while giving little to help American plague victims.
Click on the above & below cartoons, to enlarge them, and read their captions.
Below, Alas! Charity, What Deeds are Done in Thy Name!, by cartoonist Frank Beard. From the 1902-published collection, Blasts from the Ram’s Horn, reprinting cartoons and prose which had appeared in the Chicago-based Christian cartoon weekly, The Ram’s Horn.
To find prior episodes of this series,click on Wall Street Frauds Make Wonderful Cartoons. And, to find earlier posts concerning financial reforms in general, click here.
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— Doug
