The Fugitive Oil Magnates: Wall Street Frauds Make Wonderful Cartoons #115 / Cartoons Magazine Centennial
With Tax Day coming next week, I thought it would be fun to take a look at the Brothers Rockefeller — the powerful founders of the Standard Oil “trust” — and their efforts to avoid both income taxes, and, answering for their unfair business practices. When I first saw the above the above Robert Minor, [...]
Raising the Funds to Buy the Presidency: Wall Street Frauds Make Wonderful Cartoons #104
Above, Raising the Funds to Buy the Presidency, by artist Joseph Keppler, Sr., depicting Republican fund raisers in the guise of medieval clergy selling indulgences (i.e., back before/during Martin Luther, the church would sell tickets to Heaven, in which people could be absolved for any sin, for enough money “donated” to the church). Implied in [...]
Election Cash: Wall Street Frauds Make Wonderful Cartoons #101: Cartoons Magazine Centennial 1912
The Supreme Court having thrown Campaign Reform laws back one hundred years or more, we take a look at the influence of corporate money on elections, one century past, via the the editorial cartoons found in the September 1912 issue of Cartoons Magazine. Above, the front cover, with inset cartoon by Harry J. Westerman. Click [...]
Nothing Changes About Congress: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, September 1912
From the September 1912 issue of Cartoons Magazine, we see that a century has made little difference in the workings of Congress. In 1912, the Republican Party split in two at the Presidential level, with supporters of Taft remaining with the G.O.P., and the insurgents in league with T.R., forming the new Progressive Party. Herbert [...]
They’re Off! : The Dollar or the Man?, Part 12
Today’s posting consists of cartoons by artist Homer Davenport, all but one from the 1900 cartoon collection, The Dollar or the Man? Above, “Many hats that fit to one head”, showing Republican nominee (for 1900) & President (since 1897), William McKinley, being held aloft by the Corporate Monopolies/”Trusts”, who have their man for the White [...]
R.I.P. Homer Davenport, May 2nd, 1912: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, June 1912, Part 0.2
One hundred years ago today, May 2nd, cartoonist Homer Davenport (born March 8th, 1867) died. Click here to read about him, and the annual festival honoring him, in Silverton, Oregon. Below, a page of cartoons saluting Davenport, from the June 1912 issue of Cartoons Magazine. Above, a portrait of Davenport and his father, from the [...]
Break-Up of Standard Oil: Wall Street Frauds Make Wonderful Cartoons, Part 86 / Cartoons Magazine Centennial, April 1912, Part 8
Above, by artist John T. McCutcheon, in the April 1912 issue of Cartoons Magazine, showing how the Supreme Court ordered break up of Standard Oil, for violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust law, had the effect of… enriching the broken apart Standard Oils. Click on the above picture to enlarge it. Doug Wheeler financial reforms
Wall Street Frauds Make Wonderful Cartoons, Part 79: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, February 1912, Part 4
Cartoons Magazine‘s centennial year, continues with further extracts from the February 1912 issue. As I doubt any issue does not contain at least a few cartoons involving monopolies, corporate corruption, and/or Wall street stock or bank dirty dealings, you can anticipate that once a month, the Cartoons Magazine celebration, will cross paths with our ongoing, [...]
Cartoons Magazine Centennial, January 1912, Part 5; Wall Street Frauds Make Wonderful Cartoons, Part 76
Our coverage of the centennial of Cartoons Magazine, continues with more extracts from the January 1912 debut issue. Above, adjust the $ amount mentioned, for 100 years worth of inflation, and this would make a perfect cartoon for the 99 versus 1 percent outcry, of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Beneath, one cartoon from several [...]
One of the Latest Hold-Ups: Wall Street Frauds Make Wonderful Cartoons, Part 68
Above, One of the Latest Hold-Ups, from a scrapbook of Chicago area cartoons (mostly Chicago Tribune), gathered in the first half of 1897. Click on the above picture to view it in full detail. Depicted is Uncle Sam attempting to bring 1897 America back to “Prosperityville” (and out of one of numerous pre-Great Depressions, this [...]
