Belshazzarfeller's feast / J.S. Pughe., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows John D. Rockefeller as Belshazzar sitting on a throne above a group of capitalists and politicians enjoying a feast of such dishes as "Draw Back Bon-Bons, Fruits of Monopoly, [and] Rebate Plums". The festivities are interrupted by a hand appearing from above holding "The Big Stick" and writing the words "Rate Legislation".

Caption: "And the King saw the part of the hand that wrote. Then the King's countenance was changed and his thoughts troubled him."
Illus. in: Puck, v. 57, no. 1474 (1905 May 31), centerfold.
Copyright 1905 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.