The uplifting of Cuba - Political cartoon, public domain image
Summary
Cartoon shows Republican House Majority Leader Sereno Payne and Republican Congressmen Robert Morris, Francis Griffith Newlands, Henry Allen Cooper, and James Albertus Tawney pulling on a rope to lift a bucket from a well. Their efforts are hampered by a stick "Dutch Standard" knotted into the rope "Tariff Law 1897" at the pulley. The cartoon refers to efforts by Republican congressmen to aid Cuba while high tariffs on sugar imposed by the Tariff Law 1897 hampers their efforts.
"This is No. 10 of the Series. - W. L. Bass".
Tags
Date
01/01/1902
Location
Santiago de Cuba (Cuba), 20.02472, -75.82194
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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