Will not return today - Political cartoon, public domain image

Cartoon shows an empty office chair at a desk , possibly that of Henry Osborne Havemeyer, with a calendar 'Mch 26" and a notice "Will not return today." On the wall are "Orders" : No. 1 A 1/16 on raw; No. 2 for cartel buyers cable to Germany; No. 3 to brokers. Buy Java stock, refuse beet and Cuban sugar; No. 4 For lobby, Congratulate Washington; No. 5 for brokers, Am. Sug.R. Co. bear - stand ready to buy all offers; Trust Democratic disinclination to untie a Republican Cuban knot." On the floor lies a sheet of paper "Telegram A. S. Ref. Co. [i.e., American Sugar Refining Co.] 117 Wall St."