Solving the Acrostic political cartoon, 1908
Permanent ID:
11570Language:
EnglishDate:
September 7 1908Image Description:
In the image an unemployed workingman writes graffiti on a fence. The graffiti claims that Republican presidential candidate William Taft favors trusts over the workingman. During the presidential campaign of 1908, Taft seemed to support several politicians who were known to favor big business and the trusts.William Taft became the 27th President of the United States and served only one term (1909-1913). Although Theodore Roosevelt is known as the great "trust-buster," Taft actually filed more anti-trust lawsuits than Roosevelt. In 1911 Taft launched a lawsuit against J.P. Morgan's US Steel for taking over the Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company during in 1907. Roosevelt had approved the takeover during his own administration in order to avoid further economic collapse during the Panic of 1907.
Format:
Clippings; Political cartoonsPublisher:
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania cartoons and caricatures collectionRelated People or Organizations:
John L. De Mar, 1865-1926 (artist)Biunno, Diane (Transcribed by)
Biunno, Diane (Encoded by)
Historical Society of Pennsylvania (repository)
William Howard Taft, 1857-1930 (mentioned)
Unknown (publisher)