Crisp Passages from the President's Message

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Title

Crisp Passages from the President's Message

Subject

McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949
Political cartoons
Campaign funds
Big business
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Insurance companies--Regulations
Railroad law

Description

A group of men stand before a large billboard filled with President Woodrow Wilson's proposals for big business and government regulation. The billboard reads: "The Great Insurance Companies Should be Curbed. The Inter-State Commerce Commission Should have power to Establish Maximum R.R. rates. A Law should be passed giving Some Body the Right to Supervise the Great Corporations. There Should be a Law passed to absolutely forbid Corporate Gifts to political Parties."

Lawmakers debate the anti-trust proposals of the Woodrow Wilson administration, in this political cartoon by John T. McCutcheon. Wilson, the twenty-eighth president (1913-1921), moved forward with an ambitious, progressive legislative agenda that included the creation of a Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Reserve Act, the Federal Farm Loan Act, an income tax, and implemented antitrust legislation and child labor reforms. His second term was marked by U.S. entry into the First World War.

Creator

McCutcheon, John T.

Publisher

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

Date

n.d.

Format

jpg

Language

eng

Identifier

400978
John T. McCutcheon Collection

Original Format

political cartoon
b&w
1

Physical Dimensions

44 x 37 cm