jazzage-suggestion:yesterdaysprint:An Introduction to Problems of American Culture, 1931[image:
jazzage-suggestion:yesterdaysprint:An Introduction to Problems of American Culture, 1931[image: black and white newspaper cartoon.In the first panel, the background has several factories with smoking smokestacks. On the left, two men in overalls face right, where a man in a suit talks to them, saying: NOW MEN, WE MUST INCREASE PRODUCTION OR SHUT DOWN!Below the panel is the label: AFTER DEMANDING INCREASED PRODUCTION FROM LABOR–The second panel has a background of the same factories with no smoke coming from the stacks, and huge piles of boxes outside the factories representing the products made. The man in the suit is now on the left, pointing to the two men in overalls now on the right. The man in the suit says: NOW YOU’VE INCREASED PRODUCTION TOO MUCH! I MUST LAY YOU OFF! The two workers have distressed faces, sweat-drops and exclamation points around them.Below, the label: AND CREATING UNEMPLOYMENT BECAUSE OF A SURPLUS–The final panel, the man in the suit, tie undone, leans against the boxes of product, labeled SURPLUS PRODUCTION and covered with cobwebs. The man says: WHERE THE HECK CAN I SELL THIS STUFF? Behind him to the side, the two other men sit on a bench below the label UNEMPLOYED.Below the panel, the label: THE EMPLOYER FINDS THAT UNEMPLOYED WORKERS CANNOT BUY HIS GOODSIn the bottom-left corner of the last panel is the signature JOHN BAER] -- source link
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