Chicago Tribune Political Cartoons, 1918-1929 - America in Class
Chicago Tribune Political Cartoons, 1918-1929 - America in Class
Chicago Tribune Political Cartoons, 1918-1929 - America in Class
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“The Farmer’s Predicament”<br />
<strong>Chicago</strong> Daily <strong>Tribune</strong>, April 15, 1927<br />
Cartoonist: Carey Orr<br />
Agricultural West. Farm distress. High cost of liv<strong>in</strong>g. <strong>America</strong>n household.<br />
Farm prices. Politics. Industrial East. Prosperity.<br />
In April 1927 a jo<strong>in</strong>t report of the National Industrial Conference Board and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce recommended<br />
measures to provide relief for <strong>America</strong>n farmers who cont<strong>in</strong>ued to struggle through an <strong>in</strong>transigent postwar agricultural<br />
depression while the nation’s bus<strong>in</strong>ess and <strong>in</strong>dustrial sectors expanded at a seem<strong>in</strong>gly unstoppable rate.<br />
Reproduced by permission of the <strong>Chicago</strong> <strong>Tribune</strong>. Digital image courtesy of ProQuest Historical Newspapers.<br />
National Humanities Center <strong>Political</strong> <strong>Cartoons</strong> from the <strong>Chicago</strong> Daily <strong>Tribune</strong>, <strong>1918</strong>-<strong>1929</strong> 20
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