Judge — August 22, 1891 — page 16: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This appears to be a sequential comic strip satirizing the cycle of commercial life and labor. The repeated panels show figures in different positions with signs reading "SO ARE WE" and variations like "WE ARE SELLING GOODS," "WE ARE GETTING A GOOD SUIT," and "WE ARE GOING A GUYING A SUIT." The satire seems to mock the circular, repetitive nature of commerce and consumer behavior—workers earning money to buy goods, then needing to work again to afford more purchases. The figures appear to be in different social/economic classes, suggesting commentary on how all levels of society remain trapped in this consumption cycle. The title "THE LIFE OF TRADE" indicates Judge is critiquing capitalism's endless treadmill of labor and spending.