Judge — April 19, 1902 — page 8: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is a political cartoon about **corporate trusts** (monopolistic business combinations) fighting back against regulation. The figure on the right appears to be **Uncle Sam**, depicted as a boxer or fighter preparing for confrontation. On the left, smaller figures surrounded by large spheres labeled with dollar signs represent the **trusts**—wealthy industrialists or corporations treating money as ammunition or weapons. The cartoon's message warns that powerful trusts will aggressively resist government efforts to control or break them up. The visual metaphor of combat emphasizes the intensity of this coming conflict. This reflects **early 20th-century American anxieties about monopoly power** and the struggle between federal regulation and big business interests. The caption "THE TRUSTS WILL FIGHT" frames this as a cautionary prediction about corporate resistance to antitrust legislation.