Judge — May 26, 1906 — page 3: what you’re looking at

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# Analysis This page satirizes the Railroad Rate Bill through dialogue and illustrations. The top cartoon shows two women discussing a foolish man, with one noting he "looked like a real foreign nobleman" — apparently mocking someone's pretensions. The main text explains the bill's purpose: to regulate railroad rates that Congress had been debating. The article notes the bill was "invented to give useful occupation to the senators" and designed as "light and entertaining reading." The bottom illustration depicts a horse confused by an automobile, with the horse thinking it's "a new style of auto." This appears to mock those who misunderstand modern innovations — likely paralleling confusion about the complex rate-bill legislation itself. The overall satire targets both railroad regulation debates and the Senate's perceived inability to handle substantive legislation clearly.