Judge — November 20, 1909 — page 10: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This satirical illustration depicts an industrial labor recruitment scene, likely from the early 20th century. The cartoon shows factory owners/recruiters advertising "Men Wanted—Good Wages, Full Time" at what appears to be a dockside or industrial area, with factory smokestacks prominent in the background. The caricatured figure in the foreground (left) appears to be a laborer or immigrant, possibly depicted with exaggerated features common to period satire. The title reads "Let Us Have (Industrial) Peace," suggesting the cartoon comments on labor-management relations and employment conditions of the era. The satire likely criticizes either the false promises of "good wages," exploitative working conditions, or tensions between industrial labor recruitment and actual worker treatment—central debates during early industrial-era America.