Judge, 1911-10-14 · page 4 of 23
Judge — October 14, 1911 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
**Top cartoon ("The Twenty-First Century Limited"):** Depicts a massive futuristic airplane with four engines, representing technological optimism about aviation. The caption notes that flying seemed as improbable to previous generations as wireless communication, suggesting skepticism about ambitious technological claims was common. **Bottom cartoon ("Waiting for the Lawyers to Finish the Game"):** Shows two figures playing chess over a chessboard labeled with industries (Capital, Labor, Business Man, Railroad, Tobacco, Sugar). The caption criticizes how legal battles between legitimate and illegitimate business have paralyzed industry, arguing that prolonged litigation creates uncertainty that undermines business confidence and security. This appears to reference early 20th-century antitrust litigation and trust-busting controversies.
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THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY LIMITED. You may laugh at the idea now, but it is not more wonderful than talking from New York to Chicago or sending wireless messages through the air. It was not long ago that men said. ‘I wouldn't think of doing that any more than I would think of flying."* George Carlion WAITING FOR THE LAWYERS TO FINISH THE GAME. Business will not pick up until the prosecution and persecution of the legitimate business industries are stopped. Too long the muck-rakers and trast busters have assumed that big business and bad business are synonymous. There will be danger of paralysis in industry so long as busi- ness men lack the sense of confidence and security. comicbooks.com