Judge — February 23, 1918 — page 8: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This political cartoon by J. Coxsacher depicts a bank teller window labeled "PAYING TELLER" with a line of working-class men (identifiable by their worn clothes and hats) waiting to conduct business. The caption reads: "Good morning, Mr. Brown! How will you have it—in lumps or granulated?" The satire appears to target **sugar price manipulation or profiteering**. The teller's casual question about the form of sugar delivery mocks the financial system's treatment of ordinary citizens—reducing them to commodities while banks control access to basic goods. The "First National Sugar Bank" likely references real banking institutions' involvement in commodity speculation that affected food prices and working people's ability to afford necessities. The cartoon criticizes economic inequality and corporate control of essential resources.