Judge — September 20, 1919 — page 23: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page collects five editorial cartoons addressing economic hardship and social unrest. The central theme concerns rising prices and their consequences. **Key cartoons:** - **Top left**: An autocrat posting inflated prices—critiques government or corporate control over costs - **Center**: Depicts civil unrest, suggesting public anger over economic conditions - **Top right**: Shows people struggling with poverty, labeled "Rather Inconvenient Sometimes to Be Summoned on a Coroner's Jury"—darkly jokes that poor people are dying, making jury duty inconvenient - **Bottom left**: A figure stretching to "reach" something, suggesting difficulty affording basic necessities - **Bottom right**: Shows a collapsed figure, asking "When Will He Turn?"—likely about economic recovery or political change The cartoons collectively satirize the tension between rising costs and working-class suffering circa early 20th century. Attribution lines indicate these appeared in various newspapers including the *St. Louis Republic* and *Detroit Free Press*.