Judge — November 8, 1919 — page 10: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis of "The Force and Road of Casualty" This page presents several cartoons criticizing labor strikes and their economic consequences. The central image shows an "Alien Striker" kicking a bucket labeled "Tariff Distinctive Panacea," suggesting strikes undermine protective tariff policies. The surrounding vignettes critique strikers as obstacles to business: a "Busy American Business Man" overwhelmed by paperwork; a figure "Too Busy to See" labor concerns; and scales showing "Every Strike Puts the Market Basket Higher"—meaning strikes increase consumer prices. The bottom panel, "The Middleman Always Gets It," depicts a common man caught between labor and capital forces during strikes. The cartoons argue strikes harm ordinary citizens more than they help workers, making inflation and economic disruption the "casualties" of labor action. This reflects anti-labor sentiment common in early 20th-century Judge magazine.