Judge — November 15, 1919 — page 22: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This Judge magazine page satirizes labor strikes, circa 1919. The cartoons depict strikes as chaotic destruction—a cauldron of "toil and trouble" (Shakespeare's *Macbeth* reference), wrecked machinery, and damaged property. The "Damages!" cartoon shows industrial devastation; "We Can't Hold This Pose Long" shows strikers as burdensome weight; "Blocking the Path" depicts strikes as obstacles to normalcy. The newspaper attributions (St. Louis Republic, Los Angeles Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, etc.) suggest these were reprinted editorial cartoons reflecting widespread anti-strike sentiment. The cartoons present strikes as inherently destructive and unreasonable rather than addressing workers' legitimate grievances—a common elite perspective during the post-WWI strike wave.