Judge, 1922-05-20 · page 2 of 36
Judge — May 20, 1922 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page is primarily **promotional text for Leslie's Weekly magazine** (May 20 issue), not a political cartoon. The content satirizes **government inefficiency** by comparing overstaffed private business to the U.S. Government's bloated workforce. It criticizes the expense of maintaining unnecessary government positions, sarcastically referring to "swivel chair warmers"—bureaucrats who ostensibly do little productive work while costing taxpayers millions. The piece uses a rhetorical device: if a private stockholder wouldn't tolerate such waste, why should taxpayers accept it in government? This reflects **early 20th-century Progressive Era critiques** of government waste and inefficiency. The page then advertises Leslie's upcoming articles, including pieces on radio, treasure hunting, and current events—standard magazine promotion of the period.
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Civil Versus Swivel Service F you were a stockholder in a business and you found 140 of its employees loafing along on work that could be done by forty of them, what would you do? If you were forced to dig down into your pockets regularly to help make up a deficit in the business caused by the employment of several times as many employees as were needed, wouldn’t you want to do something about it? You would, undoubtedly; and you would be very much interested in remedying the condition without delay. Well, you are a stockholder in the United States Government and you will be intensely interested in an article by William H. Crawford in Leslie’s Weekly for May 20. You will learn something about the system that costs millions for the support of swvel chair warmers in the Government Service. It’s an article you can’t afford to miss—one that will make you think, especially when income tax payments come around. Leslie’s for May 20 bristles with absorbing features. For in- stance, there is an article called ““M¢stnformation,” by Fred C. Kelly. When you read it you probably will be surprised to know how many people around you daily are pulling unwitting “‘boners’’ that are commonly accepted as facts. Then there is a fascinating article—‘4 Real Treasure Island,” by Frank C. Bowen—in which he reveals new golden lore about Cocos Island, toward which the latest of many treasure- hunting expeditions is now headed. ““How Big Is Radio?” is the title of a timely contribution from the pen of Homer Croy, who presents fresh phases of the phenomenal craze that is sweeping the country. Also, Scammon Lockwood con- tributes another of his delightful short stories to this issue which, of course, contains the popular and helpful Jnvestment Bureau; the Radio Department, with its up-to-the-minute information for radio fans; editorials worth reading, by Samuel Hopkins Adams; and plenty of pictures of people and events at home and abroad—the kind you like to see. comicbooks.com