Judge — December 22, 1923 — page 20: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This cartoon satirizes wartime food production and marketing. A chef prepares a goose while surrounded by various packaged goods labeled with terms like "TAX REDUCTION," "FINE MARKETING," and what appears to be financial or political incentives. The visible ingredients and containers suggest the "stuffing" of the goose represents artificially inflating prices or profits through marketing tactics and tax policies rather than genuine value. The cartoon critiques how businesses use patriotic messaging (the Christmas goose as a holiday staple) and government policies to justify higher consumer costs. It's a commentary on wartime profiteering and how corporations "stuff" products with hidden costs disguised as necessary measures. The exaggerated chef character emphasizes the absurdity of the practice.