Judge — August 27, 1927 — page 14: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is a political cartoon from *Judge* magazine satirizing Prohibition-era traffic and lawlessness. The image shows multiple automobiles converging on a destination marked "Canada" across a body of water, with mountains in the background. The caption "All Roads Lead to Rum" is a play on the classical phrase "All Roads Lead to Rome." The cartoon mocks how Americans circumvented Prohibition (1920-1933) by traveling to Canada to obtain alcohol illegally. The converging car routes represent the widespread practice of bootlegging and smuggling rum across the U.S.-Canada border. The satire criticizes both the futility of Prohibition enforcement and the public's widespread disregard for the law, suggesting that despite government restrictions, citizens consistently found ways to access alcohol.