Judge, 1934-03 · page 8 of 36
Judge — March 1934 — page 8: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis This page from *Judge* magazine presents political satire through two cartoons. The **upper cartoon** titled "Have you any old-fashioned Rot-Gut?" depicts a judge examining a store's shelves of bottles, satirizing Prohibition-era hypocrisy. The accompanying quotes mock various public figures (Henry Ford, William Randolph Hearst, senators, etc.) for contradictory or foolish statements about economics, finance, and social policy. The **lower cartoon**, "Is this the scatter-rug department?" shows chaos in what appears to be a department store with people and animals creating disorder. The humor likely references post-1929 economic collapse disruption—shoppers scrambling, sales signs visible—satirizing both retail pandemonium and broader societal upheaval following the stock market crash. Both cartoons critique American leadership and institutions during economic crisis.
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You’re Telling Us? DON’T make speeches—I make cars.”"—Henry Ford. “We know that money is the medium of exchange.”— William Randolph Hearst. “We cannot go back to the old ways of 1929."—Rev. H. E, Fosdick. “Even baloney is pretty good food."—Senator L. J. Dick- inson, “Tm not a sociologist."—Paul Muni. ‘em have the bars if they're gonna have booze.”— “We now know that great leaders of Finance know nothing at all about it.’ rnator Hiram Johnson “Japan is an island nation whose chief interest is in peace and prosperity."—Prince Tyesato Tokugana, “Nearly everyone has to work for a living, aiter all."— Senator L. J. Dickinson. “Our leaders in Washington are not magicians.”"—Iil- liam R. Castle, Jr. “The bankers did more to promote Communism than all the Reds."—Congressman Hamilton Fish, Jr. “For some time past I have had to stop reading.” —Her- sum of money.”"— 6 comicbooks.com