Life, 1908-03-05 · page 9 of 36
Life — March 5, 1908 — page 9: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from Life magazine (copyright 1908) contains political commentary about a petition regarding Captain Ill-Starred and imprisoned crew members of the steamboat General Slocum. The text discusses whether boat owners—who profited from the vessel—will sign a petition to President Roosevelt for pardons of those imprisoned for ten years in connection with the General Slocum disaster. The satirical point critiques the hypocrisy of wealthy owners potentially refusing to support their employees' release. The accompanying dramatic photograph shows an interior scene, likely depicting the petition or related legal proceeding. The "Unto Him That Hath Shall Be Given" headline suggests commentary on economic inequality and how the wealthy escape consequences while working-class people suffer imprisonment.
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UCH of a reader? Some. Novels? Seldom. Newspapers ? At times. What’s your regular diet? The President’s speeches and messages. Read them all? All. Can I lend you a book ? Thanks, no; haven’t time. million words behind. I'm eight “UNTO HIM THAT HATH SHALL BE GIVEN A Joke on a Captain Masters, Mates and Pilots to Send a Petition to the President A PETITION to President Roosevelt is to be circulated praying for the pardon of Capt. William H. Van Schaick, who was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment for criminal negligence in connection with the burning of the steamboat General Slocum. Will this petition be signed by the owners who made money out of the old boat and who are not going to prison? Will it be signed by the clever in- spectors who are also out of prison? These are confusing times for that classic lady with a bandage over one eye. Widespread F PEACE is costing us a good dcal, just now, we have it to bear in mind that prices generally are up in flush times. Ina period of depression peace probably wouldn’t come so high, by two or three practice cruises a year, at least, if not by as muchasa demonstration in the Pacific. Peace, foodstuffs, opera, all the staples, in fact, are similarly affected. comicbooks.com