Life, 1911-01-19 · page 24 of 44
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**Main Content: "A Little Pointer on Meat"** This article satirizes American meat-packing monopolies and protective tariffs. The writer notes that American beef sells cheaper in England despite import duties, suggesting restrictive regulations—not tariffs alone—artificially protect domestic packers from cheaper foreign competition. The piece challenges Congress to investigate whether constituents' interests (lower food costs) are being sacrificed for packer profits. **Secondary Articles:** "Increasing Labors of Congressmen" notes that representation has grown sevenfold since 1790 (from 30,000 to 220,000 constituents per representative), yet congressional salaries have only been "raised several times"—implying inadequate compensation for increased workload. **Cartoons & Jokes:** The top illustration shows women discussing coaching (unclear specific reference). Smaller items mock exaggeration, fanaticism, and domestic absurdity—typical Life humor. **Historical Context:** This reflects Progressive Era concerns about monopolies, tariff corruption, and whether government served ordinary citizens or corporate interests.
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A Little Pointer on Meat is confidentially disclosed in the I headlines of the World and other papers that the profits of the big pack- ing houses are remarkably fat. It is asserted, too, from time to time, at American beef is sold cheaper in gland than here It is a well-known fact also that Eng- Jand S$ various meats from Australia, Africa and South America and other convenient places, which sell at prices about one-half what buyers. pay here We treat ourselves to a duty of a cert and a half a pound on meat, but it is not that that keeps out of our ports the cheap meats that go to England. It seems that it is not duties but restrictive ulations on importations artfully con- ved (like everything in the tariff) for the protection of our packer friends, that keeps those cheap meats out of our markets, Dear, dear, if the price of living stays up long cnough we shall have a lot of things. Is there no New York congress- IS THERE TOO MUCH PROFESSIONAL COACHING? man whose constituents would like to have him look into this matter of cheap meat? Increasing Labors of Congressmen I’ 1790 a Congressman represented 30,000 persons. When the reappor- tionment compelled by this year’s census has been effected, each Congressman will represent 220,000 persons. That is seven times as many as at first, and it is considerably more work to represent them, but, happily, salaries have becn raised several times since 1700. A Big One “THAT new steamer they're building is a whopper,” says the man with the shoe-button nose. “Yes.” agrees the man with the re- caleitrant hair, “but my uncle is going to build one so long that when a pas- senger gets seasick in one end of it he can go to the other end and be clear away from the storm.” F ‘ATICS starve to gots die of gout. are much alike. death while Otherwise they Philological AUD: The girls are daffy about our youngest bishop. Beatrix: Is it his mitre or his mo- tor? “WHAT'S YER IDEE IN STOPPIN’ YER WATCH AN’ KEEPIN’ THE HANDS AT SIX?” “THIN Of KNOW IT’S ALWAYS CORRECT AT ME TIME TO GET UP IN THE MORNIN’.”” comicbooks.com