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This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. It contains three major advertisements: 1. **Harris Oils** (top left): A standard product ad emphasizing Pennsylvania crude oil quality and 30 years' experience. 2. **Federal Motor Truck Company** (center/right): The dominant ad claims Federal trucks are scientifically proven, not experimental. It boasts 1,000 trucks in operation and cites specific examples (fire departments, paper dealers) still using original Federal trucks daily. The $1,800 price point is emphasized as including chassis and basic equipment. 3. **Kelly-Springfield Automobile Tires** (bottom): Standard tire manufacturer advertisement. The page also contains brief satirical **prose vignettes** about tariff complaints (appleblossoms, bristles, button holes), mocking businessmen's protectionist grievances during a trade dispute—likely referencing 1920s tariff debates. **No political figures or caricatures are present.** This is commercial content masquerading alongside light economic commentary.

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A LITTLE GOES A LONG WAY— and every drop counts when you use— ‘Car HAR Ri nk” OILS n Steel Made of real Pennsylvania Premium crude stock. Thoroughly _ tested. gasoline Backed by 30 years’ ex- ; Sone. | | | perience. Used by mo- gamete The Truck Triumphant Insure torists who take pride atyar |] tee aos The Federal truck has preciate QUALITY in lubricating oils. Try Hawris “OWLS. Ask [faim never been an experiment your dealer. A.W. HARRIS OIL COMPANY The Federal truck was not offered for sale until its power, its strength, DASo Water St, 14 Wabash Ave its durability, its economy, its success had been scientifically demon- : | PROVIDENCE, R.1. CHICAGO, strated. The fact that there are in operation today 1000 Federal trucks of presi- soinal Fe i 2 e scientifi di f the i i deral design demonstrates the scientific soundness of that fot Air Goldbonder National Bank, was in- the ok are ‘es | desig: en ap- clined to be non-committal at first, but original Federal design. . . ninous- finally said: The Federal was the first successful truck designed, built and sold “The situation, of course, is very by a company organized exclusively for the manufacture of trucks. short strained. The duty on appleblossoms “ ” es will has always struck me as being im- How Federal trucks have “stood up’ . ole are moderate. On the other hand, the bal- qi De hiner ofthe text five Federal pyrhelourth Federal truck sold wes bought indus- ance of trade seems to be in favor of Te ee Pedra erock ip nether in the Comany, whoare nt oni ail apcraing be un- the European powers, except in time of weno hee Se Ue lar Hoar ee truck have since bought seven more Federal | profit extreme pr which is not now the factory today. It is still averaging 75 WUCRS. never had to rebuitd « Federal. ly fol- case. At the same time, the crop indi- miles per day, carrying capacity loads, We have never had to replace a Federal. i ‘ The second Federal truck built and the ve tion of cations and the reserves are slightly first sold was bought by Beecher, Peck & We have never had a serious interruption stray feverish, which lead feve th Lewis, wholesale paper dealers, and it is of complaint of Federal service—with 1000 s iy everish, which leads me to believe that still operated daily by that company. Federals in hourly operation. v € cc fc it - d Md was bought That record is unique—also we believe, on re we are confronted by a crisis. I be. peed Regen teak ol we bought That record, ie unio nd ex- lieve, however, that the present admin- by ie be See rust cee, Bie Cases tcnted telore weretil'a ale on the istration is doing the best it knows ‘The third Federal truck sold was bought Federal and 1000 Federal owners are satis- . * . by the fire department of Tupelo, Miss., fied because we sold them a scientific suc- iff bill. how, considering that it might know and is still in operation, cess, said.” more if it had consulted me earlier, but of the still I wish to make no complaint in view of the present condition: Mr. Balmer Budger, head of the eaidiarl mania Ground Hog Stock Yards Trust, was seen working in his back garden. He rested a moment on his hoe and shook his head : “Now that’ the duty on bristles has Write for the Federal Blue Book of Traffic Jriginal e Fibre : = | ; i been removed, all hope is lost. Our c Linn. ot 2 profits have been reduced to eighteen ur of te ‘ e - p rl I l e millions a year. This spells ruin, able of all } Mr. Boombanger Buncumb, the larg- atl ‘ ‘ f est button hole manufacturer of New = Automobile Tires land, when seen yesterday sai: nents are 8 4 “T see no hope for the future when sty 4 A perfect machine {s better than an imperfect workman, A perfect workman z : e st pee ‘ : {s Better than any machine. ‘The men who make Kelly-Springheld Tires have the new tariff bill goes into effect. I ntecn years of tire making experience behind them, and important for you to know that every Kelly-Springfield Tire is made by hand. have already discharged my chauffeur rect you KELLY-SPRINGFIELD TIRE COMPANY, 225 W. Sith St. New Mork and parlor maid, and I predict that my ae $ Branch offices in New York, Chicago, Philadel phia, Boston, St. Louls, Det Cincinnaul, San Francisco, n = r | omees to [a Anatles, Cleveland, Dalioore Seattg, Alanta: Aton, 0. bundle. Boh aa mills will be closed by Saturday night, {PANY Bering Tre & Rubber Co.. Houston. thus throwing three thousand able New Orleans,La, Atkinson Tire & Supply C " : ‘ eh years Sguinera Uawe & Woodstock Co. Ltd. New Orie tt dupaty Co. bodied children under eleven years of II. R. Olmstead & Son, Syracuse, N.Y. age out of work. comicbooks.com