Life, 1913-07-03 · page 41 of 48
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This page contains two distinct elements: **Top Section - Political Editorial:** A cartoon titled "The Power Behind the Throne" depicts a shadowy figure controlling a puppet-like politician. It accompanies commentary on child labor in Alabama cotton mills, quoting gubernatorial candidate J.H. Wallace Jr.'s condemnation of exploitation. The satire suggests that while politicians speak against child labor abuses, the economic forces ("the power behind the throne") perpetuating these conditions remain unchecked. The cartoon critiques the gap between political rhetoric and actual reform. **Lower Sections - Advertisements:** These are unrelated to the political content—promoting Wolf's Head Oil lubricant and Chartreuse liqueur, plus a brief humorous anecdote about a printing error ("matrons" instead of "patrons" in an advertisement). The editorial juxtaposes genuine social outrage about child exploitation with commercial advertisements, reflecting the magazine's dual nature as both satirical commentary and advertising vehicle.
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THE POWER BEMIND THE THROWN 4 In Alabama (Since Lire began calling attention to the condition of the children in Ala- tama many critics of our statements have ¢ome forward from that State, and while none of them has succeeded in disproving the facts they have attempted to belittle the situation. Yet the fol- lowing statement about the Cotton Mill Children by J. H. Wallace, Jr., a candi- date for Governor, would seem to indi- cate that the condition of the chil Alabama is not exactly what it be.) . “The ranks of these little mountain children are being drawn on to recruit the forces of the cotton mill employees of this country, Within the suffocating confines of these mills, their little bodies, their brain, their brawn, are being ground down by the capital that re- lentlessly filches its fortune from the blood, the sinew, .the spirit and some- times the very life of the nation’s neglected American children! “TI would save them from their living No manufacturer can build a poor-oil proof car Poor oil is abusing more good cars to-day than any other form of misuse. That’s why leading motor manufacturers are vigorously advising the use of Wolf’s Head Oil. Here are some of the famous manufacturers who already use or advise the use of Wolf’s Head Oil Scripps Motor Co. Silent Knight Daimler iV inne Mid 4 Meter Co. Reliance Motor Weckler-Fasber Beat Co. Filield Brothers Insist on Wolf’s Head Oil in the Original Sealed Cans Write Us for Booklet Giving Advice of Motor Manufacturers, WOLVERINE LUBRICANTS CO., 76 BROAD STREET, NEW YORK Branches: Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington, Boston, Utica, Buffalo, Pittsburgh TERRITORIAL AGENCIES: San Francisco E OZBURN AUTO SUPPLY CO. Memphis, Tenn, W. P. FULLER & CO. TH THE EQUIPMENT CO. - - Kansas City, Mo. BUNT SONS CO al and few Zatand it, Mich. Michiean, Northern Ohio’ and Northern lettenee” SOUTHERN HARDWARE & WOODSTOCK C CANAD N FAIRBANKS: MORSE CO., Limited, Mon- New Orlea: oat Sapade, OGDEN PAINT, OIL & GLASS CO, - Ogden, Utah ARTHUR STORZ AUTO . = Omaha, . AVARS iL WORKS a ik aes Get ES: ELYEA-AUSTELL CO. - - + Atlanta, Ga. HAS STOOD THE TEST OF AGES AND IS STILL THE FINEST CORDIAL EXTANT At Gret-class Wine Merchants, Grocers, Hotels, Cafes. Batjer & Co., 45 Broadway, jew York, N. Y. Sole Agents for United States, death within the nerve-racking clash and din of their cotton mill prisons. It is an ovtrage that rapacious money- kings, many of them alicns of Alabama, be permitted to pile up their millions upon the blighted lives and wrecked possibilities of our pure-blooded Ameri- can children, who are but slaves to their voracious task-masters; this bane- ful practice must and shall be stopped !” Aw angry advertiser rushed into the office of a provincial paper recently and shouted : “See here, our ad. ought to read, ‘Thousands of patrons are wearing trousers of our make.’” The foreman of the composing-room looked up and weakly said, “ Well?” The irate advertiser threw down a copy of the paper containing the ad. The compositor had made it “ matrons.” —Tit-Bits. comicbooks.com