Life, 1914-06-04 · page 12 of 52
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The cartoon titled "The Suffragette: I'LL SPEAK FOR MYSELF, JOHN!" depicts a woman confronting a man, satirizing the women's suffrage movement. The woman appears to be asserting her right to political voice independent of male representation—a direct jab at anti-suffrage arguments that women didn't need voting rights because men represented their interests. The accompanying article "Mr. Rockefeller's Protective Policy" critiques John D. Rockefeller Jr.'s labor practices in Colorado mines. The satire suggests his "protective" measures—keeping wages low and discouraging unionization—actually exploit workers while claiming to prevent unrest. The ironic tone highlights the contradiction between paternalistic corporate rhetoric and exploitative reality. Both pieces represent early 20th-century Progressive Era concerns: women's political equality and workers' rights.
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Hindu Proverbs HE quit the Fisherman, descending lower To wed the Ferryman, that Hardy Rower; But still the Washerman’s unlucky Daughter, Howe'er she tried, could never leave the Water! Shall Slanders vex the man who sees Clubs cast at none but Fruitful Trees? A Treasure-keeper, warned to let No treasure tempt me,—I am set Upon a raft where Waves are high And told to keep my garments dry! SPEED AT LIFE’S FARM Arthur Guiterman, Life’s Fresh Air Fund Inclusive of 1913, Live's Frrsn Aix Fuxo has been in operation twemy-seven years.” In that time it has expended $145,183.64 and has given a fortnight in the country to 33,751 poor city children. The Fund is supported entirely by bequests and voluntary con: tributions, which are acknowledged in this column Balance from 1913... 69 Tabby . Noves Hl Reynolds. Alfred . | proceeds id at’ Kidney of Fair Pond, Me. 9.09 A.W. H. ACW. cece. 10.00 Mrs. Austin Huntington. 5.00 WL PON. & CORN, THE FEMINIST MOVEMENT IN TURKEY Mr. Rockefeller's Protective Policy R. ROCKEFELLER, JR., declares he is conducting his Colorado mines principally to protect American workingmen. He does this by getting men for as low wages as possible and doing everything possible to keep them from forming a union for their own protection. If they find working conditions intolerable, they have the right to quit, pack up their families and goods and go to some other place where they are not wanted and where conditions are just as bad. At the same time, Mr. Rockefeller has the right to continue to protect American workingmen by importing a new set of employees from the Balkans or any other place where men can be found who will work cheap and uncomplainingly. These employees then have the right to submit or go elsewhere, while Mr. Rockefeller has the right to turn them loose on the rest of the country and import others, and so on and so on and so on until he has protected American workingmen so completely that we will all live together in peace and amity forever. The Suffragette: 1'LL SPEAK FOR MYSELF, JOHN! E.0. J. comicbooks.com