The Wasp — 1879 — page 276: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This political cartoon depicts laborers loading hay or grain into a cart, with dramatic visual emphasis on the abundance of the harvest. The title "HAS MOST" appears at the bottom. The satire likely comments on **wealth distribution or agricultural production during a period of economic inequality**. The cartoon seems to suggest that while workers are laboring strenuously to gather the harvest, the actual ownership or benefit of that abundance goes elsewhere—presumably to wealthy landowners or industrialists who "have most." The exaggerated musculature and effort of the workers contrasts with their apparent lack of control over the product, typical of *The Wasp's* critical stance toward labor exploitation and class disparity in late 19th/early 20th-century America.