Valdez daily prospector., 1912-01-09
A STRIKING CARTOON.

hHClcilI Hlcllipu ol picture WTlI- , ing brought to prrfcctium Thou sands of years ago, the same method was employed to acquainl future inhabitants of the earth of the follics and fOiblcs as well as the hcr0icS of the ancicntS.
 The cartOonist of today, with a few strokes of his pen, tells a story which even the clcvrrcsL writers fail to make clear with columns of space: This is ably illustrated in The World Today magazine, for December. It con- tains a cartoon drawn by the eel ebrGted artist, Homer Davenport. This artists work is known the world over, but he is best known as the man who killed the polit- ical aspirations of Mark Hanna. Everyone remembers the famous 5 suit with which he clothed the Republican ring boss. Daven- ports cartoons did the work which writers had failed io ac- Complish.
 The drawing referred tO is d satire on the recent decision of the Surpcmr court ordering the dissolution of the Tobacco trust as an illegal combination under the Sherman antitrust law. When the trust was compelled to dis band as a giant corporation. four new corporations, each taking a section of inc country as it's ter rltory, and having as SiOckhOld- "rS those who were interested in the illegal trust, were organized.
 There arc four characters in lhe Skrtch--lhc trust, the su- premr court, Unclr Sam and in dependent dealer. The trust is depictcd as great, hairy giant smoking four cigars at once by means of a cigar holder fashion rd after a fork. Each cigar is designated as being one of the new corporations as organized after the trust had hiSbandcd. The ci- gar holder is styled the New Lc- gal Tobacco Trust Cigar lIOldrr-- as specially provided hy care fully selected supreme court. Ap- proved and endorsed by the high est Financial circles. A IruSi- worthy article. II looks good lO the public and feels good lp the trusts. No "pprCSSiN" cnmbina- tiOn can afford io br without 0n... Apply to George w. WirkrrSham. general agent"
 Tn" iruSI is thanking Uncle Sam for supplying hIn with the legal holder and assures him that he finds il just as easy In Smok" four cigars as h" did one big one under the old arran grI,IcnI. Ilr feels safer. as hr can now du tn" things legally which he f"arrd would rauSr trouble for him be- lore the decision Was rendered. The members of the supreme court are shown tO br fast asleep. Their decision has not been fol- lowed by an outcry from the trust and they have doZrd oT with clear conscience. Uncle Sam, however, does not appear to be satisfied, and wears q worried look as he nervously pulls at his whiSkrrS. He is evidently won dering how hr can turi the i'm menSe strength of the brute be- fore him to advantage without de- str0ying his usefulness. The in- dependent dcalcr--an cmaciated, bespecklcd individual, ignored by all the other occupants of the room, is smOIhering in the cloud of smoke emitted from the mouth of the giant.
 The same issue of the maga- zine contains a defense of the ad- minisiraiion's policy. as applied to the correction of trusts, by AL torncy General Wickcrsham. The failure of the sherman antitrust law as q treasure iO correct the abuse of power by the trusts are set forth by such men as William Randolph Hearst, Samuel Untcr- mycr, Louis D. Brandies and AL der 1T. Walkcr--the latter a re- cognizCd authority on constiIu- tional law.
 The articles arc well worth reading, but the writers arc un- able to emphasize their points as does the sketch by MT. Davenport.