Before the Trojan Horse,Puzzled Citizen,Missouri,Octopus,Standard Oil,1909

Title: Before the Trojan horse is admitted the puzzled citizen will have to be shown a little more fully
Creator(s): Bradley, Luther Daniels, 1853-1917, artist
Date Created/Published: 1909 Feb. 3 [publication date]
Summary: A worried man dressed as a farmer, labeled 'The Puzzled Citizen,' scratches his head while standing near a box marked '$' near the doorway of a barn marked 'Missouri.' He is confronted by an octopus symbolizing Standard Oil and its subsidiaries, bent into the shape of a Trojan horse. The octopus's head, marked with the words 'Same Old Contortionist,' peers out furtively from a box that forms the body of the horse. The box is marked with word 'Partnership' and is tagged 'Please Take Me In.'
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Signed, lower left: Bradley.
Bequest and gift; Caroline and Erwin Swann; 1977; (DLC/PP-1977:215.59)
In March, 1905, the State of Missouri brought suit against John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil conglomerate for operating in violation of its anti-trust laws. A motion was introduced to cancel Standard's licenses, thereby prohibiting three of the company's subsidiaries (Waters-Pierce Oil Co., Standard Oil of Indiana, and Republic Oil Co.) from conducting business in the state. In an effort to thwart the motion, defending attorneys filed a proposal on February 2, 1909 (the day before publication of this cartoon) suggesting that Standard and Missouri form a corporation to administer the oil company's holdings. This unprecedented concept, put forth by a corporation known for its secrecy, aroused the suspicions of state officials and the press. Bradley expresses his own skepticism in this cartoon.
Published in: Chicago Daily News, February 3, 1909.
Subjects:
Standard Oil Company--1900-1910.
Industrial trusts--Missouri--1900-1910.
Octopuses--1900-1910.
Petroleum industry--Missouri--1900-1910.
Trojan horses--1900-1910.
Drawings--American--1900-1910.
Editorial cartoons--American--1900-1910.
Periodical illustrations--American--1900-1910.
Bookmark /2009616338/
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