Forced to peddle, though he is rich. And this humiliating state of affairs will continue until Congress regains its reason and gives him a sensible financial system. political cartoon, 1896.
Forced to peddle, though he is rich. And this humiliating state of affairs will continue until Congress regains its reason and gives him a sensible financial system. Uncle Sam as a peddler offering "Bonds Sold For Gold" on a snowy street where he encounters a diminutive figure labeled "Canada" holding a paper labeled "Sound Currency System", she points to Uncle Sam's bag of "Silver"; standing on balconies labeled "England - Sound Currency System", France - Sound Financial System", Austria - Sound Financial Policy", Russia - Sound Financial Policy", and Germany - Sound Currency System" are the Prime Minister of Great Britain, Lord Salisbury, the President of France, Felix Faure, the Emperor of Austria, Franz Joseph I, the Emperor of Russia, Nicholas II, and the German Emperor, William II, and standing on an unmarked balcony is the King of Italy, Umberto I.
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