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This cartoon is another critique of the Republican commitment to high tariffs intended to protect American industry from foreign competition. Benjamin Harrison, the Republican presidential nominee, has set up an open-air market somewhere in Latin America. He offers a variety of products for sale—including a typewriter, canned goods, lamp, telephone, gun, box of soap, fabric, and a jug of “free whiskey”—but will only accept cash, which the Latino does not have. The cartoon’s message is that protective tariffs interrupt the normal flow of trade across national borders, leaving (in this case) Latin American countries impoverished and American products unsold. |
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