The crafty traders and the easy Indians
The crafty traders and the easy Indians. Illustration shows Joseph G. Cannon and Nelson W. Aldrich dressed as a frontiersman labeled Licensed Trader offering trinkets labeled Pauper-Competition Scare, Steady-Work Yarn, Prosperity-For-All Bluff, Campaign Promises, Protection-For-Labor Josh, and Good-Crops-Due-to-Tariff Bluff, to men dressed as Natives, getting in return furs and skins labeled Graft-for-Monopoly, Right-of-the-Few-to-Tax-the-Many, Opportunities-to-Increase-the-Cost-of-Living, and Privilege-to-Levy-Tribute-on-the-American- Home. Date 1910 January 26. The crafty traders and the easy Indians. Illustration shows Joseph G. Cannon and Nelson W. Aldrich dressed as a frontiersman labeled Licensed Trader offering trinkets labeled Pauper-Competition Scare, Steady-Work Yarn, Prosperity-For-All Bluff, Campaign Promises, Protection-For-Labor Josh, and Good-Crops-Due-to-Tariff Bluff, to men dressed as Natives, getting in return furs and skins labeled Graft-for-Monopoly, Right-of-the-Few-to-Tax-the-Many, Opportunities-to-Increase-the-Cost-of-Living, and Privilege-to-Levy-Tribute-on-the-American- Home. Date 1910 January 26
