President Thomas's little joke

President Thomas's little joke. Illustration shows a vignette cartoon with at center a group of six men, among them John D. Rockefeller and EB Thomas, warming themselves by a stove labeled Standard Oil; the vignette at bottom left shows Andrew Carnegie burning US Steel Bonds and Charles Schwab attempting to burn Steel Common stocks, on the right is Chauncey Depew burning speeches; on the middle left is a tramp resting against a haystack in the warm sun, on the right is William Jennings Bryan generating hot air while speaking to a group of farmers; and on the top left is a family burning the furniture in a fireplace, and on the right is EB Thomas sitting in front of a fireplace where a lump of Radium is warming the room. Date 1904 June 22. President Thomas's little joke. Illustration shows a vignette cartoon with at center a group of six men, among them John D. Rockefeller and EB Thomas, warming themselves by a stove labeled Standard Oil; the vignette at bottom left shows Andrew Carnegie burning US Steel Bonds and Charles Schwab attempting to burn Steel Common stocks, on the right is Chauncey Depew burning speeches; on the middle left is a tramp resting against a haystack in the warm sun, on the right is William Jennings Bryan generating hot air while speaking to a group of farmers; and on the top left is a family burning the furniture in a fireplace, and on the right is EB Thomas sitting in front of a fireplace where a lump of Radium is warming the room. Date 1904 June 22

Attempting Bonds Burn Carnegie Chauncey Depew Generating Haystack Jennings Joke Labeled Lump Puck Radium Rockefeller Schwab Speeches Stocks Stove Themselves Tramp Vignette Warming

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