A question of duty

A question of duty. Illustration shows President Theodore Roosevelt standing next to Uncle Sam who is sitting on a stool in a US Custom House, Roosevelt has his left hand on Sam's right arm and he is gesturing to the left, toward a customs official who is inspecting the bags of a Filipino man just inside a door labeled Philippines and Prohibitive Tariff, it is locked and barred by Seventy-Five per cent of Dingley Rates; the customs official is searching for Philippine Products on which there are high rates due to the Dingley Tariff. In the background, a woman exits through a door labeled Cuba and Reciprocity and a man exits through a door labeled Porto Rico and Free Trade. Date 1903 February 4. A question of duty. Illustration shows President Theodore Roosevelt standing next to Uncle Sam who is sitting on a stool in a US Custom House, Roosevelt has his left hand on Sam's right arm and he is gesturing to the left, toward a customs official who is inspecting the bags of a Filipino man just inside a door labeled Philippines and Prohibitive Tariff, it is locked and barred by Seventy-Five per cent of Dingley Rates; the customs official is searching for Philippine Products on which there are high rates due to the Dingley Tariff. In the background, a woman exits through a door labeled Cuba and Reciprocity and a man exits through a door labeled Porto Rico and Free Trade. Date 1903 February 4

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