I'm warning you, brother... it's sour! (untitled)
A farmer labelled "The Wolfson Group" milks a cow labelled "Capital Transit Company" into a pail marked "Unearned Dividend", while the cow warns him the milk is sour. The cartoon argues that dividends paid by the transit company were unearned; the label "unearned" is name-calling in the form of a loaded descriptor, so this is a moderate fit.
Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon
- Date
- March 1, 1953
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Washington Evening Star (cartoonist Jim Berryman)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Cartoon
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Eisenhower Administration
- Leader
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Theme
- Economy and finance
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), Records of the U.S. Senate, Jim Berryman Political Cartoons (NAID 5730852), retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
Jim Berryman, Washington Evening Star. National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the U.S. Senate, 5743174 (NAID 5743174).
Text on the object
I'M WARNING YOU, BROTHER... ...IT'S SOUR! CAPITAL TRANSIT COMPANY UNEARNED DIVIDEND THE WOLFSON GROUP JIM BERRYMAN
