Shucks Henry! You've never seen a bumper crop (NARA title: The Sower)
A figure labelled Hopkins, in farmer's straw hat and neckerchief, runs across a map arrow marked "The South" scattering banknotes and coins from a bag marked "WPA". A figure labelled Wallace sits on a fence holding "Wheat Crop Reports". The cartoon casts Hopkins's relief spending as a harvest and uses farmer dress and talk for its humour; plain-folks is a weak fit, since the costume is a visual metaphor rather than an appeal.
Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon
- Date
- July 18, 1938
- Period
- Interwar
- Made by
- Washington Evening Star (cartoonist Jim Berryman)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Cartoon
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- Economy and finance, Labor
- Event
- Works Progress Administration
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- 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, 5743110 (NAID 5743110).
Text on the object
SHUCKS HENRY! YOU'VE NEVER SEEN A BUMPER CROP! WAIT 'TIL YOU GET A LOOK AT THIS BEAUTY! WHEAT CROP REPORTS WALLACE HOPKINS WPA THE SOUTH Jim Berryman
