"Goods will be so much cheaper"--Democratic argument. But what will become of all the American industries?
Full-page cartoon from Judge, 22 September 1888. A giant top-hatted figure stands at a door marked "Protection" from which a flood labelled "European pauper manufactures" pours over a valley of factories labelled "American factory"; the caption quotes the Democratic argument and asks what becomes of American industries. The flood is staged as imminent harm (fear-appeal) and "pauper" is a loaded label for European goods (name-calling). It argues the Republican position and is grouped on that side.
- Date
- September 22, 1888
- Period
- Pre-1914
- Made by
- Victor Gillam (signed "Victor"); Judge, New York
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Cartoon
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Cleveland Administration
- Leader
- Grover Cleveland
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Event
- 1888 US Election
- Techniques
- Fear appealName-calling
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Library of Congress, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain by age (published 1888); LOC rights advisory: No known restrictions on publication
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.
Text on the object
Judge / PROTECTION / EUROPEAN PAUPER MANUFACTURES / AMERICAN FACTORY [on several buildings] / "GOODS WILL BE SO MUCH CHEAPER."--Democratic Argument. / But what will become of all the American Industries?
