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title: '"The Proposed Concession to Cuba" (Puck cover, 26 March 1902)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/proposed-concession-to-cuba-puck-1902/
description: Uncle Sam offers a young woman marked 'Cuba' a plate holding a small egg marked '20%' for a cut in the tariff on Cuban sugar.
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# "The Proposed Concession to Cuba" (Puck cover, 26 March 1902)

Uncle Sam offers a young woman marked 'Cuba' a plate holding a small egg marked '20%' for a cut in the tariff on Cuban sugar, as an American sugar grower behind them rages that the egg is too large. The tell: both complaints are shown, and only the two with something to lose are given voices.

Puck ran this cover on 26 March 1902, during debate over a proposal to cut the duty on Cuban sugar by 20 percent. Uncle Sam offers a young woman marked 'Cuba' a plate holding a small egg marked '20%', while an American sugar grower behind them rages that the egg is too large. Card stacking is tagged: the scene gives voice only to the two parties with something to lose. The cartoon sides with the offer, not with the grower.

## Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon

[Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/)

## Full record

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[← De politieke heksenkeuken (The Political Witches' Kitchen)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/politieke-heksenkeuken-1901/) ["Kill Every One Over Ten" (New York Evening Journal, 1902) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/kill-every-one-over-ten-1902/)

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