"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
- Date
- March 26, 1902
- Period
- Pre-1914
- Made by
- Puck (Keppler & Schwarzmann, New York)
Full record
Region, Country, Medium, Issuer type, Regime, Leader, Audience, Purpose, Themes, Event, Source, Rights
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Cartoon
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Theodore Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- Empire and colonialism, Economy and finance
- Event
- US Occupation of Cuba
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, retrieved October 10, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (published 1902, before 1931); LoC: no known restrictions on publication
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LCCN 2010651576. "The Proposed Concession to Cuba" (Puck cover, 26 March 1902)
