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Cuban Gordian-Knot.

Cuban Gordian-Knot 1902. Cartoon shows Theodore Roosevelt and Republican House Majority Leader Sereno Payne tightening a knot in a cord "Tariff Law 1897 paragraph 209 16 Dutch" around the waist of a man "Cuba" holding a "cane knife."  On the right, the cord is cut into money by the head of the American Sugar Refining Company, Henry O Havemeyer.  The money falls into bags labelled "Sugar Trust Profits".
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Title:
Cuban Gordian-Knot.
Caption:
Cuban Gordian-Knot 1902. Cartoon shows Theodore Roosevelt and Republican House Majority Leader Sereno Payne tightening a knot in a cord "Tariff Law 1897 paragraph 209 16 Dutch" around the waist of a man "Cuba" holding a "cane knife." On the right, the cord is cut into money by the head of the American Sugar Refining Company, Henry O Havemeyer. The money falls into bags labelled "Sugar Trust Profits".
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Album / Universal Images Group / Universal History Archive \ UIG
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Image size:
5100 x 3002 px | 43.8 MB
Print size:
43.2 x 25.4 cm | 17.0 x 10.0 in (300 dpi)