A moneyed perspective

The Aldrich referred to in this 1908 cartoon is powerful Sen. Nelson Aldrich of Rhode Island, (1841-1915) dubbed “The General Manager of the Nation.”

The cartoon is by John McCutcheon (1870-1949), the Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist for the Chicago Tribune, which printed his cartoons on the front page for 40 years. He was known as the “dean of American cartoonists.”