THE ROBBER BARONS

Several rogues, Jay Gould labeled "R. Road Monopolist", William H. Vanderbilt labeled "Corporations", Cyrus W. Field labeled "Telegraph Monopoly", Russell Sage labeled "Stock Jobbing", and George M. Robeson labeled "Congress", robbing a "Tax Payer" of his "Income" (Robeson/Congress strangling him with "Unjust Tax").  Others help themselves to his "Products of Honest Labor", with Vanderbilt directing some carrying bags labeled "Plunder" and "Gains" up steps labeled "Tax Steals, Land Grants, Friendly Judges, Lobbyism, [and] Public Apathy" leading to a large building labeled "Castle Monopoly. 


 A jousting tournament takes place between an oversized knight riding horse-shaped armor labeled "Monopoly" over a locomotive, with a long plume labeled "Arrogance", carrying a shield labeled "Corruption of the Legislature" and a lance labeled "Subsidized Press."  A barefoot man labeled "Labor" rides an emaciated horse labeled "Poverty", carrying a sledgehammer labeled "Strike." Seating is "Reserved for Capitalists;" Cyrus W. Field, William H. Vanderbilt, John Roach, Jay Gould, and Russell Sage. Behind the labor section, are telegraph lines flying monopoly banners labeled "Wall St., and N.Y.C. RR".