The American Issue, May 31, 1912.
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Title
The American Issue, May 31, 1912.
Subject
Prohibition newspapers employed varied tactics to convince audiences that alcohol must be abolished. This particular piece exposes distilleries’ hypocrisy. While refusing to hire union workers, they happily profited from union men drinking in their saloons. The message is clear that alcohol companies exploit their own laborers, and lying to working-class patrons while lining their own pockets.
Description
A newspaper comic displaying the outside of a distillery with a sign on a tall fence with "NO UNION LABOR NEED TO APPLY" written on it.
Two union men see this and think of their saloon where the union headquarters are located.
Below the picture has words that say "The Liquor Interests a Friend of Labor? Union Labor Man to His Friend: 'Suppose it were a shoe factory, for instance, instead of a distillery? We wouldn't buy their product, would we?' THERE IS NOT A DROP OF UNION MADE WHISKY MADE IN THE U. S."
Two union men see this and think of their saloon where the union headquarters are located.
Below the picture has words that say "The Liquor Interests a Friend of Labor? Union Labor Man to His Friend: 'Suppose it were a shoe factory, for instance, instead of a distillery? We wouldn't buy their product, would we?' THERE IS NOT A DROP OF UNION MADE WHISKY MADE IN THE U. S."
Creator
The American Issue (Westerville, Ohio)
Source
Library of Congress.
Publisher
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library, Urbana, IL
Date
May 31, 1912.
Rights
Under Public Domain.
Format
PDF
Language
English
Type
Newspaper Image with Text
Identifier
Library of Congress Control Number: sn2008060406
Coverage
Prohibition
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Newspaper Cartoon.
Physical Dimensions
8.89 × 12.97in
Files
Collection
Citation
The American Issue (Westerville, Ohio), “The American Issue, May 31, 1912.,” Visuals of Prohibition, accessed September 28, 2026, https://www.prohibition-visuals.leadr.site/items/show/1.