bound issue from May 23, 1888; Vol XXIII, no. 585. Lithographs address various topics, including: protectionism and its affect on U.S industries like iron, wood, wool, and sugar; war tariffs and sectional strife; Republican leadership and policy during 1888; convict rights, Sing Sing prison, and contract prison labor. Lithographs include "An Old Game" (title page; shows a statue resembling Vishnu and Buddha holding in each of its 4 hands: a log of wood labeled "duty on wood," a bar of iron labeled "duty iron," a bundle of wool labeled "duty wool," and a bag labeled "duty sugar." Below him, monopolists dressed as priests are placing bags of money in the statue's belly); "A Storm Ahead--It May Turn Out A Cyclone" (shows a wagon being drawn by two bucking donkeys labeled "War Tariff" and "Sectional Strife." Within the wagon are various political members including Whitelaw Reid, John G. Butler, and John Ingalls, as well as a individual labeled "Dynamiter, Patford." The wagon is riding "To Chicago," a misty figure is seen in a cloud formation labeled "Gresham." On the wagon are various boxes, barrels, and weapons); "Another Victory for 'Honest Labor'" (shows a dapperly dressed individual with a ornate cane, top hat, cigar, and flashy jewelry being led away from Sing Sing prison by a prison warden. In the warden's hand is a long letter stating "contract prison labor has been abolished and no appropriations have been made by the legislature for the support of idle prisoners..." Behind them, a prisoner is seen in his cell)
