The American Issue, March 6, 1914
Dublin Core
Title
The American Issue, March 6, 1914
Subject
The comic addresses family through its portrayal of a father stumbling drunkenly out of a saloon. His distraught family pleads with him to stop drinking, their visible distress highlighting the consequences of his intoxication. This scene serves as a call for government action against the alcoholism plaguing the nation. Furthermore, it suggests that inaction persists because of alcohol's financial influence. The revenue it generates corrupts politicians, preventing them from addressing this crisis even as the nation suffers.
Description
A man that signifies the government walks by a saloon and sees a commotion of a family fight from the father drinking and spending his money and time at the saloon instead of spending it with his family. The man ignores this due to the money he gets from saloons clouding his vision and morals.
Creator
The American Issue (Westerville, Ohio)
Source
Library of Congress
Publisher
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library, Urbana, IL
Date
March 6, 1914
Rights
Public Domain
Format
PDF
Language
English
Identifier
Library of Congress Control Number: sn2008060406
Coverage
Prohibition
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Newspaper Front page
Physical Dimensions
9.15 × 12.89 in
Files
Collection
Citation
The American Issue (Westerville, Ohio), “The American Issue, March 6, 1914,” Visuals of Prohibition, accessed September 28, 2026, https://prohibition-visuals.leadr.site/items/show/35.