The inadequate shovel,c1917,World War I,WWI,Uncle Sam,Transportation,Coal Supply

Title: The inadequate shovel
Creator(s): Harding, Nelson, 1878-1944, artist
Date Created/Published: [1917 or 1918?]
Summary: Cartoon shows Uncle Sam ineffectually trying to shovel coal (using a tiny shovel labeled 'Transportation'), from a huge pile (labeled 'Coal Supply') into large barrels (labeled 'Demand') marked for Cleveland, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Chicago, and New York. Probably refers to the World War I fuel shortage during the winter of 1917/18 that was exacerbated by transportation problems. President Wilson finally moved to solve the problem by placing the railroads under the control of a Railway Administration.
Notes:
Title on verso.
(DLC/PP-1980:81.365)
Published in: Brooklyn Eagle (Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)).
mm / 860408; ljr / 970221.
Source: Current, American history, p. 603-04 ljr
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States.
Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)--1910-1920.
Transportation--United States--1910-1920.
Coal--1910-1920.
Drawings.
Editorial cartoons--American.
Bookmark /acd1996003679/PP/
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