Illustration shows Uncle Sam in a tree, chased there by the Russian Bear which is standing at the base of the tree; Uncle Sam has dropped his rifle labeled "U.S. Duty on Russian Sugar."
Caption:
As the tariff-war must end
Uncle Sam (to Russia)
Don't shoot! I'll come down!
Source: https://www.loc.gov/resource/ppmsca.25550/
Puck, July 31, 1901
After posting an old Puck political cartoon in another comment, I thought I'd go take a look at the archive at the Library of Congress. They have high-resolution TIFF scans of a ton of them, so I thought I'd have fun skimming through them, maybe compress a couple of them as webp, and throw 'em up here.
Given that we're arguing about the merits of tariffs today, just like back when McKinley was in office and doing his tariff thing, seemed germane.
Puck is an American humor magazine that ran until 1918; I've enjoyed some of its political cartoons before.
It's a bit overwhelming to have half my home page full of them - would've been fun to have a trickle of them spread out over days. But thanks for sharing them, and especially for adding alt text for all of them!