Rating
Title	New recruits.
Creator	Darling, Jay N. (Jay Norwood), 1876-1962
Date Original	1912-12-08
Contained Text	Ananias Club; Right this way, gents; $10,000,000 iron mine; Merritt; John D.; Bro. Gates
Note	In 1890, Leonidas and Alfred Merritt began a successful mining operation at the Mesaba Iron Range in Minnesota. They borrowed money in order to fund their operations, and before long, the Merritts' creditors demanded repayment of their loans. The cash-poor Merritts turned to industrialist John D. Rockefeller, who agreed to help in return for a significant interest in the Merritts' company, and the brothers were virtually forced to accept. Unfortunately for the Merritts, their stock did not hold its value and, in 1894 the Merritts had to sell off their remaining shares to Rockefeller. The Merritts tried to sue Rockefeller for fraud, but, in the end, the whole family only got $1,000,000, enough just to pay off their creditors.
Subject - Topics	Plunder Profiteering Capitalists and financiers
Subject - People	Merritt, Leonidas Gates, Frederick T. Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937 Merritt, Alfred
Subject - Depictions	Biblical allusions Capitalists
Chronological Subject	1910-1920
Type (DCMIType)	Still image
Type (AAT)	Editorial cartoons Clippings
Digital Collection	Des Moines Register Cartoonists Editorial Cartoons of J.N. "Ding" Darling
Contributing Institution	University of Iowa Libraries. Special Collections Dept. J.N. "Ding" Darling Foundation
Archival Collection	Jay N. Darling papers
Collection Identifier	MSC0170
Collection Guide	http://lib.uiowa.edu/collguides/?MSC0170
Original Publication Source	New York Globe
Rights Management	Copyright is owned by the "Ding" Darling Wildlife Society; it is administered on behalf of the Society by The University of Iowa. While use within the classroom is encouraged without specific authorization, publishing this cartoon in any format requires written permission. See policy and permissions procedure at: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/services/dingdarling_fees.html
Contact Information	Contact the Special Collections Department at The University of Iowa Libraries: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/contact
Identifier	12xxxxb-I
Language	English
Digital Format	jpeg

Find results with:

Searching collections:

Home New recruits.

New recruits.

Description

Tags

Comments