Preview
Publisher
Grand Forks Herald
Identification #
OGLMC 390
Creation Date
8-26-1962
Description
Cartoon depicts "The Farmer" sitting in a jail cell with a ballot for the 1962 Wheat Referendum. The ballot has one choice "Extend Your Own Sentence! Vote Yes!" On the Farmers ankle is a ball and chain, "Controls." The Senate began debates over the Farm Bill, including a measure that calls for stiff controls over wheat production.
Subject
Cartoons (Commentary); Political cartoons
Rights
Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota
Keywords
Farmers, Wheat Referendum, Controls, Farm Bill, Ballot, Farmers, Referendum, Wheat trade--Law and legislation, Leg irons, Prisoners, Agriculture and state