Cartoon drawn during henry george's unsuccessful 1886 campaign for mayor of new york. It depicts the temptation of henry george's promises to a working man. Mephistopheles, wearing a hat of "anarchism," points the man away from his workbench and toward the angelic figure of henry george and his "horn of promises. " spilling from the horn are "free land," "no taxes," "free beer," "no work," and "free everything except anarchist assessments," among others. Using a quill of "journalistic agitation," the devil pens a "pledge to anarchy — soul and body" from the man's blood. George is standing on top of the head jay gould, the railroad magnate. The cartoon is captioned "the mephistopheles of today — honest labor's temptation. ". Date: 20 October 1886.
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