Capitalism Cartoon

It this cartoon, there is a big guy, wearing a tag that says "capitalism". The big guy is holding a small guy, which could be a child. The child is wearing a tag that says labor. Something is falling down from the kid, which probably is money. Lastly, there are two bags, one big, and one small, the small bag says, "Profits from child labor." This political cartoon is about the issues of capitalism. It shows how the bosses and factory owners treat their labor, who work hard for them everyday, in bad conditions to make profit for the factory owners. I think he wants to show the world how some people were working and that they need to improve those working conditions.
I come to this conclusion because he made the factory owner, the capitalist, look big, mean and rough, but he made the labor look small, helpless and innocent. Also, he drew a small bag that says that its profit from child labor. It shows that he is against child labor and wants people to pay attention to this issue.
The cartoonist could have made it more clear the conditions were horrible, and he could have made the boy thinner to show how hard they work, but how little they get for their effort.

image from:http://depts.washington.edu/labhist/laborpress/images/Socialist Voice

Mid Point of Quarter 1, Reviewing Goals

My first goal was to improve my geographic knowledge. I think that I did improve a bit, I know a few more rivers, capitals, mountains, etc. but I still wish to be better at the weekly geography and yes I am two minute tune ups when it is about a city or country. My second goal was to improve my punctuation. I think I did improve in this, and my writing improved too. Another goal that I just came up with is that I need to be more descriptive, and use more vivid verbs and adjectives in my writing. I also want to get an A or A- for the first quarter. I do have an A- at the moment, which means that I fulfilled one of my goals at this moment, which is the last goal. I hope I can keep that up. As you can see, I still have to work on some of my goals, and I will do my best do complete them too.

1870's Stock market

I think that Mr. Coyle's tip number 2, you must spend money to make money, and tip number 7, a fool and his money are too soon parted, describes how the game went for me the best. I spent a lot of money and in the beginning I also made a lot of money. Later on, as one of the stocks went up really high, I thought that it couldn't go any higher up and so, i sold it. Then, when I sold it, the price went way higher up, and I lost money. This was foolish, I shouldn't have sold my best stock. The one tip I thought really worked, but I didn't really follow and which doesn't represent how the game went for me is tip number 1, buy low..... sell high. This really is the major point of selling and buying stocks. It is smart to buy stocks at a low price, and then wait for it to go up, and then sell it again. I didn't listen to this rule, thought, now I think I should have.

Net effect of the IR

Positive effects of the industrial revolution:

• It sped up production of goods
• There were more goods to choose from
• Factories were built and the amount of the produced increased
• More ideas, and material, and interchangeable parts (by: Eli Whitney)
• Education for children who can afford it
• More jobs, if not all pleasant
• Shelter
  

Negative effects of the industrial revolution:

• Increase in pollution
• Population increased, which means more people who need shelter, food, water and jobs
• Children and women started to do all the hard work
• Lower payment for hard work since so many people had to be payed now ( children and women often didn't get payed at all if the men in their family worked for the same company. If that was that was the case, only the men got payed at all, but still not very much.)
• Poverty increased
• People didn't care about the meat packers, miners, weavers, etc. because immigrants like them came in everyday, and so they were easy to replace, "get a new horse," as Janik's teacher in the movie said
  

picture from: http://filipspagnoli.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/child_labor2.jpg