CARTOON - FINANCIAL RETURN

Scene of women in an office lined along the right wall, all but one of these woman represents an Australian states and has the state written on them. WA is the first woman in the line and she is bending over looking at a woman in the background sitting down at a typewriter on a desk. The last two women are in fact men in women's clothing, the first is an old man with no state markings, the other represents NSW. In the foreground on left side is a man sitting at a desk, raising a hand to adjust his glasses. He is wearing a suit with a bow tie covered in stars and a vertically stripped vest. Together they represent the American flag. On the desk in front of the man are two books with the titles [CENT / PER / CEN] and [DOLLARS / AND / DIMES]. On the right wall behind the women is written [MONEY LENT ON / GOOD SECURITY / U.S.A]
Ben Strange signature bottom left corner.
The cartoon was published in the Western Mail on 20 October 1921 with the caption:
“UNCLE” SAM.
The London “Financial News” welcomes Sir Joseph Cook’s announcement that the Commonwealth loan for £5,000,000 will be floated in London. It says: - “Neither the Commonwealth nor the State Government are tied to London. It is open to them to borrow elsewhere on better terms if they can. The Queensland loan which was floated in New York was the most expensive Australian issue yet contracted.” (Cable.)
SAM: “WAL, I GUESS THIS ISS GOOT PISINESS.” JOEY COOK: “COME OUT OF THIS. YOUR IN THE WRONG SHOP.