Teddy Roosevelt bears political cartoon
The man in the photo represents Theodore Rosevelt. The bear being held on a lash represents the good trusts and the dead bear symbolizes the bad trusts. Theodore Rosevelt is dressed that way because it shows that he's the dominant one in the cartoon. He's also dressed in those types of clothes to express to the audience that he's a hunter and a good one at that. The purpose of the bears being labeled "good or bad trusts" was to make it easier for the audience to understand and identify which bear was the good or bad trusts. The overall message of this cartoon was to depict the message that Theodore Rosevelt is the bad trusts hunter while also restraining the good trusts. The bears in the back are the good trusts because they represent a coming of age where there's only good trusts instead of bad trusts.