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"He pointed out how it's our depression, not just yours and mine."
"He pointed out how it's our depression, not just yours and mine."

"He pointed out how it's our depression, not just yours and mine."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1933
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 11 × 9 5/8 in. (27.9 × 24.4 cm) Sheet: 11 × 9 5/8 in. (27.9 × 24.4 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.2001
"Now look - International has a net quick of $15 per share. Its market price is $10, book is $36.65. Our net quick is $8; our book is$22, and at market we are selling for $25. So to start with we offer them one share of ours for two of theirs. That's five bucks premium. Can they turn it down? So they turn it down. Then we say, O.K., we'll buy the assets. We'll give you $1 million for your plant, which stands at $3,900,000 net. That wipes out all the water, gives them a fine tax carry-back. Then we give them 80 per cent of net inventory and accounts receivable - that's another $4 million. Another nice tax loss for them. So we pay 'em $5 million. There's nothing complicated about this except - say, where do we get the turn-around money"
"Now look - International has a net quick of $15 per share. Its market price is $10, book is $36.65. Our net quick is $8; our book is$22, and at market we are selling for $25. So to start with we offer them one share of ours for two of theirs. That's five bucks premium. Can they turn it down? So they turn it down. Then we say, O.K., we'll buy the assets. We'll give you $1 million for your plant, which stands at $3,900,000 net. That wipes out all the water, gives them a fine tax carry-back. Then we give them 80 per cent of net inventory and accounts receivable - that's another $4 million. Another nice tax loss for them. So we pay 'em $5 million. There's nothing complicated about this except - say, where do we get the turn-around money"
Alan Dunn
1954
"Don't worry. It's perfectly safe if used as directed. Just don't breathe the vapor or spraymist, avoid contact with the skin, keep the mist from your eyes, do not spray near a fire or open flame, store under a hundred and twenty degrees and out of the sun's rays, keep the can out of reach of children, and do not incinerate or puncture."
"Don't worry. It's perfectly safe if used as directed. Just don't breathe the vapor or spraymist, avoid contact with the skin, keep the mist from your eyes, do not spray near a fire or open flame, store under a hundred and twenty degrees and out of the sun's rays, keep the can out of reach of children, and do not incinerate or puncture."
Alan Dunn
c 1966
"One other thing: Keep that man of yours out o' my territory!"
"One other thing: Keep that man of yours out o' my territory!"
Alan Dunn
1929
"I'm telling you for the last time, Harwick. It's none of your business how much it costs the taxpayers. Your job is to find that gun."
"I'm telling you for the last time, Harwick. It's none of your business how much it costs the taxpayers. Your job is to find that gun."
Alan Dunn
1941
"It's not a demotion, Bill. Cresap, McCormick and Paget just don't think our controller should be handling public relations."
"It's not a demotion, Bill. Cresap, McCormick and Paget just don't think our controller should be handling public relations."
Alan Dunn
1955
"It's sheer, unadulterated sex, and we're all for it. Now to make our lawyers happy, would it cramp your style to work in a little material of redeeming social importance?"
"It's sheer, unadulterated sex, and we're all for it. Now to make our lawyers happy, would it cramp your style to work in a little material of redeeming social importance?"
Alan Dunn
1966
"It's our Oliver, calling from Wesleyan. He wants a greater voice in something."
"It's our Oliver, calling from Wesleyan. He wants a greater voice in something."
Alan Dunn
1967
"Personally, I don't see any reason to be afraid of another depression, not with all the know-how we've got."
"Personally, I don't see any reason to be afraid of another depression, not with all the know-how we've got."
Alan Dunn
1947
"Its a nice little retreat in the Adirondacks where the local power company has kilowatts running out of its ears."
"Its a nice little retreat in the Adirondacks where the local power company has kilowatts running out of its ears."
Alan Dunn
1973
"How about our delivering a State of the Solar System message before Nixon gets to thinking he's everybody?"
"How about our delivering a State of the Solar System message before Nixon gets to thinking he's everybody?"
Alan Dunn
1970
"He still carries her bullet in his body. That's how he can tell when it's going to rain."
"He still carries her bullet in his body. That's how he can tell when it's going to rain."
Mary Petty
1937
"Oh dear - instead of your great-great aunt Polly I seem to be in touch with three spirits with little pointed heads."
"Oh dear - instead of your great-great aunt Polly I seem to be in touch with three spirits with little pointed heads."
Alan Dunn
1960