PARABLE ON POPULISM

L. FRANK BAUM

SILVER QUESTION

FARMERS DEMAND GOVT COIN SILVER MONEY TO INFLATE CURRENCY & RAISE FARM PRICES

FARM

DEADLY ENVIRONMENT

NATURE IMPERSONAL

BLEAK, LONELY, ISOLATED

TORNADO

POPULISM ROARING IN FROM WEST

DOROTHY

EVERYMAN

LEVELHEADED, HUMAN, GOOD

THINKS OF OTHERS

SCARECROW

FARMERS

IGNORANT

IRRATIONAL

MUDDLE-HEADED

TIN WOODSMAN

LABOR BECOMING MACHINES

LOST MOST HUMAN SENTIMENT: LOVE

COWARDLY LION

WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

“MORE BARK THAN BITE”

WIZARD

PRESIDENTS GRANT TO McKINLEY

EVERYTHING TO EVERYONE

LAND OF OZ

WASHINGTON, DC

“MAGIC OASIS”

TOTO

PROHIBITION

“TEETOTALER”

WINGED MONKEYS

INDIANS

GOOD OR BAD DEPENDS UPON WHOSE INFLUENCE

YELLOW WINKIES

PHILLIPINE PEOPLE

ASIAN IMMIGRANTS

MUNCHKINS

SLAVERY

GENERAL PUBLIC: CHILDLIKE, NAIVE

WICKED WITCH OF WEST

RAILROAD BARONS

BAD FORCES OF NATURE

“NO PLACE LIKE HOME”