Sleeping beauty

Illustration shows Uncle Sam as a sleeping Swiss guard of the "Public Funds", being overtaken by trees and cobwebs, two dogs are also asleep at this feet. A building on the right labeled "Public Funds" is being overgrown by a tree labeled "Corruption" with spreading limbs labeled "National, State, [and] City", a snake labeled "Lobbyism" hangs from the branches; rats flee with coins from its coffers. Two spiders labeled "Graft" and "Bossism" ply the webs, a tree on the left is labeled "Ring Rule", and an alligator labeled "Greed" prowls the foreground among tree roots labeled "Dead Conscience". In the background, a vulture labeled "Monoply" keeps an eye on a candlelight vigil by a person labeled "Dead Letter Laws" for a female figure labeled "Honesty"; the candle glows with "Hope".