"In 1905, Winnipeg printers took part in an international campaign for shorters hours. Print shop owners, members of the United Typothetae of America, fought bitterly against this, even sponsoring personally conducted printers' tours to Canada in hopes of luring strikebreakers from Britain. But the printers won." (Doug Smith, Let Us Rise)

The cartooon depicts the battle between the gallant ITU figure on the left of the cartoon, and the rather ineffectual Typothetae figure on the right of the cartoon. The flag of the 8-hour day can not be stopped from reaching the top in the cartoon.