BEHIND THE PLOUGHSHARE OF CIVILIATION UNCLE SAM AS FARMER HARROWS THE PHILIPPINE FIELDS WITH THE TWIN HORSES OF JUSTICE AND HUMANITY: "UNCLE SAM, HAVING PUT HIS HAND TO THE PLOUGH, CANNOT TURN BACK." NOTE THE CHOPPED TREE TRUNK IN THE FOREGROUND, THE FENCED IN PASTURE TO THE REAR, BOTH THE TYPICAL EMBLEMS OF PROGRESS, OF THE CHRISTIAN MANDATE TO SUBDUE NATURE AND EXPLOIT ITS FULL POTENTIAL. THIS CARTOON BELONGS TO AN AMPLE GENRE WHEREIN UNCLE BRINGS PROGRESS, CIVILIZATION, TECHNOLOGY, CLEANLINESS, AND THE FRUITS OF EDUCATION TO BACKWARD LANDS--IN OTHER IMAGES HE CAN BE SEEN GIVING A SHIVERING CUBAN LAD (DEPICTED AS A BLACK PICKANINNY) A BATH WITH STRONG DISINFECTANT SOAP, OR AS "THE MYSTERIOUS GRINGO" APPEARING IN US OCCUPIED VERA CRUZ DURING THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION WITH MOP, SOAP, AND PAIL OF WATER. THE GENRE SPANS BOTH CARTOON AND PHOTOGRAPHIC ART--THE EARLY PAGES OF THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DISPLAY MANY IMAGES OF "BEFORE" AND "AFTER" EXAMPLES OF UNCLE'S (OR SOMETIMES AUNT COLUMBIA'S) BENEFACTING HAND.