Try your strength, gents!. Illustration shows a man representing big business exhorting two men labeled Trusts to test their strength by hitting a peg shaped like a man labeled Consumer with a large mallet labeled Tariff; Joseph G. Cannon is standing to the left, pointing a baton at the consumer, showing the man with the mallet where to strike. The top of the tower, where the bell hangs, is labeled Profits. The US Capitol is just beyond the trees, in the background. Date 1909 May 12. Try your strength, gents!. Illustration shows a man representing big business exhorting two men labeled Trusts to test their strength by hitting a peg shaped like a man labeled Consumer with a large mallet labeled Tariff; Joseph G. Cannon is standing to the left, pointing a baton at the consumer, showing the man with the mallet where to strike. The top of the tower, where the bell hangs, is labeled Profits. The US Capitol is just beyond the trees, in the background. Date 1909 May 12.