The factory system of early 19th century caused

The factory system of early 19th century caused several changes in the way the industry was settled.

Even today, there are many discussions among authors regarding the positive and negative aspects of these changes.

There is a group that states that the factory system is one of the contributions of the industrial revolution with the beginning of rationalisation and division of work as well as the need os supervising a large number of employees.

The negative aspects mentioned by another group of authors are the denial of the human aspect with the main focus on the employer's profit through large scale production. We can use as examples the use of child labor and women being underpaid when compared to men working in similar functions.

the iconic cartoon that you are talking about is probably a man standing on top of a country with his legs spread wide. 

this cartoon suggests that europeans are powerful enough to subdue an entire continent. this was a satirical image that was drawn during the time of the colonization of the british empire in africa.

this image was inspired by the plans of the british empire to create telegraph lines all over africa promoting the further spread of its colonies through faster communication. the picture depicts the colonial mentality of the british empire in general as well as the struggle of africans to claim their own land. hope this ! (: