The Rise and Progress of the Standard Oil Company
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Published: January 11, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9781432603038
Subjects: Business & Economics / Infrastructure; Infrastructure; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics
First sentence: THE rise and progress of the Standard Oil Company, from its inception in 1865 till its control, in 1878, of ninety-five per cent. of the oil business of the United States, has presented itself to different critics in somewhat different characters; certain conservative writers think it was largely the result of discriminations in freight rates, extorted by more or less questionable practices from the easy virtue of the railroads.