The Rise and Progress of the Standard Oil Company
Publisher: Book Jungle
Published: June 4, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 156
ISBN-13: 9781594627705
Subjects: Encyclopaedias & Reference Works; Reference / General; General; Reference
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.