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from:
http://www.history.rochester.edu/fuels/tarbell/MAIN.HTM
http://www.history.rochester.edu/fuels/tarbell/MAIN.HTM">THE HISTORY
OF THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY
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THE HISTORY OF THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY
BY
IDA M. TARBELL
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>warfare was waged against the Standard in the courts and Legislature,
>resulting in several volumes of testimony. The Legislatures of many
>other states concerned themselves with it. This hostile legislation
>compelled the trust to separate into its component parts in 1892, but
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Well my computer has been 'ill' ...
This is total and absolute nonsense:
Das GOAT wrote:
1901
"The Spindletop [oil] gusher in Beaumont, Texas, gives
John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Trust its first
major competition. The Beaumont Field contains more
oil
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Read what was written and what you posted.
90% control does not mean output.
Dogmatic blindness?
Whether they be 'staged' or productive monopolies, the activities of
corporate interests has been detrimental towards the common good.
One's Robber Baron is anothers boss, anoth
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Kris Millegan wrote:
Read what was written and what you posted.
90% control does not mean output.
Dogmatic blindness?
MJ:
Standard Oil's market percentage PEAKED at 88%.
Reaching such a level is NOT a monopoly NOR does it
imply/infer/mean such a level was sustained
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Thank you, Goat, for the excellent post. I couldn't agree more!
Best wishes,
Wm
On Sat, 17 Jul 1999, Kris Millegan wrote:
> -Caveat Lector-
>
> Read what was written and what you posted.
>
> 90% control does not mean output.
>
> Dogmatic blindness?
>
> monopolies and 'Robber
