
Ida M. Tarbell vs. John D. Rockefeller, Part 1
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Pennsylvania Oil Industry
The pennsylvania oil industry learned that the railroads would be doubling their shipping rates for oil. Crude oil could be hauled over land to the alleghany river, but that was far more treacherous than transporting it by rail. In addition to ot improvement company's rebates, it was also being paid for each barrel of oil that producers who were not part of the coalition shipped from the fields.
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