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97: The Gilded Age’s Robber Barons: John D. Rockefeller & Andrew Carnegie
History That Doesn't Suck
Standard Oil - A Novel of John Rockefeller
Maurice clark's ill tempered brothers prove a problem, and when they claim to want to break up the partnership, john catches them off guard by using an auction to settle the dissolution of the company in march 18 65. By december of 18 65, he owns two refineries in cleveland. Others begin to worry he's creating a monopoly over oil united states. John contends that there are far too many refiners, and that's causing overproduction by small time hacks with inferior products. So merging is necessary if they are to survive naturally.
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