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Standard Oil was not a loved company. Through a series of dubious business practices it either subdued competitors or engaged in illegal transportation deals with the railroad companies to ensure it could undercut it competitiors prices. Standard Oil, formed well before the discovery of Spindletop and a demand for oil other than for heat and light, was well placed to control the growth of the oil business. It did this by ensuring it owned and controlled all aspects of the trade. |
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Oil refining company founded by [John D. Rockefeller]? and his partners in 1863. Borrowing heavily to expand his business, he drew five big refineries into one firm, Rockefeller, Andrew & Flagler. By 1868 he headed the world’s largest oil refiner. |
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The following quotation (by whom?) perhaps epitomises the company as perceived by the public. '"Standard Oil" has from its birth to present writing been responsible for more hell than any other trust or financial thing since the world began. Because of it the people have sustained incalculable losses and have suffered untold miseries.' |
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In 1870 he formed the Standard Oil Company of Ohio and started his strategy of buying up the competition and consolidating all oil-refining under one company. By 1878 Standard Oil held about 90% of the refining capacity in the U.S. In 1881 the company was reorganised as the Standard Oil Trust. The three main men of "Standard Oil" were [Henry H. Rogers]?, [William Rockefeller]?, and John D. Rockefeller. |
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The three main men of "Standard Oil" were [Henry H. Rogers]?, [William Rockefeller]?, and [John D. Rockefeller]?. There were eight distinct groups of individuals and corporations which made up the big "Standard Oil": |
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This attracted attention from antitrust? authorities in the 1890s, the Ohio [Attorney General]? filed and won an antitrust suit in 1892 and the company was broken up. However, the owners remained in charge of the smaller companies. |
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Standard Oil was not a loved company. Through a series of dubious business practices it either subdued competitors or engaged in illegal transportation deals with the railroad companies to ensure it could undercut it competitors prices. Standard Oil, formed well before the discovery of Spindletop and a demand for oil other than for heat and light, was well placed to control the growth of the oil business. It did this by ensuring it owned and controlled all aspects of the trade. |
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:(1) The Standard Oil, seller of oil to the people, which was made up of many sub-corporations either by actual ownership or by ownership of their stock or bonds; :(2) Henry H. Rogers, William Rockefeller, and John D.Rockefeller, active heads, and included with them their sons; :(3) A large group of active captains and first lieutenants, men who conducted the affairs of the different corporations or sections of corporations in which some or all of the "Standard Oil" were interested; :(4) A large group of captains retired from active service in the Standard Oil army; |
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The following quotation (by whom?) perhaps epitomises the company as perceived by the public. |
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:(5) The estates of deceased members of the wonderful "Standard Oil" family, which were still largely controlled by some or all of the prominent "Standard Oil" men; |
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'"Standard Oil" has from its birth to present writing been responsible for more hell than any other trust or financial thing since the world began. Because of it the people have sustained incalculable losses and have suffered untold miseries.' |
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:(6) "Standard Oil" banks and banking institutions, and the system of national banks, trust companies, and insurance companies, of which "Standard Oil" had, by ownership and otherwise, practically absolute control; |
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There were eight distinct groups of individuals and corporations which made up the big "Standard Oil": |
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:(7) The "Standard Oil" army of followers, capitalists, and workers in all parts of the world; |
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:(8) The countless hordes of politicians, statesmen, lawmakers and enforcers -- political structure -- and judges and lawyers. |
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#The Standard Oil, seller of oil to the people, which was made up of many sub-corporations either by actual ownership or by ownership of their stock or bonds; #Henry H. Rogers, William Rockefeller, and John D.Rockefeller, active heads, and included with them their sons; #A large group of active captains and first lieutenants, men who conducted the affairs of the different corporations or sections of corporations in which some or all of the "Standard Oil" were interested; #A large group of captains retired from active service in the Standard Oil army; #The estates of deceased members of the wonderful "Standard Oil" family, which were still largely controlled by some or all of the prominent "Standard Oil" men; #"Standard Oil" banks and banking institutions, and the system of national banks, trust companies, and insurance companies, of which "Standard Oil" had, by ownership and otherwise, practically absolute control; #The "Standard Oil" army of followers, capitalists, and workers in all parts of the world; #The countless hordes of politicians, statesmen, lawmakers and enforcers -- political structure -- and judges and lawyers. |
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:(1) Keep your mouth closed, as silence is gold, and gold is what we exist for; :(2) Collect our debts today. Pay the other fellow's debts tomorrow; :(3) Keep the seller waiting; the longer he waits, the less he'll take. Hurry the buyer, as his money brings us interest; :(4) Make all profitable bargains in the name of "Standard Oil," chancey ones in the names of dummy corporations; :(5) Never forget our Legal Department is paid by the year, and our land is full of courts and judges; :(6) As competition is the life of trade (our trade), and monopoly the death of trade (our competitor's trade), employ both judiciously; :(7) Never enter into a "butting" contest with the Government. Our Government is by the people and for the people, and we are the people, and those people who are not us can be hired by us; :(8) Always do "right." Right makes might, might makes dollars, dollars make right, and we have the dollars. |
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#Keep your mouth closed, as silence is gold, and gold is what we exist for; #Collect our debts today. Pay the other fellow's debts tomorrow; #Keep the seller waiting; the longer he waits, the less he'll take. Hurry the buyer, as his money brings us interest; #Make all profitable bargains in the name of "Standard Oil," chancey ones in the names of dummy corporations; #Never forget our Legal Department is paid by the year, and our land is full of courts and judges; #As competition is the life of trade (our trade), and monopoly the death of trade (our competitor's trade), employ both judiciously; #Never enter into a "butting" contest with the Government. Our Government is by the people and for the people, and we are the people, and those people who are not us can be hired by us; #Always do "right." Right makes might, might makes dollars, dollars make right, and we have the dollars. |
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