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This 5 page paper gives a brief overview of J. D. Rockefeller and his shady business practices involving Standard Oil. Quotes by Rockefeller given, as well as text from the man who blew the lid off of the scandal, Ida Tarbell. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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provide for their family. Immigrants spilled onto the shores in New York, believing in the American Dream, that anyone with vision and the backbone to see it come true, could
make a good living, maybe even become a millionaire. So, who wanted to become a millionaire? John D. Rockefeller. If the name sounds familiar, it should. The Rockefeller name
has long been an American icon, lending its name to many charitable institutions and was the original founder of Standard Oil. That John Rockefeller was a shrewd businessman, there is
no doubt, but many have criticized, in later years, his methods of attaining his wealth, no matter how many charities bear his name. These critics claim that Rockefeller built his
empire on the backs of the working man and that no amount of charities could clean the stain from his hands. John D. Rockefeller started out as just another one
of the working joes out there. Working on the docks at the early age of 15, he realized that whether he was digging potatoes or keeping the books for the
dock master, he would never rise above his station unless his perspective changed. As he was often said to say in his Sunday School Classes, when asked: "Among the early
experiences that were helpful to me that I recollect with pleasure was one in working a few days for a neighbour in digging potatoes-a very enterprising, thrifty farmer, who could
dig a great many potatoes. I was a boy of perhaps thirteen or fourteen years of age, and it kept me very busy from morning until night. It was a
ten-hour day. And as I was saving these little sums I soon learned that I could get as much interest for fifty dollars loaned at seven per cent. -the legal
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