The great oil octopus

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BY
"TRUTH'S" INVESTIGATOR
T. FISHER UNWIN
LONDON: ADELPHI TERRACE
LEIPSIC: INSELSTRASSE 20
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(All rights reserved.)PREFACE
articlesin Truth of theappearance
THE which form the of thisgreater portion
volume has been followed a wish expressedby
in that bemany quarters theymight republished
in a more and convenient form. Thepermanent
havehas been The articlessuggestion adopted.
been some additional matterrevised,carefully
has been and is that willitinserted, hoped they
form a useful contribution to contemporary
social and commercial The late Mr.history.
D. and Miss Ida M. Tarbell haveHenry Lloyd
each exhaustive of thepublished investigations
Standard Oil Trust's in the Unitedproceedings
and further information is available inStates,
the records of the Missouri and in
litigation,
tothe scandal in BritishBlue-regard flash-point
books. there has been lack-Hitherto, however,
a of all theing complete conspectus many
branches of this worldwide One orsubject.
other tentacle of the has been describedOctopus
in but in this volume an isdetail, madeattempt
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them all.for the first time to describebriefly
has been to exclude referenceIt necessary any
commercial such asto other enterprisesmany
"
" in which the headsCoppersAmalgamated
in order toof the Oil Trust individually figure
inconcentrate attention on that combination
oil which first themthe trade brought together,
so imitators inwhich set the toexample many
America and and exhibits mostEurope, clearly
their business methods and morals in two
hemispheres.
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