https://padlet.com/fossmat/893qig899cl8w5uv Robber Baron or Captain of Industry? en-us 2021-12-15 16:41:36 UTC 2022-01-14 16:38:25 UTC hello@padlet.com https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/images/john-d-rockefeller-12.jpg fossmat https://padlet.com/fossmat/893qig899cl8w5uv/wish/1949936633 2021-12-15 16:49:36 UTC https://padlet.com/fossmat/893qig899cl8w5uv/wish/1949936633 fossmat https://padlet.com/fossmat/893qig899cl8w5uv/wish/1949938335 Many believed he used unethical business practices to amass his extraordinary wealth]]> 2021-12-15 16:50:13 UTC https://padlet.com/fossmat/893qig899cl8w5uv/wish/1949938335 fossmat https://padlet.com/fossmat/893qig899cl8w5uv/wish/1949956655 "'The trade here regards the Standard Oil Company as simply taking the place of the South Improvement Company and as being ready at any moment to make the same attempt to control the trade as its progenitors did,' said the New York Bulletin about the middle of April."]]> 2021-12-15 16:57:29 UTC https://padlet.com/fossmat/893qig899cl8w5uv/wish/1949956655 fossmat https://padlet.com/fossmat/893qig899cl8w5uv/wish/1949976793 Since his company shipped such large amounts of oil by rail, he demanded that the railroads offer him rebates (a discounted rate)]]> 2021-12-15 17:05:50 UTC https://padlet.com/fossmat/893qig899cl8w5uv/wish/1949976793 fossmat https://padlet.com/fossmat/893qig899cl8w5uv/wish/1949989996 "Moreover, Mr. Rockefeller knew that if he did not get rebates somebody else would; that they were for the wariest, the shrewdest, the most persistent."]]> 2021-12-15 17:11:31 UTC https://padlet.com/fossmat/893qig899cl8w5uv/wish/1949989996 fossmat https://padlet.com/fossmat/893qig899cl8w5uv/wish/1950003060 2021-12-15 17:17:17 UTC https://padlet.com/fossmat/893qig899cl8w5uv/wish/1950003060 fossmat https://padlet.com/fossmat/893qig899cl8w5uv/wish/1950016496 2021-12-15 17:23:33 UTC https://padlet.com/fossmat/893qig899cl8w5uv/wish/1950016496 fossmat https://padlet.com/fossmat/893qig899cl8w5uv/wish/1952212225 2021-12-16 16:42:47 UTC https://padlet.com/fossmat/893qig899cl8w5uv/wish/1952212225 fossmat https://padlet.com/fossmat/893qig899cl8w5uv/wish/1952225628 He made sure that his employees were paid well and that the oil he sent out to the public was of the highest efficiency]]> 2021-12-16 16:49:07 UTC https://padlet.com/fossmat/893qig899cl8w5uv/wish/1952225628 fossmat https://padlet.com/fossmat/893qig899cl8w5uv/wish/1952227287 "It has sought for the best superintendents and workmen and paid the best wages. It has not hesitated to sacrifice old machinery and old plants for new and better ones. It has placed its manufactories at the points where they could supply markets at the least expense."]]> 2021-12-16 16:49:56 UTC https://padlet.com/fossmat/893qig899cl8w5uv/wish/1952227287 fossmat https://padlet.com/fossmat/893qig899cl8w5uv/wish/1952231712 "It has not only sought markets for its principal products but for all possible by-products, sparing no expense in introducing them to the public in every nook and corner of the world."]]> 2021-12-16 16:52:01 UTC https://padlet.com/fossmat/893qig899cl8w5uv/wish/1952231712