She exposed Rockefeller's "Let us prey" strategy for creating an oil empire. "The History of the Standard Oil Company" would be hailed as a landmark in the history of investigative journalism, as we...
Ida Tarbell was the author and muckraker who ushered in an era of investigative journalism in her expose of Rockefellers covert and corrupt dealings behind the Standard Oil empire. More shocking tod...
McClure's Magazine had begun publication of its serialization of Ida Tarbell's muckraking book, The History of the Standard Oil Company. Rockefeller was being hounded each day by hundreds of letters ...
Gates was a Baptist preacher and Rockefeller's trusted advisor. He had encouraged the investment in Universitty of Chicago which brought good publicity. Under the public pressure Rockefeler turned ...
John D. Jr., along with Gates, over the years would seek out larger and more effective ways of investing the Rockefeller fortune toward "this goal of social control." These men, it can safely be sai...
