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Rockefeller

Many people thought that Rockefeller was a great man. To others, he
was not. People thought that he was ruthless and selfish. My point of view
of Rockefeller was that he was a ruthless person, because he did a lot of bad
things to his competitors. What he did to them made his business grow.
I will use the seven different judgements to defend my decision. Two
people were Morehouse and an Independent Contractor who judged him in
the 1870’s. They didn’t like how the prices stayed the same for Rockefeller
but went up for them in 1874. Morehouse tried to buy 5,000 barrels from
Rockefeller to store, so it may haven assured him to have a future supply.
That offer was refused. Rockefeller. This squeezed Morehouse to early
retirement. This was unfair because Rockefeller raised prices on some
pretense (lame excuse). People needed oil and had to pay a lot more in 1874
for smaller shipments to be shipped out. He had spies that located where oil
was go...

Posted by: Gelinde Cobbs

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