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John did his share of the regular household chores and earned extra money raising turkeys, selling potatoes and candy, and eventually lending small sums of money to neighbors. [29] [30] He followed his father's advice to "trade dishes for platters" and always get the better part of any deal. Bill once bragged, "I cheat my boys every chance I get.
On the day of his funeral, all the stores along State Street, big and small, closed and the Chicago Board of Trade suspended afternoon trading in his honor. [5] The board of Marshall Field and Company appointed John G. Shedd , (1850–1926), whom Field had once called "the greatest merchant in the United States", to serve as the company's new ...
The company was founded in 1866 as the "Star Tank Line" by Captain Jacob J. Vandergrift (1827–1899), [6] in response to the economic activities of John D. Rockefeller in the years leading up to his creation of Standard Oil. [1] Vandergrift was involved in the conflicts in the oil regions of Western Pennsylvania in the 1860s–1870s. [7]
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1904 depiction of an acquisitive and manipulative Standard Oil (founded by John D. Rockefeller) as an all-powerful octopus. Robber baron is a term first applied as social criticism by 19th century muckrakers and others to certain wealthy, powerful, and unethical 19th-century American businessmen.
The first and largest multinational corporation was cofounded by John Rockefeller and controlled nearly all oil production, processing, marketing, and transportation in the United States.
Marshall Field (August 18, 1834 – January 16, 1906) was an American entrepreneur and the founder of Marshall Field and Company, the Chicago-based department stores.His business was renowned for its then-exceptional level of quality and customer service.
Farley began his strikebreaking career in 1895, and opened a detective agency in New York City in 1902. In addition to detective work, Farley accepted industrial assignments, specializing in breaking strikes of streetcar drivers. [15] Farley hired his men based in part upon courage and toughness, and in some strikes they openly carried firearms.