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...essay on "The Rise of the Oil Monopoly," G. H. Montague '01 traces at length the reasons and conditions of the great growth of the Standard Oil Trust. The gist of his exposition may be given by quotations from the concluding pages of his essay. The Standard Oil Company, he says, raised itself to the dominant position by controlling the transportation of oil. The steps of its progress are clear. In the period from 1870 till 1874 it so availed itself of railway conditions and of its strategic situation that it secured considerable discriminations from the railroads which touched...
...inevitability of the growth of the Standard Oil Trust, the essay summarizes thus: "Given the railway and economic conditions, the progress of the Standard Oil Company is quite inevitable, since it showed at an early time bright promise of industrial efficiency. It readily acquired, after the fashion of the period, proportionate discrimination in freight rates; by getting control through discriminations of the means of transportation, it inevitably achieved monopoly...
This evening at 7.30, the winners of Bowdoin Prizes will read the successful essays in Harvard 1. R. M. Green '02 will read part of his essay on "Vanity Fair and Becky Sharp," and G. H. Montague '01 will read parts of his essay on "The Rise of the Oil Monopoly." The reading is expected to occupy about one hour. The rules of the Faculty provide not only that the essays shall be read publicly, but that the names of the winners shall be noted on the Commencement Programme...
...Reading of Bowdoin Prize Essays. The Rise of the Oil Monopoly. Mr. G. H. Montague--Vanity Fair and Becky Sharp. Mr. R. M. Green. Harvard...
...Reading of Bowdoin Prize Essays. The Rise of the Oil Monopoly. Mr. G. H. Montague. -- Vanity Fair and Becky Sharp. Mr. R. M. Green. Harvard...