Ida Tarbell wrote a 19-part series published in S.S. McClure's Magazine from 1902 to 1904, exposing the unfair tactics used by Standard Oil, the huge oil producer, refiner and sales "trust" developed by John D. Rockefeller. Tarbell published the series as a book as well. The series and book were widely read and caused public outrage, leading to federal investigations of Standard Oil's operations and eventually to its break-up into smaller companies in 1911 under the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
Because of Standard Oil's huge size, Rockefeller could cut prices below cost to drive independent sellers out of business and then raise them once he had a monopoly in a particular market. He strong-armed low rates from the railroad and shipping companies who transported his product, and used that economic power to drive independent drillers and refiners out of business. He could outpay others trying to purchase pipelines and other crucial resources because Standard Oil could easily absorb a small temporary loss if it would help monopolize the market and thereby bring future gain.
Ida Tarbell is the muckraker who wrote articles about the dangers of trust in her investigative journalism exposing the harmful practices of the Standard Oil Company in the early 1900s. Her work helped lead to the breakup of the company under antitrust laws.
Ida Tarbell was the muckraker who wrote a series of articles exposing the dangers of trusts in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Her investigations into the Standard Oil Company led to public outrage and eventually to the breakup of the company.
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Ida Tarbell was a muckraker who wrote a series of articles exposing the ruthless practices of the Standard Oil Company.
Muckraker are the ones what wrote in popular journals. This is the sentence using the word muckraker.
Ida Tarbell was a muckraker who wrote an article exposing the standard oil company as a monopoly.
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A muckraker is a journalist who uncovers abuse and corruption in a society. Ida Tarbell wrote about the abuses of John D. Rockerfeller and the Standard Oil Company.
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