HIST101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: American Tobacco Company, Standard Oil, Gustavus Franklin Swift
26 Apr 2020
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He also promised new jersey politicians ,000 each in return for favorable legislation. Gustavus swift:-a chicago butcher who put together the ice-cooled railway car with the ice- cooled warehouse to make the first national meatpacking company in 188. James duke- used a new cigarette-rolling machine that could roll, paste, and cut tubes of tobacco into. 100,000 cigarettes a day; in 1890 he combined the four biggest cigarette producers to form the american. Daniel drew and jay gould- spent million to bribe the new york legislature to legalize their issue of. million in "watered stock" (stock not representing real value) on the erie railroad. Jay gould *exclusively* - gould paid substitute instead of going to fight during civil war. Predicted that cleveland would be good for the nation and was correct. Oakes ames- massachusetts congressman, suggested that shares of the union pacific railroads should be sold cheaply to congressmen to prevent investigation.
