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Rockefeller Seeks Iron Crown With Vast Steel Plant
December 5 report outlines John D. Rockefeller plans to through Standard Oil back an immense steel complex in South Chicago. The scheme would produce rails and structural iron, leveraging ships and mines to undercut Carnegie trusts and potentially reshape the iron and steel industry.
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