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Political Factoid

"In Texas, the fight
against fracking also
pits municipalities
against the Texas
Railroad Commission,
which governs the oil
and gas industry."
 
  
Remember the Standard Oil
Trust and the Union Tank
Car Company?   
(Guess what, they seem to be still at it.)
cf. This is a excellent book about the history and the power of the Standard Oil Trust.  It describes the use of the Union Tank Car as the means by which power was maintained over competing oil companies -- often with the assistance of the Government. Carr, Albert Z. , "John D.Rockefeller's Secret Weapon,"
   New York: McGraw-Hill Book, 1962
The History of the Standard Oil Company Tarbell, Ida M., "The History of the Standard Oil Company,"
   New York: Phillips & Company, 1904
Union Tank Car Company website. UTLX, "Union Tank Car Company"
Acknowledged history of the Union Tank Car Company. www.utlx.com/history.html, "The History of the Union
   Tank Car Company"
 
Also see 4852, 9794, 8985
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