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How did John D. Rockefeller use trusts to avoid Ohio laws against horizontal integration?

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By creating a trust John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil 'Trust' was able to maintain shareholdings in other companies after Ohio's laws against horizontal integration came into effect.
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