Question

Read this statement and answer the question that

follows.
"If I get a barrel of oil out of Buffalo," an
independent dealer told the writer not long ago, "I
have to sneak it out. There are no public docks;
the railroads control most of them, and they won't
let me out if they can help it. If I want to ship a
car load they won't take it if they can help it. They
are all afraid of offending the Standard Oil
Company."
- Ida Tarbell,
The History of the Standard Oil Company
According to this quotation, what is unfair about
Standard Oil's practices?
Standard Oil forces independent dealers to
ship by the barrel instead of by the carload.
Standard Oil controls the docks and railroads
so independent dealers cannot ship oil.
Standard Oil controls the way independent
dealers process oil using public docks.
DONE
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Answer 1

1. driven by a desire of comfort

2.women introduced alternitive approaches

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

Standard Oil controls the docks and railroads so independent dealers cannot ship oil.

Step-by-step explanation:

Standard Oil was a monopoly that was also vertically integrated with key parts of its supply chain like docks and railroads.

In the excerpt, the independent dealer is complaining about the control that Standard Oil has, not only over the oil wells, but also of the transportation means that are used to ship the oil. This is why the independent dealer confeses that he has to sneak out the barrels.