AS ROCKEFELLER walked out of 26 Broadway he left his great company in the hands of the men who had begun by fighting him. John D. Archbold, vice-president, became the executive head.

III

KANSAS had a little oil in 1899. But in 1903 oil became an industry there—a million barrels that year; five million the next. Wildcatters and adventurers swarmed over the state. Four thousand wells pumped oil and the Standard was there with its pipe lines and its refineries—two huge ones which could handle 10,000 barrels a day. The Standard was the only buyer. There was a market then for 10,000 barrels a day. But the producers insisted on pumping as high as 35,000 barrels a day. The Standard begged them to stop. But they kept on.

Abbott, Dr. Lyman, 392, 422

Acme Oil Co., 190, 219, 250, 320

Africa, 247

Albany, N. Y., 218

Alcohol. See Prohibition

Men of Wealth

THE STORY OF
TWELVE SIGNIFICANT FORTUNES
FROM THE RENAISSANCE
TO THE PRESENT DAY
BY

John T. Flynn

Simon and Schuster, New York

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
INCLUDING THE RIGHT OF REPRODUCTION
IN WHOLE OR IN PART IN ANY FORM
COPYRIGHT, 1941, BY JOHN T. FLYNN
PUBLISHED BY SIMON AND SCHUSTER, INC.
ROCKEFELLER CENTER, 1230 SIXTH AVENUE,
NEW YORK, N. Y.

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MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

WHAT FOLLOWS IN this volume is obviously a series of biographical essays. They present the outlines of the lives of eleven men and one woman. They are offered as twelve significant fortunes since the Renaissance.