Page 25 - HP3A 006 John Davison Rockefeller
P. 25

John and the railway companies were



                                                                                                                                         the elephants; America was the grass.




                                                                                                                                         After the whole mess, the railway



                                                                                                                                         giants fell and a new American giant



                                                                                                                                         arose from their ashes. The richest




                                                                                                                                         man in the history of  America who



                                                                                                                                         had roughly thrice the net worth of




            market shut down for 10 days in an                                                                                           the current richest man Bill Gates;



            attempt to curb the disaster, but they                                                                                       John D. Rockefeller.



            were not powerful enough to stop




            the catastrophe. America went into



            a major economic depression. There




            is an African saying that when the



            elephants fight, the grass suffers.
   20   21   22   23   24   25   26   27