At the age of 14 Ida tarbell witnessed the Cleveland Massacre, where dozens of small oil
producers in ohio and western pennsylvania, including her father, were faced in a unsettling
choice That seemed to come out of nowhere: sell their businesses to the shrewd. Ida then went
out and Started to write about the Standard oil company, hoping to help. Ida wrote books, and magazines on the standard oil company. While in the process McClure's is The one who hired
Ida to help her make more progress. She made a book in 1904 called The Standard Oil
Company. It helped to show the unfair practices of rockefeller's company. The supreme court
broke rockefeller's monopoly due to Ida Tarbell exposing its unfair practices. After this
producers in ohio and western pennsylvania, including her father, were faced in a unsettling
choice That seemed to come out of nowhere: sell their businesses to the shrewd. Ida then went
out and Started to write about the Standard oil company, hoping to help. Ida wrote books, and magazines on the standard oil company. While in the process McClure's is The one who hired
Ida to help her make more progress. She made a book in 1904 called The Standard Oil
Company. It helped to show the unfair practices of rockefeller's company. The supreme court
broke rockefeller's monopoly due to Ida Tarbell exposing its unfair practices. After this