The principal message of the cartoon is that the Standard Oil Company:
a. used its size to lower the prices of its products
b. protected the nation form foreign competition
c. used its economic power to influence government decisions
d. employed violence to gain an unfair advantage for its workers
Ans: c. used its economic power to influence government decisions
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