Word: folgerism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Herbert L. Pratt has been chosen to be the head of the Standard Oil Company of New York, to replace Mr. Henry C. Folger, who resigned shortly after the Board of Directors failed to secure the stockholders' consent to an increase of capitalization from $225,000.000 to $300,000,000. This shift in the oil line-up has drawn public attention to the personalities, policy, present condition and past history of this oldest of American trusts...
...Harry C. Folger, his predecessor, was connected with the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey until 1911, when he became President of the New York Company. He is the author of several monographs on Shakespeare and is reputed to own the finest Shakespeare library in America. He is 66 years...