Which private company was likened to an octopus in a famous cartoon,due to its monopolistic control over all major aspects of economic life in early California including banking,overland and overseas shipping,postal services,lumber,telegraph services,other wholesale industries,and of course,politics?

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The Southern Pacific Railroad was famously likened to an octopus in a cartoon by J. W. Bengough in 1882, due to its monopolistic control over all major aspects of economic life in early California including banking, overland and overseas shipping, postal services, lumber, telegraph services, other wholesale industries, and politics.

Which Private Company Was Likened to an Octopus in a Famous