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?
A) Chevron Corporation
B) DuPont
C) Ford Motor Company
D) The Southern Pacific Railroad
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