National Linseed Oil Trust 1918, when the price rose from $.50 per gallon to $1.80. National Linseed Oil Trust The National Linseed Oil Trust of St. Louis, Missouri, was a major company trust formed in 1885 to protect linseed oil interests in the United States. Once used extensively in painting, the oil today is also commonly known as "flax seed oil". The Trust was dissolved in 1920 after the U.S. Department of Justice charged they broke the Sherman Antitrust Act. Omaha millionaire Clark Woodman was an influential director on the board. Viewed today as one of many imitators of the Standard Oil Company, the
H. G. Hotchkiss Essential Oil Company Plant in 1987. H. G. Hotchkiss Essential Oil Company Plant H. G. Hotchkiss Essential Oil Company Plant is a historic factory located at Lyons in Wayne County, New York. The remaining two story commercial building is an example of a small frame structure featuring a double storefront with modest ornamentation. It was built about 1884 on the foundations of an earlier structure and is located on the bank of the original Erie Canal. It was occupied by a major producer of essential oils, principally peppermint oil used in the manufacture of patent medicine. It was listed on the National Register of