Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09
sugar Statistics

capital invested IN railroads mas more imam
tripled itself Truly this is remarkable
showing even FOR the United states.
sugar Statistics.
II Is not generally known that the I nj
ted States is distinctly a sugar producing
country. though It still imports more than
three-fourths Of the supply consumed.
While the quantity produced increased
. from 81, 100 tons. mostly cane sugar, in 1871
60 $500 tons in 1909 the quantity imported
increased from 9li6.O tons to 2,SSLlO0. The
first of these dates Is hardly a fair one
/ Tor comparison, as Ii came at the end Of
a long period of depression. The quantity
produced in 1889 was l53,lOo tons i'm 1899
$4,000 and i'm 1905. 66S O0O and the quantity
imported was li6I, 900 tons I'm 1889, 2Olg,tOO
in 1899 and 500 In 1904 The great
1 Increase I'm production has taken place In
the last ten years and has been mostly in
beet sugar Twenty years ago that indus
try had barely begun. and I'm 1899 the pro
ducuon was only Sl1OO tons compared with
l6laO1 tons of can sugar In the next five
years il increased to 253,9DO tons, against
. 10000 for the cane product, and in 1909 1t
amounted to J0LiOo tons, while can sugar
fell back to 334 100 tons Now there is much
more beet than cane sugar manufactured
I In this country, chiefly IN California. Colo
RADIO Michigan and Wisconsin.
This growth In production ha suot pre-
vented continued Increase in the guam
tty imported OF the GSSLlO0 tons IN 1903.
about one-third, or 92LSo0, were obtained
from the ''non-contiguous territory Of the
United states chiefly Hawaii and Porto
| Rico. This was an increase from 59lO0
| tons in 1904 or about one-fourth of the
whole, and Sl3,4OO tons in 1899. which was,
less than one-slNth of the whole. From
. foreign countries we bought l.g5a,3OJ tons
in 1903, which was over 10000 more than
in 1904 and 2d31Oo more than in 1899.
ChRirmen of Big boards.
George J. Gould has influential company
4 as chairman of the board James J Hin
holds such position Edward n. Harri-
man held a similar one. The AtChson has
a high officer apart from the president.
The Steet trust created the position of
chairman Of the board eight years ago and
elected Judge Gary, who has filled Ii
ever since international Harvester, a so
called Morgan company has It's chairman.
SO has Consolidated Gas. Another indus
trial organization having a faCtotum OF
this kind is Westinghouse. In. the banking
world quite few elections to chairman
! ships have occurred during recent years
When James Stillman gave way to Frank
a. Nanderlip as president Of the National
CITY bank, he became chairman OF the
board and in this capacity takes a very
! active interest in the Institutions affairs
More recently, A. Barton Hepburn resigned
the presidency of the Chase National bank
to Albert Wggin and assumed the new Of
ice of chairman Of the board. A like place
| Is filled, at least nOminally, by James NJ
Donald, at the Hanover bank Quite re
Gently William A. Nash was promoted
from president to chairman OF the Corn
Exchange bank
one of the advantages of the office OF
. ! chairman OF the board is that il leaves
the incumbent to do just as much or as
} lttIe work as he himself-or his board
chooses.
James j. nm as chairman Of the Great
| Northern actively supervises the running
/, OF that road, even though his son Louis
b w. Hin, attends to the duties Of president
, Mr. Ilill ST. is neither chairman nor presI-
dent OF the Northern Pacific: In fact he
docs not even appear in the list of dircc-
= loIs-perhaps for legal reasons-t though
. everyone knows that he is the dominating
: power in the larger affairs Of the system.
The Atchison has Walker ID. NIItnes as
, ! chairman of its executive committee but
President Ripley is regarded as the real
, executive. In the steel Corporation, the
- | position Of president has been reduced ru
r an uncertain quantity Judge Gary Is the
!, uhulsputed head of the whole combination
/, Steel Production.
s. me American Iron and steel association
s. mas received from the manufacturer com
= PielC statistics of the production Of all
y hlI'us Oh steel tngots and direct steel cast.
?. ihss m the United States in 1910 in gross
8, lnGOtS and castings i'm the United State.
+, IN 1910 amounted to 26OM.g 1g tons am ina,
g crease ere over 1903 Of 2,l39,>9S or almost
s. per cent The output In 1910 was the
II arrest III the countrys history. The wear
D; OF the next largest outturn was 1902
Dividend Payments.
(, INVESTORS receive this month the sum u
r.. H4G,yhGlO In form of dividend and uterc-
S, disbursements by railroad Industrial an,
~ traction corporations, according To- the rec
e. ords of the journal of Commerce and Com
e nerclaI bulletin In April year ago IN,
e. amount paid out was $lH, 48LH22 tn,
g March figures were 500 I5S 3.U or mex
s. months total dividends viii contribute So.
s. "loIu ana interest payments S6l, ON
,r compared with $50 1881 go and So 800 O0D D.,
B., islccuveiN. last year. Various railroad am,
Pr Industrial corporations have increased thcu
= l"l mrntS, while initial dividends are note,
ID lN some cases. Besides some concerns ar
I'd pas ing out funds on an enlarged capitalize
"a toh. IN contrast TO these changes Their
r.. are few reductions
ar stock Fluctuations.
~ since 1900 the average price for typuf
%. railroad stocks has fuctuated nearly I0
. FONTS, a statement that may seem inCrrd
ID lhie. IMelVe lndustrials have had rang
:. OF z" points. The high-water mark iu bot
lc cases was reached I'm January, 1906. OH
z" railroads crossed 1873 and the Industrial
l., Wehl 10 ~ whereas in August. 1896, th
g, former collapsed to 4&4 and the latte
er to Sla.
s. standard OiI Possessions.
D.. some one credited with being in a posi-
k tloh 10 know the facts has figured that ih
"a sCa,ud a a. ~ Gompany owns oil aho.
ihai. adding this 20 the &,lSN per share 20
- cash assets shown in the annual state
] I"'h| tho STOCK Is worth $6NA per share.
short Time Notes Mature.
1. Twenty railroads have to provide for n.a
year to "a total Of $50 100000 while twrr.
roads show N0WOOgO maturiues iu 0,
The grand total FOR the two wears of a
companies will, therefore reach quite
t large total
n The, bond maturitIes during the -.m
~ period arc light. Forty roads must rn
re only Ac.y1oo2 this year, while tweury-l.
bv show maturitios reach S50O0OOgD
ed me aESreEatc OF the short-term oh.Ir
lions falling due between now and the OF.
Of 1912 is likely 20 be- substantially H..
ss creased through fresh issues in the Door.
I'd future. Even SO. however the total ..
a. fal. far short of the 1910 figures .#
!" having exceeded SJOO.OOQO0O much
en- largest on record.
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