The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-08-19

IVOullO NlOnllDuVO
! PROFITS IN U. S.
THE WHO, WHERE, WHAT, WHY,
HOW AND WHEN OF AMER
ICAN PROFITEERING
When business or manufacturing
firm declares 100 per cent dividend
this means that a sum. equal to it's
capital stock will be divided up"
among it's owners. When 500, 800 or
1,500 per cent dividends are an
nounced such pleasing and welcome
! statements are taken by stockholders
to signify they will receive five, eight
or fifteen times the amount of money
invested, in profits.
Thus, for instance, the net increase
of 1,547 per cent in common stock
earnings in 1918 over 1914 means that
said concern paid about 15s times as
much dividends for common stock in
1918 than in 1914, although the to-
bacco trust was one of the best money
makers in the country even at that
time. ..
Why go to Alaska hunting gold, or
the South Sea Islands seeking treas
ure- e-trove ships laden with precious
metals when you can invest few mill
lions in American business or manu-,
| featuring enterprises and quintuple
your money in the short space Of
twelve months, -quintuple your mon
ey, remember, off Of the American
"Wurrikin mani"
Is this process Of getting the coin
easy a simple one? Any keen student
Of economics will pronounce it as
plain and elemental as rolling over
the. side of a log. All you need is
ninety-five one one-hundred million
farmers, manual laborers and office
men who believe they live in the free
est country on the top side of Mother
Forth and you have ideal timber upon
which to work. Just invest your mon
ey and then gather in the maZuma
with the same facility as if you were
plucking it from DOLLAR-BEARING
TREES. ~,
Here are some interesting figures
regarding the profits reaped by
American firms in recent years that
have never been disputed:
Cluet, Peabody & Co.-Net profits
for 1919 were $5,153,129, an increase
of It's per cent over 1918. This ex-
plains the high cost Of collars and
shirts. -
International Paper Co.-Average
annual net profits for three-year per-
| iod, 1868, increased 487 per cent
over previous period, 1a09-15. Aggre-
gate common stock divided for those
years was Stalls.
May Department Stores Co.-Net
1919 over 1915, 174 per cent.
Amoskeag Mfg. Co.-Net increase
in common stock earnings, 1919 over
1917, 811 per cent in spite of decrease
in business handled.
United States Rubber Co.-Net in
crease in common stock earnings, 1918
over 1916, 43 per cent (1919 figures
will show much more).
United Drug Co. Net increase in
common stock earnings, 1913 over
1916, 148 per cent.
Tobacco Products Corp.-Net in
crease in common stock earnings,
1918 over 1914, 1,547 per cent.
| United Fruit Co.-Net increase, in
common stock earnings, 1919 over
1913, 1876 per cent.
Standard Milling Co.-Net increase
in common stock earnings, 1919 over
1916, 780 per cent.
National Enameling & Stamping
Co.-Net increase in common stock
earnings, 1916 to 1919, over 1909 to
1915, /, 178 per cent. Increase in av-
erage annual earnings for this three
year period 326 per cent, over previ
Gus seven-year period. This is the rea-
son for the high cost of tinware and
enameled ware.
I General Cigar Co.-Increase in net
income, 1919 over 1917, 81 per cent.
Manhattan Shirt Co. Increase in
net income 1919 over 1915, 275 per
cent.
| American Ice Co.-Increase in net
income, 1919 over 1914, 393 per cent.
Pacific Mills-Increase in net in
come, 1919 over 1915, 218 per cent.
Burns Bros. Co.-Increase in net in
come, 1919 over 1916, ~ per cent, in
spite Of the fact that the company
sold $4,000 fewer tons of coal in 1919.
American Hide & Leather Co.-In-
crease in net income, 1919 over 1914,
| 265 per cent.
Corn Products Refining Coin
crease in common stock earnings,
1919 over 1915, $50 per cent.
Endicott- Johnson Corp. Increase
in net income, 1919 over 1915, 353
per cent.
Central Leather Co. Increase in
net income, 1919 over 1918, 1O3 per
cent. Increase in accumulated surplus
earnings, 1919 over 1914, 288 per cent.
American Woolen Co.--Increase in
net income 1918 over 1914, 316 per
cent Net increase in common stock
earnings, 531 per cent.
These are a few samples of peace
profiteering in the United States.
II In North Dakota the Nonpartisan
League is doing rything within its
power to spoil the gratis OF these
smooth, slick Captains Of Industry
and Big Business leaving no stones
unturned to shorten the days Of the
4 As a =