The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-09-03
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medicinal and toilet purposes. hA.
accumulated a36 ner cent profits
besifcs distributing another ~
l'er cent ia stock IA 1915
Eureka ripe lane Company
operating iaei miles NJ pipe
lines. manly u Wcss NireinA.
has accumulated y per cent
profits.
lndlans Pipe Line Cempan,
easnel l>n pcr cent profits whlle
the National Transit Company
operating pipe lines Ia pcansyl
vania collected - per cent
profits hesldcs cutting 50 per
ecnl lon Ia 1916 The Neu
York Transit lpipe1 COMPANY
earned 2il per cent profit
The Prairie oll and Gas Com
pany, operating ia karsas OKLA
hona aud Texas carried laa p~f
cent profits hcs.ie> another lA0
per cent distributed AZ stock III
1915.
The Selar Refining tNmpanA
of Lima. Ohio raid oui laa per
ce~ cesh profits u rlght yrar
hcsideS cutting .hN per cent
stock melon ln 1918
The southern Pipe Line Com
pany # Pennsylvania has shown
2lV per cent profits in eight
years, while ihe South Penn Oh
Company. hr>l,lc. distributing 81
par cent stock dividends Ia lais
paid ous lsi per cent Ia cash
dividends
The Standard Oh COMPANY. 81
Indiana. has earned lsi per cent
since 1912 The Standard Oh Com
reny If Kansas. lT6 per cent. the
Standard on Company, ~ NJ
hraska. $50 per tenl and 'he
standard oil Company, Of New
York. 81 per cent ilnl an q
these companies cnt big meluns a
wear Or 50 after the parent com
iany WAS dissolved
The standard OH Company of
New Jersey has paid oui 2ln per
cent on Is eommon siera IN eiehi
years. besides handing ont 4 lNl
per cent stock dividend ii lala
Standard oil. of Ohio. paid la0
per cent. dividends besides diyid I
ing up 100 per cent frslon 10
1916
standard Oil " keglnrky rnla
ia pr cent cash displcnlf, ~
1914 distributed 2gn per rsni ii
stock and IN lal7 a 100 per cent
stock dividend
The California Company paid
80 per cent cash dividend. divid /
ed l73 l.3 stock o. old shar
holders. 50 per cent Of this heIng
IN 1919
The Nahington OH Company
Pennsylvania producing eou
rany. paid $50 per cent profits
In 1912 the Standard on, %
Indiana shares were worth
$500 earb, After tho dlssolH
ton 29oD per cent stock
dividend was declared each
shareholder then having 30 share +
Today these shares are WORTH
more than $4,000
Since the dissolution Stand +
ard OH interests have taken con
irol Of other competing firms, IN
crcased lhcir capitalization and
made huge profits Here D au Il
The Pierce Pipe Lime Company
Tho largest in the United States
with 5000 milcf Of pipe lines ia !
Kansas, oklahoma, Arkansas and
Texas. WIS., acquired III July, 1915.
when II had sisOOOO0O capital.
by Standard OIL interests Cap
iializafion was increased 10 s21
400 1000 aud since that time III
per cent profiis. or s32 7I0,0po !
have been acquired
often duriug development 5
standard oil concern will forego
profits many years. 10 complete :
scccsSary expansion The Allan
ir Refining Company the largest
il the world paid no dividends ?
lntil the last quarter of 1911.
incc when l20 per cent cash
aud q 400 per cent.
melon. cut IN 1919. have beer.
aided out
The Standard OH Company. oi +.
sew Jersey, world wile IN scope
controls 81 subsidiaries. chicfly
cr foreign distribution and has