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Il Business Briefs
Electric Power Consumption rose
to 6,015,327.00 kilowatt hours
last week VS.. 5,936,5s6,ooo the
previous week and $50 above
5 5,495, ,769 900 in the like 1949 week.
|-Edison Electric Institute.
Wholesale Food Index, based
on the total cost of pound each
of 81 foods in general use, this
week end declined to $5.79 from
$5.81 for the lowest level in seven
weeks. The average a year ago
was the same.-Dun & Bradstreet.
Cash Dividends publicly re-
ported In February amounted to
$213 100000 or about SO more
than the s204 million a year ago.
In three months ended February,
cash dividend disbursements to-
tailed $2,240 ,8O0, 900 or 90 above
the $2,055 million in the 1948-49
period.-Commerce Department.
Consumers Prices dropped 2.2%
in the IL months ended January
but rose 0.1qo between December
and January.-National Industrial
Conference Board.
Advertising Lineage in the news
papers Of So cities totaled 170,738,-
467 in February a gain of 4.5%
ever a year ago.-Media Hecords
Mutual Savings Bank Deposits
IN February set q record of $19,-
5z3 900 900, a gain of 95 million
or 43% greater than the gain re-
corded in February, 1948.
Sears, Roebuck & Co. earned
l$l08.206,718 or $4.58 a share ir
1949 VS.. $l37,206,016 or $3.50 ir
1l948.
Norwich Pharmacal Co. profit
for 1949 was $1.263,16o or $1.5s
a share VS.. $1,262.105 or $3.50 a
year earlier.
Rexan Drug, Inc, lost 81, 1,250, ,406
in 1949 VS.. a profit of $1,415,869
or 40 cents share in 1948.
Dana Corp. earned $4,4l4,824 or
$1.70 a share in the six months
ended February % VS.. $4,837, ,697
or $1.86 a year earlier.
General American Transporta-
tion profit for 1949 was $6,541 ,806
or 1882 a share VS.. $6,657,6 ,641 or
$5.73 in 1948.
American President Lines earned
$2.5l7.989 in 1949 VS.. 81 ,4o3, 1884 in
1948.
Kansas Gas & Electric profit for
the IL months ended February %
was $2.783,425 or 1928 a share
VS.. $2,092, ,643 or $2.45 in 1948.
N. T., Chicago & st. Louis R.R.
earned $1.971.410 or $5.46 a pre-
ferred share in the two months
ended February % VS.. $3,174,975
or $3.50 preferred q year earlier
Childs Co. lost 1927, ,399 in 1949
VS.. profit Of, $336,19 or II cents
a share in 1948.
Di Giorgio Fruit Corp. in 1949
earned $2,444.113 after sale OF
'capital assets or 1851 on COM
bined A and B shares, VS.. $247,702
or so cents in 1948.
Electric Storage Battery profit
for 1949 was $4,415,518 or $4.86
a share VS.. $6,053,141 or $6.67 in
1948.
Goodyear T. & r. Co. of Canada
earned $1,523,965 or SAT- a share
in 1949 VS.. $2.412,119 or 1914 in
l1948. .-.....
Harvey Hubbel, Inc. profit for
1949 was $1,014,853 or $3.17 a
share VS.. $1,285,275 or $4.01 in
1948.
Hearst Consolidated Publica-
tions profit for 1949 was 1895, 900
VS.. $5,950,553 in 1948.
Interchemical Corp. earned ST.
1886, ,572 or $2.99 in 1949 VS.. $2,204,- :
22s or $2.78 in 1S4s.
International Cigar Mach. Co.
profit for 1949 was $1,208,26e or
$2.0l share VS.. $913,783 or $1.52
a year earlier.
Mccall Corp. profit for 1s49 was
81 ,464, 100 or $40 a share VS..
$1,928.062 or $3.16 in 1s48. ..
McColl-Frontenac Oil Co., Ltd.
profit for 1949 was $4,249, ,229 or
$1.54 share VS.. $5,273,818 or
$1.93 in 1948.
Midland Steel Products earned
$5.349,151 or 1888 a share in 1949
VS.. $685. ,634 or $10.65 in 1948.
|! Morris Plan Corp. of America
profit for 1949 was $1,938,6 ,625 or
Sill share VS.. 1896. $50 or 76
cents in 1948.
Pitney- -Bowes, Inc. earned ST.
717,062 or $1.69 share in 1949
VS.. $1,547,025 or $1.54 in 1948.
Pittsburgh Screw e. Bolt Corp.
profit for 1949 was $1,314,605 or
SO cents share VS.. 1865 ,9e5 or
$1.98 in 1948.
Remington Arms Co. earned $2.-
259, 100 or % cents a share in 1949
VS.. $5.085.931 or 65 cents in 1948.
Revere" Copper & Brass profit
194s was $5.o37,230 or 1886 q
share vs.. $6.925.027 or $500 IN
1048.