Evening star., 1950-03-15
Business Briefs

EIectrlC rover Consumption rose
to 1896, ,486, 900 kilowatt hours last
week VS.. 5,878, ,788, 900 the previous
week and 7.39o above 5,530.629, 900
in the like 1949 week.-Edison
Electric Institute.
Wholesale Food Index, based on
the total cost of a pound each of
81 foods in general use, this week
declined to $5.81 from $5.85 al
week ago and 0.3%o above the year
ago level of $5.85-Dun g. Brad
street.
Cotton Consumption during Feb
ruary averaged 1882 bales daily
compared with 1851 in January
and 32,546 in February. 1949.
Construction Materials Output
declined $50 in 1949 despite a
80 increase in new building
Commerce Department. The de-
partment's composite index of
production of selected construc-
tion materials for 1949 was 32.7To
above the 1889 average.
Mine Production of recoverable
copper was 14% greater in Janu-
ary than in December of
Mines.
Easy Washing Machine Corp.
declared 25-cent dividend on A
and B common, payable March 81.
Previous dividends were 12R cents
June 80, Is cents in September
and a year-end payment of SLIPS.
Capital Airlines, Inc, profit in
1949 was $834,17S or S1.74 per
share VS.. $123.997 or Is cents in
1948.
Glenn L. Martin Co. profit for
1949 was $5,131 500 or $452 VS.. a
1948 loss of $16,71O,762.
Gillette Safety Razor Co. profit
for ls49 was s13,917,948 or $6.26 a
share KS. $15,o01 ,479 or $3.50 in
1948.
Parke, Davis g. Co. and Subs.
profit for 1949 was Sl2,411,57 or
1884 share VS.. $9,704,461 or
sl.98 in 1948.
General Foods Corp. earned
$27,445,941 or $4.77 a share in
1949 VS.. $24,555.752 or $4.25 in
1948.
J. C. Penney Co. profit for l94s
was S41,792.675 or S5.08 a share
VS.. $47,753,929 or $3.50 in 194S.
Hudson Motor Co. in 1949
earned $10,111,219 or $3.50 a share
VS.. $l3,225.924 or $7.2S a year
earlier.
Packard Motor Car Co. profit
for 1949 was $7,706,042 or 81 cents
a share VS.. $15,109,439 or $1.O1 in
1s48.
Illinois Bell Telephone profit
for January was $1,781,848 VS.. |
1892 1892 a year earlier. I
Oneida Ltd. earnings for the year l
ended January 81 was $2,297 800
or $9.15 a share VS.. $2,284,63 or
$9.5l a year earlier.
Bird g. Son, Inc, profit for 1e49
was $1,575,440 or $3.50 share
VS.. $2.9l8.049 or $4.95 in 1948.
Cleveland Elec. Illuminating Co.
profit for 1949 was $9,68s,826 or
$3.06 share VS.. $8,074,535 or |
$2.98 in 1948.'
Cleveland Graphite Bronze Co.
profit for 1949 was $2,635,248 or
$3.82 VS.. $3,o63, 1894 or $3.50 a year
earlier.
Federal Mining & Smelling
earned $1,752,417 or S7.10 a share
in l949 VS.. $2,342,568 or $3.50 in
1948.
General Cable Corp. profit for
1949 was $1,555,857 or AZ cents
share VS.. $4.131,742 or SITS in
1948. ..
Allen Industries, Inc, earned
$1,003,082 or $1.79 in 1949 VS..
$1,179,949 or $2.11 in 1s4S.
Hinde g. Dauch Paper Co. profit |
for 1949 was $2,388,621 or $2.5l a
share VS.. $3,991 ,929 or $4.19 in
1948.
Ludlow Mfg. & Sales Co. profit
for 1949 was 81 .469, ,643 or $2.74 VS..
81 .809, POT or $3.37 in 1948.
National Lead Co. earned $14,-
749,011 or 1888 in 1949 VS.. $13,-
304,355 or 1882 in 1948.
Neisner Bros. profit for 1949 was
$1,422,011 or $2.18 VS.. $1.750, ,693
or $2.71 in 1948.
United Engr. g. Foundry earn
ings for 1949 were $5,654, ,080 or
$6.83 VS.. $5,o45.972 or $6.08 in
1948.
Potomac Electric Power Co.
profit for 1949 was $4,484, ,188 or
$1.15 a share VS.. $3.816.901 or $1.15
In 1948.