Show STANDARD OIL BIG DIVIDENDS Some Years Since 1912 H Has s Paid Out More Than 7 Below Is a table showing the divIdends dividends divi divI- paid by the tho Standard Oil au com corn company pony pany by quarters from 1912 to the present year showing some years an aggregate at distribution of or more than 0 Cash dividend distributions by th the tha Standard Oil companies for tor tho the third ll quarter of or this year ear total not including including- dividends s of at Galena Signal Signal Signal Sig Sig- nal Oil company compan not yet declared Dividends for current three months arc are practically the same as 18 preceding two quarters but represent a n. substantial substantial increase over third quarter of ot last Tear a at Following Following- table shows snows cash dividend record of or Standard Oil companies since dissolution of parent Standard Oil company company company com com- pany of ot New ew Jersey In 1911 First Second quarter quarter 1918 2 1917 1916 1915 1914 1913 15 2096 1912 Third Fourth quarter quarter 1918 1915 1917 11 I. I 1 II I I 1916 1915 In 1914 1913 l 1912 In 1312 Includes distributed distributed- liv by National Transit company company In In Inre re reduction Q of ot its capital stock and pa payment payment pay pay- ment b by Colonial Oil company dividend dividend dividend divi divi- In liquidation Includes disbursed by Jy Standard Oil all company of New Jersey from rom repayment of ot loans to torm former r subsidiaries Second lar largest est dividend payer is Ohio Oil on company compan one ono of Standard Oils Oil's producing companies Its Quarterly quarterly quarterly terly distribution amounts to Prairie Pipe Line Lino pa pays s quarterly Standard Oil on company of ot California Standard Oil company compan of or Now York and Standard Oil on company of ot Indiana 1 1 lr While Stan Standard 3rd Oil dividends per share in some cases seem large largo earnings earnings earn earn- ings InS's on net Investment are arc not sive le Federal trade commission in Its Investigation found that on basis of ot earnings in last halt half of or 1917 Standard l Oil on company compan of ot New ew Jersey would earn per cent on net Investment in 1918 This compares with per cent in 1915 1913 78 per cent In 1914 1314 and 97 POI per cent in 1913 Commission estimated estimated esti estl- mated earnings on Investment of oC other Standard Oil companies companies' for this year car as 8 follows Atlantic R Refining 30 percent por per porI cent Standard of or Indiana per percent percent percent I cent Standard of or Now New ew York York per percent percent cent cent Standard of ot Ohio 28 ti per c cent nJ Stan Standard ard of or Kansas per par c cent nt Magnolia Petroleum per cent a and ti Standard of ot California per tier c cent nl It estimated earnings on Investment of ot the tho Penn American Refining company compan an nn Independent ent concern n. n at per cent |