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Show MIST NOT IflffJFPEOPlE jlier Is He of the So-Called Working Classes in , flic lit Country. IpPLB OF AMERICA p, ARE THE CORPORATIONS ijiiir Welfare Is Dependent jff 'Upon Prosperity of These II Combinations. S. BY PEESTON 0. ADAMS. BkLgdscd Wire to The Tribune. YORK, Oct. 22. There lias been iKondcrfuI change Mi the attitude of our laXirlcan captains of Industry since WI1-fMn WI1-fMn H. Vanderbllt uttered his famous vMwll I call It war cry? "The public bo tJm-" Vi Indeed. It may bo tlmt 4aKe of I ho 'gentleman at the head of rtPfzreat on orat.'c-iiK In tticir hearts arc aMb' the la to .Hr. Vanderbllt, but even arc not toying It for publication, wle It Is certain that the vast nia-)' nia-)' of tho men who conduct our great (ners concerns and financial instllu-Hib instllu-Hib have come to realize that the pub-arhes pub-arhes h very real and vltul Interest In jrm'anncr In which they shall bo con-AteJ, con-AteJ, and furthermore tlmt the pub-Qt'VltRK pub-Qt'VltRK the- power and the will to oxcr-ajA-It to k!c that Us Interests sire pro-4Mttnl. pro-4Mttnl. Therefore, iustcr.d of indignantly Jipetulantly resenting government su-awvlstun, su-awvlstun, the majority of our financiers 3g? it'i.vloiis merely to have tho super-jSHon super-jSHon conducted on reasonable lines 50 rKhol to cripple legitimate enterprise. Invest men is ond. a corollary, tlirow ifjfbr out of employment That the pnh-j'l!Has pnh-j'l!Has not yet fully realized this modl-flttfnn modl-flttfnn Ins taken place can be stated mh absolute conildencc. even although tjB' mrtaniorphnsls has not been openly jBmowledgcn by a good many capitalist: capital-ist: Tin- most enlightened view tnd?.y ajftlhat the public should bo- mado ful!y TMunlnted with the out.s and ins of mod-1- business methods so as to enable wKn.to form an Intelligent. Judgment as iyiow far federal or state Interference 9y fro witlmtil entailing Injurious cun-WuGn', cun-WuGn', cense iii' nrcs that vr-uld fall mB.' inere'y upon the ccmrniD.tlvely few TSJvlduuls in .ii!i-i uf ihn particular jgVjHirfttlon c.niei ned. but ;:rin bond and Btkhulders an well as imilyec'S. JjBX Myth Being Exploded. 3?ie myth that a chartered company is ,3Bft sort uf nivslyrlous organization. yKhout a son! ann rot um'-np.'de to law. Hufck'.y being cxul"d(-J. ft it only very TBtltlHily Is It being gra.'ped that cor- lions represent, the capital ud sup-9flrbor sup-9flrbor for thousands of people whose TreHts arc iri-ntlcal with tlnjiic of the 'nnanl'js It Is little e.vacreration to TW th.it the p.iople of the L'nlteii States tlie cyrpor.it f'ns. There la scarcely 'Mfndivldiial In the country, f,-vcn though iI'5D0 ftl1 Investor or an employee cornomlMi. whose welfare Is not flpfcime Jgree dependent ur the'pros-2Bity the'pros-2Bity oY these C-mblnaticiiH. It Is this fBftu' I fact the common Ijitjcrest af thr fSo!'(iIous i'id the t'Jb'i'.' ijo.r" otr men rwn!' -j fife trina- ll ovlvz homo In IW v.'io p'fti,vi! fir 'viators with nu-wrlty. nu-wrlty. lf "aidtallsl Is necking to con-f'and con-f'and convince tho wmld that he is not Wienomy of his country or of tho so-jBlcd so-jBlcd working classes, but that he is a JfcbBSfiry (as well as reasonable) metn-lyof metn-lyof the whole economic family. With growth of that feeling conies the reasonable hope that the right remedy of tho trust evil will be found and applied. ap-plied. Groat Dividend DlsbursonientB. Owing to the unsatisfactory condition of the copper and other metal markets during the earlier part of the year It was generally believed that 1010 would not be a profitable year to tho holders of stock In American mines ond metallurgical metal-lurgical works. With the closing of the third quarter of the year, however. Judging Judg-ing from the figures available, the year. It Is bclloved, will closo with a record of dividend utsburscments greater than that for any year In tho history of the industry.. Belweon January 1 and October 1. 123 mines and metallurgical works reporting to tho mining board have paid dividends totaling I55.SS7.017, as compared with $46,072,275 pu Id In the same period In 1009 by 103 companies. That the dividend payments of these mines and works are of regular occurrenoe Is proved by tho fact that since Incorporation they have yielded profits which permitted the disbursement dis-bursement among shareholders of the enormous total of $680.S38,1 U. This is equivalent to a return of 113 per cent on tho total outstanding capital of $600, -447,784. In addition to the above, there are largo profits which have been declared de-clared during the nine months of the year by nlno securities-holding corporations, corpora-tions, $10,902,523. as against S13.1S7.595 during tho same period In 1909. Since Incorporation these nine companies havo paid to shareholders $113, 172,125. Money Value of Grope. Some conception of the money value of this country's 1010 crops may be obtained ob-tained from estimates just made by statisticians stat-isticians In tho Is'ew York produce exchange ex-change of the four principal agricultural products this vcar, whrdi roach the astonishing as-tonishing level of $.'i,-IC0,500,000. These estimates are based upon the dopartnient of agriculture's reports on condition, averaging yield per aero and the approxi-mato approxi-mato current market quotations on corn, wheat, oats and cotton. This estimated valuo of 53,4(30,500.000 compares with an actual valuation of tho same staples last year of $3 C0r)fi31.S::3, which was the figure fig-ure placed upon them by the bureau of statistics In Washington, compiled as of December 1. 1009 Of course, these estimates esti-mates are subject to correction later, anil It Is thought likely that the total value of these four cropB will eventually bo found In have reached larger proportions this vcar than those for last year, despite the lower market prices for com and oats, ns It Is probablo that the actual yields of most of these crops will bo discovered to be much greater than Is Indicated. M. A. Carleton, ccrcallst of the department depart-ment of agriculture, In a treatise on the subject of wheat production now, and possible fuluro production. showB how the wheat producing countries of liuropo have increased their acreage and steadily are Increasing their yield per aero. Hungary, Hun-gary, the oldest wheat country of Europe, lias Increased Its acreage from fi, 797.000 acres in 18S4. to 0.474.000 In 100$. How ICurope has continued to expand Its yield Is shown In a record of figures. Yield per acre Is a vital matter. Tn tho past len years France has Increased Its yield per acre 2 bushels, Austria 3 bushels, and Germany 5.2 bushels Should tho Tnltcd States acquire a population of 200.000,000 In 1950 and Increase In-crease Its rwr capita consumption to 7 bushels. It In estimated that by tho samo process of expanding our acreage and yield per acre, the requirements of 1.-400.000.000 1.-400.000.000 bushels can be met. In Canada Can-ada It will be only necessary to employ one-ninth of the farm area of Manitoba. Alberta and Saskatchewan to provide 30.000,000 acres for wheal, and with a yield of 25 bushels per arro (which Is 3 bushels In excess of present yields), there would be an annual production of 750.000.000 bushels. Tn the Argentine, a low estimate for the wheat yield In 1050 in 450,000,000 bushels. Russia Is likely to Increase Us yield 000,000,000 bushols In the next forty years. New York Produco. By Associated Press. NEW YORK, Oct. 22. Butter quiet and unchanged. Cheese quiet and unchanged; cxportG, 610 boxes. Eggs quiet and unchanged. St. Louis Wool. By Associated Press, ST. LOUIS. Oct. 22. Wool Unchanged; Un-changed; medium grades combing and clothing. 23(fi'2ic. light fmo. 195)21c: heavy tine, 15fi17c; tub washed. 25fi'33i |