| Show U S STEEL CO CONet COXe CONet Net Xe Earning s for l Quarter of ut 1007 Were CIC New Xe York Jan Tho report of ot the United d Steel cornor to fn i the lie tie quarter ending Dec Duo 31 1107 1907 ex cx expectantly X awaited by iy tile the public as an an nn Index of at Industrial conditions was ivits WIS made male public today rime Tho net mint lot earnings earnings for tor or the lie lost last three months of ot the cor corporations year YE E at wore iere ore 95 Tho rho lii figures exceeded thus thc hopes of at the slue trade Tho not net earnings for on tho ho your year 1907 1307 were the thc largest Inc t n mt the lie history hL tor Tho orders on hand haud at time end enil of tl year yearn ear n mounted amounted to tons tomis The sur cur surplus plus for or tho ihie quarter was wa The rIte usual quarterly dividends of t of one per celt on out the com cant common COI mono mon and ono one nod and per percent p percent r cent on tho Ito preferred stocks stock worn were de declared t ic d ly by tho directors Those divi show no uio from the lends 10 previous ous thus quarter The Tho net earnings for or tho lie last lut three months of 1907 show Iho a I decrease of or 9 as its 1 compared with wih tho timo same Ille period of ot 1906 and III the tho unfilled orders order on or 01 hand uri art 1111 tons under Iller kite tho figures tom for this corresponding quarter last year eur The high record earnings for tor or any nl ono omie quarter Wt woo i In thin tho quarter ended Juno SO hiO 10 1907 Tho Thu ho high record of at unfilled orders woe nil tons torms tOi on in In D D Dec c 31 3 1906 1106 TIm Tho low lou record of or earnings was WIS In tho first quarter of or 1904 1 04 and tho the tholow tow low record of ot unfilled orders tons tOll on al Sept Sopt 30 1904 The Tue surplus for or thin tho your your of o 1900 1906 after all al deductions for tor fixed chaperon appropriations appropriation anti and Ml dividends Mo etc to was making time tho undivided surplus carried forward to 1907 1007 Thin Tho Th undivided sur Hur surplus plus of ot tho thin company Is J now given as a U 4 |
