| Show mining investments pay better than any others M ning pays better than any other business according to government figures that are made the bass has s of a sUt statement ement recently issued by chester E R lat lav rence a boston financier lie ile ca cal I 1 a attention to the fact that mm min ns ng profits lead all others and that the major portion of ra broad earnings come from hauling ore or some corn modify connected with the th in n ng in austry in his statement he says the national danker banker in a recent isue tsue makes the unequivocal state ment that the combined dividends paid by the gold and silver companies of the united states are greater thin the combined div bends paid pail by all the banki g institutions in the anted un ted blates states thit that the combined dividends paid by the copper companies of the united states are greater thin the combined dividends paid by all of the railroads in the bated states ani that 52 per cent of the freight hauled by these same railroads raili oads is either ore orsome or some commod ty connected with the in n ng and milling of ore to this somewhat astound itz n and not generally known fact bradstreets ind and dun a commercial agencies sup ply the somewhat starting start ing addenda that but 33 per c cint nt of mate mining investments fa I 1 as against 54 per beit in general corn coin mercial lines seventy six mines of the ln ted states have pa pad d div berils in 1911 up to october I 1 over 75 during 1 07 was lost n gilt e ed d e scour ties and about as much during the past two tao years ach was n ore than mas as ever lost in mm mill n more money had been lost through banks in the last five earstlan ears than was lost in mining in the past f eteen years government figures show the fol lo 10 losing ing returns on capital inv sted ea ra croal 1 3 per cent national banks danks 8 6 J p r cent insurance 11 per cent I 1 umber n ng 14 per c nt tit mining per cent I 1 ii |
