Show chief cons company pays regular amount on tuesday of this week the shareholders of the chief consolidated re calved checks tor for the last quarterly dividend which was declared some weeks previous the amount was 10 cents per share and called for the distribution of 88 20 that sum added to the previous dividends from this company brings the gland giand total up to the handsome sum of 1 47 the last dividend checks were ac com compacted compan panted led by a brief statement from president walter fitch in which he says the reduction in the price of silver of nearly 23 per cent has left last quarter practically without net earnings notwithstanding this the directors decided to make the pre sent dividend payment as the man argement believes it can make adjust ments which will in a measure re store the earnings it is thought best to issue this cautionary note to say that should uie the anticipated re suits prove digap disappointing the dirac tore may find it necessary to either reduce or omit the dividend usually paid in november |