Show I MAYS AYS AY'S DIVIDENDS EIS I lug Big H With Wih hl 1 lh the nl Digging Digging- ln tulle to the hue til From For tW twenty nt metal mines mines- In I the lh United Jolted States to pay may In Ph j l nd In one omie month May Ma- and an to lt re report report rc re- re port lo tu tho tw Mining World a grand total to to- tal laI of or i since Incorporation Is ls indisputable c evidence of ot the ItO the prosperity pros pro which prevails In the he min mineral r 1 Industry When huen emil only three American copper companies thi th lii Amalgamated United and Quincy cnn can In five month pay mor niort dividends to their thel shareholders shar ers s thou than lh time tho total value of or a years year's enl s 's output out ou- put lt of oC copper In ten foreign countries can cun there bo be any wonder wh why Copper are aro so o attractive to th the opper InvestIng Investing Invest Invest- ing Ins public During Ma May those hose three copper COillet companies distributed 34 3 20 20 08 making ln a total of to 0 date dale ate twelve gold ol silver and amid lead ical companies com om- om panic declared lot for rO th the month or 10 In iii ni nil all whIle live five zinc prop properties rl divided ll 32 1 In Iii May lar or since their ration A peculiarity about these dividend divi divi- d pavers payers Is that lint the majority o of them make mala monthly or em quarterly declarations dee dec At one time It I was wa's 1 the Iho custom cus CUS- toni tom om to declare dividends frequently fx but with an au Increase In th the number of or shareholders and consequent extra suggested a n revision of oC this policy The ul n-ul I is l lint at a number num nuni- bet ber of or the lie old time tinie dividend payers have hanged changed from a monthly to lo a quarterly basis baRis while others othel's have lengthened the tu period of oC pa payment m nt st still I further In many rt respects It I seems a better heller mana managerial policy to lo accumulate late hate the he dividends and when a n certain amount has been reached to tl divide It I so as us to leave leavo a a- a good gOOl oel surplus on hand nun and at nt the same time give gl the shareholder share shall shall- hol holder I a satisfactory inters on his Inest in- in est no en |