Show u S STEEL CORP SETS NEW NEVI PEAK Net Earnings s for 19 1926 6 Total Millions of Dollars NEW YORK Jon Jan By 26 28 By press Announcement by the United states Steel cor- cor corporation of total net eArnings tor 1926 establishing It new peak In peace lime was viewed cd In Wall all street today as o c confirmation of ot prosper prosper- prosperIty prosperity ity predictions voiced last month by Elbert H Gary chairman cl ot th board of ot directors The total proms profits I share on common stock not only were regarded as substantiatIng substantiating ing the prospects outlined by Ir Gary when the tho board voted a It 40 er cent stock dividend late lato In D Dt comber but were Vere far In ot optimistic preliminary In financial district The Tho figure exceeds that ot o 1921 1 by when hen per share wax Va paid and surpasses all prevIous total totals except those tor th war period when the vol volume ume of ot business wa Va boosted b arms and ammunitions orders Tuesdays Tuesday's dividend declaration were for tor the tho usually amounts at nl o oper per cent on bot I Ithe the common and preferred sharia |