Show HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS IN PROFITS The rhe Stand Standard art Oil companies have been the roost most profitable of ofIl all Il the bIg concerns In the United States In 1911 the old Standard oil company of New ew Jersey was but the Standard Standart Oil group continues to operate In 1917 1911 the of the corn com panics totaled a little less than For this year the In In- are the cash dIvidends will be In excess of Four companIes It Is estimated will account for of the 1 I 7 total Standard Oil of New Ne Jersey ranks first with Standard Oil of CalifornIa second I with Standard of In Indiana diana dlana third with and Standard or of New ew York lork fourth wIth Vacuum OIL company's 1927 distributions total ImperIal Oil will distribute and Humble Oil and RefinIng company Special divi by b Indiana Pipe Southern Pipe and Crescent PIpe LIne ac- ac account account count for With several declarations yet to be made for forthe forthe the fourth Quarter dividends for that perIod are estimated at 55 55 would be greater than In the third Quarter but less than In the final Quarter of 1926 When a man Is living on an average salary and he Is confront ed with the millions In divIdends of Standard Oil he realizes what a small emaIl fraction of the wealth of America he represents If he sharpens his pencil sod and starts to figure how long It would take hIm to accumulate a surplus equal to the dIvidends of the Standard Oil group In the past ten years he finds himself dealing DOt In millions but butin butin in billions SInce 1917 1817 the profits of the Standard Oil people have been over one billion five hundred million dollars |