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Show gHBJ BILLIONS OF THE BjH STANDARD OIL When the Standard oil compsn) ofi jHl N w Jersey was dissolved by the d-- Ffl crce ot the supreme oourt in May, EH 1911. the caplUl stock was 598,338.300. jHi Recently an article has been written gH by Dow, Jonca & Co. on the growth of tFJ the Independent units of tlx company 9H In the past ten years which discloses the astounding tact that in the decade IH the capital stock has Increased by hundreds of millions of dollars and H ensh dividends of $923,000,000, have H been disbursed. The combined market H value of the Standard oil units Is near-H near-H ly three billion dollars. B Stuck dividends totaling $909,000. PJ "00 have been declared This Btate fj ment of the increased value of one of jjfj the companies Is presented: The Standard Oil company of Indl ana "had but $1,000,000 capital In B 1911. selling for $24,000,000. or $2400 &ff a share. Subsequent stock dividends H and tho exchange of some of its stock H; for Midwest Refining hnvo raised the outstanding capital to approximately $108,000,000 This stock, which has a H, par value of $25 as against $100 in 1911. is aelllng today for $375,840,000, representing an expansion of nearly 1600 per cent over the market value ot 1911- All Ihla was accomplished without obtaining a dollar in subscrlp-tlon subscrlp-tlon from stockholders or the public. Hi Tho combined cash and stock dlvi- lends paid in the ten years by the Standard il units have a cash value I of 11888,068,166." There n ver, In ;ill the history of the world, has been such a rapid coneen- j tration of wealth In the mime of an one group of financiers. un |