Week's Statistics
Over $10,000,000. While $10,000,000 is enough to launch a fair-sized company, last year 38 U. S. corporations paid that much out in common dividends alone. The largest representation was from the oil industry, with seven $10,000,000 payers. In order, the complete list as compiled by the Wall Street Journal, is:
1929 1928
General Motors . . . .$155,000,000 $165,300,00
American Telephone. 116,000,000 103,821,440
U. S. Steel . . . . . . . . 63,096,801 49,813,645
Du Pont 60,163,216 49,655,669
Standard Oil of New Jersey 46,738,063 36,583,117
Kennecott 43,936,353 32,909,565
General Electric . . . 43,268,504 42,265,656
Anaconda 42,753,253 14,419,034
Standard Oil of Indiana 40,040,133 32,416,528
Consolidated Gas . . 34,867,361 23,978,135
Standard Oil of California 32,500,000 37,782,294
Standard Oil of New York 28,600,000 27,580,290
Texas Corp. 28,500,000 24,306,712
Eastman Kodak . . . 26,000,000 16,452,300
Reynolds Tobacco . . 25,500,000 26,000,000
Woolworth 23,400,000 19,500,000
American Tobacco. . 21,091,512 15,623,172
United Gas Improvement .... 21,000,000 19,788,907
Union Carbide .... 20,606,859 16,235,208
Sears Roebuck .... 19,924,901 10,515,911
Shell Union Oil 18,300,000 14,000,000
Standard Brands . . 18,000,000 15,750,000
Public Service of New Jersey 17,985,160 11,163,425
National Biscuit . . . 17,983,097 14,888,535
Packard Motors* . . 17,234,244 12,442,912
Nash/- 16,380,000 16,380,000
Bethlehem Steel . . . 15,600,000 10,800,000
General Foods 14,000,000 10,100,908
Pullman, Inc. . . . 13,500,000 13,471,018
Liggett & Myers . . . 13,071,190 13,071,190
Sinclair 12,275,130 ........
Procter Gamble .... 11,500,000 10,935,819
Gillette 10,500,000 10,000,000
United Fruit 10,369,429 13,749,762
Westinghouse Electric 10,356,000 9,156,239
Corn Products 10,220,000 8,855,000
Texas Gulf Sulphur 10,160,000 10,160,000
Chrysler 10,100,000 10,705,312
*Year ended Aug. 31
/-Year ended Nov. 30
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