Word: dividends
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Dates: during 1900-1900
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...Rent, 2,660.00 Tailoring Dep't, 9,729.53 Taxes, 171.00 Furniture Dep't, 9,344.83 Advertising, 400.00 Coal and Wood Dep't, 12,788.59 Express and Carting, 1,054.87 Shoe Mending Dep't, 2,477.85 Other Expenses, 4,692.67 Medical School Branch, 43,468.49 $206,457.56 Dividend, $6948.38 Membership Fees, 2,471.00 Capital added...
Generally, in order to attract capital from men of wealth, who want sure, safe, investments, a new concern issues preferred stock. The condition attached to this stock is that a certain fixed dividend be paid on the preferred stock before the holders of common stock receive any advantage from the profit. Although the common stock is speculative in character it is frequently more remunerative than preferred stock as is seen at present in the case of the American Sugar Refining Company. The proportion of capital of the large combinations, which goes toward the cost of their promotion is an immense...