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...Returning to Yucatan, he gauged the point on the sacred well's brink whence the victims were probably thrown. He hurled in logs of human weight to approximate the drowning spot. He brought in a dredge, and after removing tons of mud put on his rubber armor and steel helmet, dropped down and recovered 90 skeletons and a priceless collection of jade and golden images, now on view at the Peabody museum. The Carnegie Foundation will carry on his work...
...less than fifty prominent corporations saw their shares selling at a record high price for the year. U. S. Steel common smashed all its previous high records, leaped to 138, and sold at that figure in tremendous volume...
...Steel directors are (as usual) most conservative concerning payment of large common dividends. They still maintain the regular 5% dividend on the common stock, and pay an additional 2% as a "regular extra" dividend. As yet they have not apparently seen fit to set 7% as the regular common dividend, though no one at present contemplates any actual reduction below this figure...
Back in the salad days of the U. S. Steel Corporation, Judge Gary unwittingly attracted much attention by inviting other steel gentlemen to take dinner with him occasionally to talk over the steel business. The Steel Corporation has often been accused, but never convicted, of being a monopoly in itself. However, when the "Gary dinners" came into the public eye, much clamor was raised by politicians that these functions violated the spirit (if not the letter) of the Sherman law. It was asserted that the masters of steel unofficially, yet none the less efficiently, regulated the whole industry over Judge...
...however, Judge Gary has taken heart again from the Supreme Court decision and has suggested that the trade meetings between competing steel companies may be resumed without fear of the law. In behalf of the suggestion, Mr. Gary expressed his opinion that such meetings would serve to "stabilize" the industry. But it is doubted that he will sponsor the move by banqueting his competitors in the former fashion...