Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1919 — $16,000,000 FOR BETHLEHEM [ARTICLE]

$16,000,000 FOR BETHLEHEM

Big Steel Company Declares Extra Dividend of I’/4 Per Cent. New York, Jan. 24. —The Bethlehem Steel corporation declared an extra dividend of per cent on both classes of common stock, A and B, In addition to the regular quarterly dividend of 1% per cent. The corporation also declared for the full year, but payable quarterly, the full dividends on its 7 per cent and 8 per cent preferred stocks. A preliminary report of its earnings for the year 1918 shows net income after deduction of war taxes and other charges of $16,000,000, against $27,320,736 In the previous year.