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basic by turns. I t ' s collossal, he's colloidal, in fact he's amphoteric, and as for t h e girls—he ionizes them. T h e next in our happy family is Nellie's brother, Aggie, Aggie NOi. He's our acrobat and trapeze artist. Watch him jump from the tip of a 50-cc. buret into a. small beaker of KC1 without raising a splash or a ripple. Folks, a perfect titration. And we have much more. If you want to see all come inside the lab. and for the small price of a dime, one dime, one-tenth of a dollar, one-half your refund a t t h e end of t h e course, you can s e e not only Nellie, not only Nitric, but such artists a s Atomical brothers on the Valence Rings a n d many more of our widely known stars. Step right in, folks, and see all and be entertained by the music of H2 and his SO4 radicals. I thank you.
Financial News T H E CHAMPION C O A T E D P A P E R C O . has declared t h e regular
quarterly dividends of $1 on t h e common a n d SI.75 each on the first and special preferred stocks, payable November 15, January 2, a n d December 19, respectively. COLGATB-PALMOLIVE-PEET C O . has declared an extra dividend of 2 5 cents and t h e regular quarterly dividend of 12.5 cents, payable December 1 t o stock of record November 8.
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year. The number o f employees represents an increase of 23 per cent over t h e preceding year. PROCTER & GAMBLE CO. and subsidiaries report for charter ended September 30, 1934, n e t profit of $4,085,461 after interest, taxes, etc., compared with $3,230,708 in the preceding quarter and $4,383,840 in the September quarter of the previous year. SHERWIN-WILLIAMS C o . a n d subsidiaries report net profit of $4,269,499 for t h e year ended August 3 1 , 1934, compared with $3,178,678 i n 1933 and $702,786 in 1932. T E X A S G U L P S U L P H U R C O . for t h e three months ended S e p tember 30, 1934, made n e t earnings of $1,399,155, compared with $2,611,362 for t h e quarter ended September 30, 1933, after d e preciation a n d federal taxes, b u t before depletion. U N I T E D C A R B O N C O . and subsidiaries report for nine m o n t h s ended September 30, 1934, n e t profit of $988,413 after depreciation, taxes, etc., equivalent after dividends paid on 7 p e r cent preferred stock, which was called for retirement o n July 1 , 1934, t o $2.53 a share o n 370,127 no-par shares of common stock- Tnis compares w i t h $479,647 in t h e first nine months of 1 9 3 3 . F o r the three months ended September 30, 1934, n e t profit w a s $318,040, compared w i t h $360,510 in t h e previous quarter a n d $178,916 in the September quarter of 1933. W E S T V A C O CHLORINE PRODUCTS C O R P . and subsidiaries r e -
port n e t profit of S451,863 for the nine months ended September 30, 1934, compared with $324,789 in the like period of 1933.
C O R N PRODUCTS R E F I N I N G C o . and subsidiary show net in-
come for t h e nine months ended September 3 0 , 1934, o f $7,217,893 after depreciation, etc., equivalent after 7 per cent dividends on preferred stock t o $2.34 a share on $25 par common stock, compared with $8,098,406 in t h e corresponding period of 1933. For the quarter ended September 30, net income was $2,815,728, compared with $2,103,755 in t h e previous quarter and $2,909,677 in t h e third quarter of 1933. GENERAL. ELECTRIC C O . reports for the nine months ended September 30, 1934, net profit of $13,645,551 after depreciation, etc., compared with $8,817,891 in t h e first nine months of 1933. For the quarter ended September 30, 1934, n e t profit w a s $4,182,460, compared w i t h $4,897,363 in t h e preceding quarter and $2,864,286 in t h e September quarter of 1933. Orders received during the nine months ended September 30, 1934, were 27 per cent greater than for the same period of 1933. GOODYEAR T I R E
