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Standard Oil Stock Soars

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Dec 19, 1900

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 26, No. 51.

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Standard Oil Stock Soars

ON December 3 the market value of Standard Oil stock was forced up to $825 a share. The capital stock of the company amounts to $100,000,000; but the present market value at this increased valuation is now over $800,000,000. The rise in the price of this stock has been phenomenal, and its holders have added fortune to fortune within the year. The price of the stock has nearly doubled since last January, when it sold at $475 a share.