The Original Dow 12

COMPANY	WHAT BECAME OF IT
American Cotton Oil Company	Distant ancestor of CPC International, Best Foods, now part of Unilever
American Sugar	Evolved into Amstar Holdings now Domino Foods, Inc.
American Tobacco	Broken up in 1911 antitrust action
Chicago Gas Company	Absorbed by Peoples Gas, 1897 now a subsidiary of Integrys Energy Group, Inc.
Distilling and Cattle Feeding Company	Whiskey trust evolved into Quantum Chemical, now Millennium Inorganic Chemicals
General Electric Company	Going strong and still in the DJIA
Laclede Gas Light Company	Active as The Laciede Group, removed from DJIA in 1899
National Lead Company	Today's NL Industries, removed from DJIA in 1916
Tennessee Coal & Iron	Absorbed by U.S. Steel in 1907
North American Company	Utility combine broken up in 1940's
U.S. Leather (preferred)	Dissolved in 1952
U.S. Rubber Company	Became Uniroyal in 1961, now part of Michelin since 1990