The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-29
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Cent
IN s1s rrssoa 7rsor 10 re. govern
nfenrss price faSlSg, ssnorEsat2 prof5+
vsa MADE 5,ss TIE TE1rsea S5szEess esse4F
Ccrsoa@Gy1n.. 7snoSsa prasf3-ss rose F-ofns;
"a gesceRt III 80 4 TO za-ass percent Lal
1871.
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fes 1871 @Sgsr detis5cHEog etisFes in-
come aEn sxcesas DFosSJss a&ens saA
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partly dtss to- hs. 1s@zFss va, 1fssnfasrtsis.
mo- aIstls SEza 9shnitsE we're fsasnCa ~
Efssss commission II lkies ziIra- industry
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Zfrpa r2sEntzaY. EfsssTsl. os,resnftslss 1,1as
c@spiias sz6t.s. ss<Ea n s%ss, ~ Fiftg t4lis
naGsesTs Tnsds. Afr.~a4ls ErsEesEf pfnrit
3sr ls1T, aala5 rad, = ciFstenCii NJ sea-s.'~
asrz oesceslt, Tslfs a4lssa profits n mis-
eb1essrt are7 explained 1y ms ly0ssss-
sion oS en one 1D1y u unusual purity
a.nt r5S.fTnessS
Te1s., international 1secs.e,i Co, made
grrssf1s q @16 Of n sGss,5SS ,tt9 z0rFy per
cent,
Ttls- Increased Profits. fr-r-- are. due
largely % Increased output, rather .
than. advanced yrfess- FrTsa Cssnfnfss-
sion vac nos lEfGJinfs3 10 blame rem
FOR pr0firferiTfg<
Information Of tEer commission 5oss
rsot Indicate sEe-=sstve profits IN lnI:f-
ner. on me western coasC
FsoiTg-e4ghtr southern pine 1-Fyi1csr-
made an average. pro-9t on me -seb n
yeszfent n 1917 Of n J,srcsHt 40 rcozf-
pared. E4ti7 50 1sresnt IN 1915.
MARGINS. Of ne cs,al Industry ms
many cases were Two or three ines
normal F'-Tenfv-t1EsA- E4tEuiinO.Fss
mines In central Pennsylvania aver.
aged a margin Of ninety cents . -1n-
n 1877 as. compared 7r8*a- -vsenfy- 81 enta
fl 1916. Tre highest margin u any
o. these cGfnpaniez vas SIS - COM
pared z3tET SOrtv-pme GentH r. JIG !.
C7lf NJ rs rean,ns companies M
Vest8gaiea he. irSE Tasrter. 4 efEI
shows. an. average rF0fIs 81 zDc8t CIT
percent TIRE -yer@s=. 7sre-assr --oEIf
7zas. ABOUT EfteeD- 1erceat
Leather sndEsary. --nfifs a-ersssr9 q
as high - 5ve lines over hose Of
Dre-sar pricss.
TIE Tour -aailers asys al r1uzuet.
profits ant, raesr zvereEe asr-rrzz- zrrg
said 10 6e u1rty-e4gu- -ercenr Of M =
Investment. A..
The. aveTage 1et 7-ofl- n s5,r5erzt p
for 1913 znd -al4 ts zaad 20 ave 7seuts
aooat ffteen- cants 0-r ra-rr4 6vrr mi =
GFeasea 70. nearly. Tfrv. cents E71-T at
Survey n ne lsad4rfz cauncd mix
Companies SOW .Es4L -srecE really very
increase or decline was rsugureteaf
- either he. Borden Condensed MIR
c4sl51ssty OF ne Ertvssga- MIX ~l7r--.
8eassBZ gGs3J51EEy. n 1917 according
70 the stS-5a6Hzls5 o. -as company. fax
vetia made over t-=Htg- a-sts-h5 %.
cost and slNty-5tvs E-sESaH5 OH n es,-
meLt. The Borden ELaoe @E-gESE sEls@s -
ly eighteen percent Gl CaS5, considered
relatively high
salmon Gamers. profits g,azz -
prodmately = percent or the net II /.
yestm ent This average does not -c
veal that some OF The loH cost CON /
panies included in The average made
over twenty percent.
Numerous srIb+eTfgges were re-
sorted 10 BY concerns coming under
the ban Of goFerrTn ont price fixing n
MAN. cases the conn uia= eo--lt IA
gvade the law by accountfna +u--lIn-.
fYa report said. Some padded ~--fz
~ heavily increasing 0F7ce-e' eaf--
4ss One concern wa found 10 Ha~a
CHARGED to expenses nearly 50 n0A ar
rid IN salaries and CnnluTee4o-7=
several single items showed payments
OF over $4,000
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