The Dolores star., 1918-08-23

ginia soft coal mining companies made
enormous excess profits in 1917. &C.
cording 10 the report. The large COM
panies all made profits In 1916 ranging
from ," TO 100 per cent.
In 1917 all of the large bitumInous
operators. the report shows. made I'M
usual profits. One mine mad. .626
per cent on its capital In 1916 and 1. .33T
per cent In 1917. Another made l.s72
per cent in 1916 and 5.9S3 per cent in
1917.
Profits OF the midContinent bitumi-
nous operators were smaller. averag-
ing 20 per cent
The big oil producing companies of
Illinois. Indiana. New York. Pennsyl-
vania, ohio. Kentucky. Tennessee. and
West Virginia made from IS To 500
per cent In 1916 and enormous excess
profits in 1917. The Texas. Oklahoma
and Kansas oil companies showed
similar profits for both years.
All OF the garment manufacturers
made gigantic profits In 1916. those for
the larger companies ranging from ~
to - per cent that year. They showed
excess profits In 1917 OF from 3 to ~
per cent.
Small dealers in -four md grain.
with capital stock of from $1,000 to
5000. made excess profits that ranged
as high as $40 per cent.
The report also shows that the small
dealers in furniture and other house
hold goods made enormous profits last
year. with excess profits as high as 80
per cent.
Retail dealers in tobacco made cnor-
nous profits or the smokers of the
cent and the average approximately
80 per cent in 1916. These profits
were doubled during 1917.
Auto Builders Wax Fat.
Most of the automobile companies
hit high marks in earnings in 1915, but
they went still higher in 1917. The
largest listed, however, did not show
any extraordinary increase in profits
over those of 1916. One company with
$3l .OOO,OOO capital in 1916 earned ST..
OOO, 1000, then boosted Its capital stock
to S96U0.UOO md then earned S2s,
OOO,OO. A Sl9,OOO.OO0 concern which
earned S4.GOS 600 in 1916 made sos
900 in 1917. A Sl6,OO0,OO0 company
made s4.7l3,OOO In 1917, against S4,-
10000 In 1916.
A tin plate mill with $40. .OOO,OO0 cap
ital made S54 OOO,OOO net profit in 1917,
against Sl9.OOOOO in 1916. or nm in
crease OF - per cent on Its capital
stock.
Transportation. public utilities, and
light and power companies, with very
few exceptions Jared exceedingly welt
during 1916 and 1917. Their profit.
In 1916 generally ranged from 6 to Sd
per cent on their capital stock, while
they nearly all made excess profits in
1917 Of from 3 to - per cent. Profits
OF the large public utilities companies
in 1916 and 1917 ranged from II to %
per cent.
Steam md electric railroads In 1915
made from II to 2O7 per cent profits.
while in 1917 they made profits In
excess OF 1916 that ranged between -
and 20 per cent, according to the re-
port.
Marine. fire. and life insurance con-
Germs enjoyed unusually large in
creases In profits. One company
earned 493 per cent more on its cap
ital stock in 1917 than In 1915. An
other capitalized at $7OO,OOO increased
its income from 1924 900 in 1915 to
s3,77S.OOO in 1917.
How Dry Goods Men Fared.
A list of 2.O92 clothing and dry
goods merchants. including department
stores. showed profits for 1917 In ex-
cess OF those over 1916. as high as
19l. .43 per cent on the capital stock.
The concerns making the enormous
profits, however, were the smaller
firms.
Retail grocers and provision brokers
mnde their enormous 'war profits"
in 1915. the report shows. The gro
GERS made only small profit in 1917
in excess OF their 1915 profits. OF the
| ,G33 concerns listed in the report.
however, only dozen show profits OF
less than 90 per cent on their capital
stock in 1916. the year before the Unit
ed States entered the war. and the
profits OF some concerns that year
were ns high ms 1873 per cent. Most
of the grocers. both large and small
concerns the report shows madp av-