The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1918-08-22
cess profits last year were from Il to
100 per cent.
Coal Men Pile Up Wealth.

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ginia soft coal mining companies made
enormous excess profits in 1917. &C
cording to the report. The large COM
panies all made profits in 1916 ranging
from % to $50 per cent.
In 1917 all of the large bituminous
operators, the report shows, made I'M
usual profits. One mine made 1928
per cent on its capital In 1916 and 1887
per cent in 1917. Another made 1872
per cent in 1915 and 5.9S3 per cent in
1917.
Profits Of the midcontinent bitumi-
nous operators were smaller. averag-
ing so per cent.
The big oil producing companies Of
Illinois, Indiana. New York. Pennsyl-
vania. Ohio, Kentucky. Tennessee, and
West Virginia made from % 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 1915. those for
the larger companies ranging from Is
to IS per cent that year. They showed
excess profits In 1917 Of from 8 to 50
per cent.
Small dealers In flour and 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 a. high as $50
per cent.
Retail dealers In tobacco made enor-
nous profits off the smokers Of the
country. the highest being 8.l78 per
cent, and the average approximately
80 per cent In 1915. 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 l9l7. The
largest listed, however. did not show
any extraordinary increase in profits
over those of 1915. One company with
$31 ,OOO 900 capital In 1915 earned ST..
100000. then boosted it, capital stock
to $06,OOO,OOO and then earned $685.
100000. A 100000 concern which
earned $4,6OS. 900 In 1915 made $685.
600 in 1917. A $l6.0O00OO company
made N.71S.0oO In 1917. against g.
100000 In 1919.
A tin plate mill with SO 0o0. 900 cap
ital made - .OOO. 900 net profit In 1917.
against 110.OOO.OOO in 1915, or an in
crease Of u per cent on its capital
stock.
Transportation. public utilities. and
light and power companies. with very
few exceptions, Jared exceedingly well
during 1915 and 1917. Their profts
In 1919 generally ranged from 9 to 80
per cent on their capital stock, while
they nearly all made excess profits In
1917 Of from 8 to IS per cent. PROFITS
Of the large public utilities companies
in 1915 and 1917 ranged from II to Is
per cent.
Steam and electric railroads Ia 1915
made from II to 207 per cent profits.
while In 1917 they made profits In
excess Of 1915 that ranged between Ii
and 20 per cent, according to the ~
port.
Marine. IRE, and life insurance con-
Germs enjoyed unusually large In.
creases in profits. One company
earned 4e8 per cent more on its cap
ital stock In 1917 th1a In 1915. An
other capitalized at 100000 Increased
its income from $s24. 900 in 1915 to
S8,77s.000 In 1917.
How Dry oeods Men Farsd.
A list Of 2.0e2 clothing and dry
goods merchants. including department
stores. showed profits for 1917 in ex-
cess Of those over 1910. - high a.
1918 per cent o. the capital stock.
The concerns making the enormous
PROFITS. however. were the smaller
firms.
Retail IrocSF5 and provision brokers
made their enormous war profits"
In 1919. the report shows. The gro
GERS made only . small profit In 1917
in excess Of their 1915 profits. OF the
1858 concerns listed In the report.
however. only q dosen show profits Of
less than 20 PER cent on their capital
stock In 1915. the year before the Unit.
Cd States entered the war. and the
profits Of some concerns hat year
were a. high a. 1873 pr cent. Most
Of the Erocers, both large and small
concerns. the report shows, made Nv.
srage profits in 1915 Of from 10 to 20
per cent.
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