Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-08-29

ees profits hast year were ftso = -
~ PER ceaf.
Gel aesa Pie W WealtA.
ne Pennsylvania and West W.
ginia soft Coal mining companies nede
enormous excess profits In 1911. &C
cording 10 the report. The large cum
panies sll made profits In 1915 ranging
from . 10 10 per cent.
In 1917 all OF the large bituminous
operators. the report shows. made un-
usual profits. One mine made l.626
per cent on its capital In 1916 aud 4.3s7
per rent In 1917. Another made 1872
per rent 10 1916 and 1883 per cent in
1917.
Profits Of the midcOntinent bituml-
nous operators were smaller. averag-
Ing 50 per cent.
The big oil producing companies Of
Illinois. Indiana. New York. Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio. Kentucky. Tennessee. aud
West Virginia made from IS to 800
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 70
to Is per cent that year. They showed
e profits In 1917 Of from 5 to IS
per cent.
Small dealers In -four aud 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 $50
per cent.
Retail dealers in tobacco made enor
nous profits of the smokers Of the
country, the highest being 3,176 per
cent, and the average approximately
50 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 1916. 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
sal, O<O, 900 capital In 1916 earned $l1,'
UO0,Ol0, then boosted Its capital stock
to 0 e,O00,UN and then earned $223,-
Goo COZ. A $l9.0OO,0OO concern which
earned $4,60S,0OO In 1916 made $5,25S,-
600 in 1917. A $18,OOO,00O company
made $4,713,OOO In 1917, against $4,-
10000 in 1915.
A tin plate mill with $40, 100000 cap
ital made s54,O00.0UO net profit in 1917,
against sl9,0Oo,OOO in 1916, or an in"
creas Of - 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 profits
in 1915 generally ranged from 6 to 50
per cent on their capital stock, while
they nearly all made excess profits In
1917 Of from 3 to 35 per cent. Profits
Of the large public utilities companies
In 1916 and 1917 ranged from II to q
per cent.
Steam and electric railroads In 1916
made from II to 207 per cent profits
while in 1917 they made profits ia
excess of 1916 that ranged between II
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 100000 increased
Its income from S3324,OO0 In 1916 tt
$3.77S,ND in 1917.
How Dry Goods Men Jared.
A list of 200: clothing and dry
goods merchants, including department
stores, showed profits for 1917 in ex
cess of those over 1916. as high n!
1913 per cen on the capital stock
The concerns making the enOrmou!
profits, however, were the smallel
firms.
Retail Grocers and provision broker
made their enormous war profits
in 1915, the report shows. The gro
GERS made only a small profit In 1911
In excess OF their 1915 profits. OF tn
1863 concerns listed in the report
however. only r dozen show profits o
less than ~ per cent on their capita
stock in 1916. the year before the Unit
cd States entered the war. and tn
profits Of some concerns that yea
were us high as 1873 per cent. Mo.
Of the grocers. both large and sma
concerns. the report shows. made a.
erase profits In 1916 Of from so TO e
per cent,