The Nevada County picayune., 1918-08-22
The profit. of the brewers ranged

AZ to bu per cent In 19lb, ana an e1- cess profit of 10 per cent in 1917.
 The distillers of ~hiskies and spir- Its made profits in 1916 that ranged from to S23 per cent, while their ex- cess profits last year were from 12 to 400 per cent.
 Coal Men Pile Up Wealth.
 The Pennsylvania and West Vir- ginia soft coal mining companies made enormous excess profits in 1917, ac- cording to the report. The large com panies all made profits in 1916 ranging from 9 to 150 per cent.
 In 1917 all of the large bitumnous operators, the report shows, made un- usual profits. One mine made 1926 per cent on its capital in 1916 and 4.337 per cent in 1917. Another made 1872 per cent in 1916 and 5,9S3 per cent in 1917.
 Profits of the midcontinent bitumi- nous operators were smaller. avarag- ing 50 per cent.
 The big oil producing companies of Illinois, Indiana, New York. Pennsyl- vania, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, and West Virginia made from 2S to S96 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 20 to 75 per cent that year. They showed excess profits in 1917 of from 3 to 55 per cent.
 Small dealers In flour and grain, with capital stock of from Sl,o0o to SS,00o, made excess profits that ranged as high as 519 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 3oo per cent.
 Retail dealers in tobacco made enor- nous profits off the smokers Of the country, the highest being 3,l16 per cent, and the average approximately so per cent in 1916. These profits were doubled during 1917. Auto 6llIQSIs " aN A1
 Most of the automobile companies hit high marks in earnings In l9lo' put they went still higher ill 1917. The largest listed, however, did not show any extraordinary increase in profits over those of 1916. One company with | S31 GOO 0oo capital in 1916 earned Sli,- | OOO. .ooO. then boosted its capital stock to S96 100000 and then earned S23,- | O0O. .OOo. A S19,0O0,000 concern which earned s4,60S,oo0 In 1916 made $o,25S,- | 600 In 1917. A $16,0OO,0OO company made S4,713,O0O in 19l7 against A. l 109, ,o00 in 1916.
 A tin plate mill with S49, ,0o0, 900 cap ital made S54, 900 900 net profit in 1917, against $l9,000,000 in 1916, or an in crease of 72 per cent on its capital stock.
 Transportation, public utilities, and light and power companies, with very few exceptions, fared exceedingly well during 1916 and 1917. Their profits in 1916 generally ranged from ( to so per cent on their capital stock, while they nearly all made excess profits In 1917 of from to 35 per cent. Profits of the large public utilities companies in 1916 and 1917 ranged from Il to 25 | per cent.
 Steam and electric railroads In 1916 made from IT to POT per cent profits, while in 1917 they made profits in excess of 1916 that ranged between 10 | and 20 per cent, according to the re- port.
 Marine. fire. and life insurance con cerns enjoyed unusually large in- creases in profits. One company earned 493 per cent more on its cap ital stock In 1917 than in 1916 An other capitalized at $70o 900 increased 1 Its Income from s324 ,OOO in 1916 to S3,77S.00O in 1917.
 How Dry Goods Men Pared.
 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 HIS 191.43 per cent on the capital stock, The concerns making the enormous profits, however, were the smaller firms.
 Retail srocers and provision brokers made their enormous war profits" in 1916, the report shows The gro cers made only small profit in 1917 in excess of their 1916 profits. Of the 1888 concerns listed in the report, | however only a dozen show profits of less than 20 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 as high as 1873 per cent. Most of the grocers, both large and small concerns, the report shows, made av- craze profits In 1916 of from 90 to 200 1 per cent