The Tomahawk., 1918-08-29
cess profits last year were from II to
400 per cent. = ~. ~
Coal Men Pie 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 Is to $50 per cent.
In 1917 all of the large bituminous
operators, the report shows, made un.
usual profits. One mine made 1925
per cent on it's capital in 1916 and 1887
per cent in 1917. Another made 1872
per cent in 1916 and 1888 per recent in
1917. -. - =. .-a,. T.
. Profits of the midcontinent bitumi.
nous operators were smaller, ayerag-
ing so per cent. i 49,. - Il. (
The big oil producing companies of
Illinois, Indiana, New York, Pennsyl'
vania, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, and
West Virginia made from % to 396
per cent in 1916 and enormous excess
profits in 1917. The Texas, Oklahoma
and Kansas oil companies showed
similar profits for bool years. 49,.
All of the garment manufacturers
made gigantic profits in 1916, those for
the larger companies ranging from 20
to IS per cent that year. They showed
excess profits In 1917 Of from s to IS
per cent. = -. \ ~.
Small dealers in flour and grain.
with capital stock of from $1,000 to
$4,000, 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 3oO
per cent. E%.>
Retail dealers in tobacco made enor-
NOUS profits off the smokers OF the
country, the highest being 3,l76 per
cent, and the average approximately
so per cent in 1916. These profits
were doubled during 1911,
':< 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
S31 100000 capital in 1916 earned ST.
100000, then boosted it's capital stock
to $96,GOO,OOO and then earned $685.
100000. "A $19,OOO,OOO concern which
earned $4,6Os, 900 in 1916 made $685.
600 in 1917. A $16,OOO,0O0 company
made $4,713,O00 in 1917, against $4,-
10000 in 1916.
A tin plate mill with $40, 00O, 900 cap
ital made 100000 net profit in 1917,
against $19,OOO,OOO in 1916, Or an in
crease of Y per cent on its capital
stock.
Transportation, public utilities, and
light and power companies, with very
few EXCEPTIONS, Jared exceedingly wei:
during 1916 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 1915 and 1917 ranged from IL to %
per cent. D.. o.. ...'...,. - T..
Steam and electric railroads in 1915
made fronA II to POI per cent profits,
while in 1917 they made profits in
excess of 1915 that ranged between Is
and 20 per cent, according to the re-
port. 49,. ... ..n..
Marine, fire, and life insurance con-
Germs enjoyed unusually large in
creases in profits. One company
earned 1913 per cent more on its cap
ital stock in 1917 than in 1916. An
other capitalized at 100000 increased
it's, income from 1921, 900 in 1915 to
$3,778,OOO in 1917. 81 %'8 49, 49,. -
How Dry Goods Men Jared.
x list Of 1902 clothing and dry
goods merchants, including department
stores, showed profits for 1917 In ex-
cess of those over 1916, as high as
191 43 per cent on the capital stock.
The concerns making the enormous
profits, however. were the smaller
firms. - IT,.
Retail grocers and provision brokers
made their enormous war profits"
in 1916, the report shows. The gro
GERS made only small profit in 1917
in excess of their 1916 profits. OF the
1888 concerns listed in the report,
however, only dozen show proftSof
less than 20 per cent on their capital
stock in 1915, the year before the Unit
ed States entered the war, and the
profits Of some concerns that year
we're as high as 1913 per cent. Most
of the grocers. both large and small
concerns. the report shows, made av-
erase profits in 1916 Of from so to zoe
per cent. ,
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