Judsonia weekly advance., 1918-08-21

Q to 50 per cent, most of the large breweries making an average profit of AZ to 90 per cent in 1916 and an ex- cess profit of 10 per cent in 1917.
 The distillers of whiskies and spir- its made profits in 1916 that ranged from 9 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 25 to 150 per cent.
 In 1917 all of the large bituminous operators, the report shows, made un- usual profits. One mine made 1,626 per cent on it's capital in 1916 and 4,337 per cent in 1917. Another made 1872 1917.
 Profits of the midcontinent bitumi- nous operators were smaller, averag- 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 396 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 to 55 per cent.
 Small dealers in flour and grain, with capital stock of from $1,00O to $S,000 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 SIS high as $50 per cent.
 Retail dealers in tobacco made enor- | nous profits off the smokers of the country, the highest being 3,176 per | cent, and the average approximately | 80 per cent in 1916 These profits were doubled during 1917. Auto Builders Wax Fat. l Most of the automobile companies | hit high marks in earnings in 1916, but l 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 | $31 100000 capital in 1916 earned $17,- | 100000, then boosted it's capital stock | to $96,O00,000 and then earned $23,- OoO,OOO A $19,00O,0O0 concern which earned $4,60S,0O0 in 1916 made $5,25S,- l GOO in 1917. A $16,0O0,000 company made $4,713,000 in 1917, against $4,- l 100000 in 1916.
 A tin plate mill with $49. 100000 cap ital made $54, 100000 net profit in 1917, against $19,OOO,OOO in 1916, or an in | crease of 72 per cent on its capital stock
 1 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 80 per cent on the'r 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 15 and 20 per cent, according to the re- l port.
 Marine, fire, and life insurance con- cerns enjoyed unusually large in- creases in profits. One company earned 493 per cent more on it's cap- ital stock in 1917 than in 1916. An other capitalized at S700,0OO increased its income from $324,OOO in 1916 to $3,779,0OO in 1917.
 How Dry Goods Men Pared.
 A list of 2,092 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 l firms.
 | Retail grocers and provision brokers made their enormous ''war profits' in 1916, the report shows. The gro- cers made only a small profit in 1917 in excess of their 1916 profits. Of the 1,633 concerns listed in the report however, only 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 l profits of some concerns that year l were as high as 1,S13 per cent. Most | I1. T.