The Monticellonian., 1918-08-23

1 AiE HI0AtS u tHE brewers Fa8-ef from 9 to 175 per cent in 191G anf their excess profits in 1917 were from ] to 50 per cent most of the large hEeweries making an average profit ef 42 to 50 per cent in 1916. and an ex- cess profit of 1t per cent in 1917. The distitlers of Whiskies and sPir- it's 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- i gfnia 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 1 from 25 to 150 per cent.
 Tn 1917 all Of the large bituminaus operators, the report shows, made un- usual profits. One mine made 1626 Der cent on it's capital in 1916 and 1. 33T l per cent in 1917 Another made 1872 per cent in 1916 and 5.9s3 per cent in 1917.
 Profits of the midconttnent bitumf- nous operators were smaller. averag- ing 90 per cent.
 The big oil producing companies Of Illinois Indiana, New York, PenHsyl- vania, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, and West Virginia made from 2S to 396 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 ? to 75 per cent that year. They showed excess profits in 1917 of from , to 55 per cent.
 Small dealers in four and grain, with capital stock of from S1tooo 10 SS,0O0, made excess profits that ranged as high as 519 per cent.
 The report also shows that the small dealers ill furniture and other house hold goods made enormous profits last year, with excess profits as high as 350 per cent.
 Retail dealers in tobacco made enor- nous profits off the smokers of the country, the highest being 3.fI6 per cent, and the average approximately 80 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 i'll profits oyer those of 1916. One company with S34 ,000.e0 capital fn 1916 earned ST. GOO 0O0. then boosted it's capital stock to S96. .000000 and then earned S23.- 10000. A Sf9,000.000 concern which earned S4,60S 0o0 in 1916 made S5,258, GOO in 1917. A Si6,900000 company made s4713.00o in 1917, against S4.. 100000 in 1916.
 A tin plate mill with S49. 100000 cap ital made S54 100000 net profit in 1917, against S19.00OO00 in 1916. or an in- crease of = per cent on it's capital stock.
 Transportation, public utilities, and light and power companies. with very few exceptions. fafed exceedingly well during 1916 and 1917. Their profits in 1916 generally ranged from 6 to so per cent on their capital stock, while they nearly all made excess profits in 1917 of from 3 10 3 per cent. Profits of the large public utilities companies in 1916 and 1917 ranged from II to 25 per cent.
 Steam and electric railroads In 1916 made from r 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- port.
 Marine, fire, and life insurance con eerns enjoyed unusually large in- creases in profits. One company earned 493 per cent more on it's cap ital stock in 1917 than in 19i6 An other capitalized at S700 0o0 increased it's income from S324,0o0 in 1916 to SETS. GOO in 1917.
 How Dry Goods Men Pared.
 4 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 as  l91. .43 per cent on the capital stock. The concerns making the enormous profits, however, were the smaller firms.
 Retail grocers and provision brokers made their enormous war profits" in 1916. the report shows. The gro cers made only q small profit in 1917 in excess of their 1916 profits. of the l633 concerns listed In the report. however. only dozen show profits of less than 2e 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 1.S13 per cent. Most of the greeers. both large and small concerns the report shows, made av- craze profits in 1916 of from 70 to 2o0 per cent.