Show BIG INCREASE IN BUSINESS PROFITS SEEN UnexPectedly large larse an and w vell ll dis at Increases in business profits for tor the third thId quarter of 1028 as compared with the s same me periOd of last year says the December Do- Do cember issue of J 1 A A. A Hogle Coos Cos Graphic Market Review have do- do a rather general belief that for the full twelve months the ag aggregate ag- ag Earnings of American Industry in in In- will surpass by far the re returns re re- turns of 1927 Indeed the record results of 1926 are Are tre likely t to td bo be fully equaled t 4 The 1 1928 1028 8 nine month h Prof profit gains it gains over OYer 1927 1027 for various leading indus tries range all aU the way up to an in increase in- in crease of per cent for five cop copper cop cop- per companies Outside this group the most pronounced instances of advance include the motor accessory sory miscellaneous mining and smelting oil producing motor and machinery industries Possibly tho the most significant feature df elf these gains is that In some instances the groups which show a minth improvement reported a slight loss from 1927 results for the first six months Of course in considering aggregate aggregate gate earnings figures it must be remembered that all companies share alike Thus in some Industries industries Indus indus- tries there have been corporations which have not fared any too well this year And In considering the nine-month nine totals for 1928 1028 it IL should be noted that comparisons with the corresponding period of 1927 are made with a period in which business business business busi busi- ness profits were mU much h less satisfactory satisfactory satis satis- factory than they were in 1 1526 1026 26 |