Show 4 u 4 I Earnings 1 t 14 4 tTe The Jewel Tea Tr company report for tor 1031 Te 0 net profit t of ot equivalent i t to 1487 a e share c compared J r with eith h 1 bett betto ot ob a 0 share earned ered in 1930 Net tiet earnings of ot the Peoples Gas and Coke company y Chicago one of or th the Insull an utilities comp were higher In 1931 thaIn than tha Insul In lii 1930 des despite DUe a falling falline off oU in volume volum o ocas of ofas cas as sales saks The 1931 1 earnings of or lS were equivalent to 1006 a share on common common com com- mon nion ero tok and compared with wih 1043 a e 1 sharIn share shar In 1930 1330 Sales ot or ins cas decreased 26 pe per percent percent cent during tho year ear but officials that that operating economies economics and an upturn In income from investments In enabled the company to show an Increase In earnings |