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Show i COAL COMPANIES ! REAP BIG GAINS 3 WASHINGTON, Aug. 27. Examina- tlon of the business records of about 265 coal producing companies by ex-i ex-i perts of the internal revenue bureau has disclosed unreported profits yielding yield-ing more than five million additional - tax revenue to tho government. More than 2500 companies remain to bo ex- 3 amincd and officials expect to gather a ; total of $50,000,000 taxes from these sources. Similar studies now aro being made of tho oil, metal mining and woolen - businesses and corps of examiners will . bo sent into tho field soon to survey . these Industrials. About $6,000,000 additional rovenue 1 has been obtained for the government 2 through the examination by tho government's gov-ernment's excess profits revlowers on returns of 1600 corporations. |