Show 11 ll ANY BUSINESS CONCERNS amis REPORTING NG HUGE PROFITS iga labs there ire arc a lot of conflicting ries ories these days about economic dictions r n in this country stor s emirate constantly from one T that conditions are getting lOl letter 1 and from another that wt we e getting nowhere that business i h IN a throttled and shackled to a alt int where recovery is impossible is afrank frank E gannett publisher of a ik I 1 ring of newspapers in the past bias been one of the most audible itar tile the calam calamity ty howers yet he re rc 40 arts to his stockholders net 14 is for 1939 of or a gain ta f over 1933 1938 at t th the e report of the national industrial rial conference board shows that 28 industrial corporations nad ag regate net profits of ta i 1939 as compared with ra 00 in 1938 a gain of 90 per cent here are arc the figures for a few in concerns general electric company had 1 a I assant nt income in 1939 of ggs against in 1938 it anade ade capital expenditures for I 1 L lant and equipment during the ear of I 1 11 arf 1 the pennsylvania railroads re q aport ort for 1939 showed a net earned I 1 income of which was fan r n increase of over I 1 lait consolidated net income of althe american telephone and telegraph co and its principal subsidiaries jaries for 1939 was the highest since bottom was reached t i in 1932 and almost great ter jr than the net income of 1933 aich was general motors corporation reported consolidated soli ioli dated net earin of adoo 00 for 1939 compared with Ar tl in 1038 1033 i chrysler corporation despite afif aty four days of idleness due to a strike earned in 1939 or yearly dearly double the profit of 18 19 J for the preceding year Coody ear tire rubber co show te d net profits for 1939 of compared with in 93 I 1 it employed 1400 more people athan an in 1938 and domestic payrolls were greater than in 1938 united states rubber com 1 5 banys banys anys net of in 1933 1939 yas t was nearly double the P of f 1938 libby owens ford glass co reported a net income of for 1939 against for 1938 marshall field and company had net profits of ia in 1939 the best in ten years and over the preceding year 1 al all range men who have not made anade application to participate in the 1940 program are invited now to call at the county agents office in the federal building in cedar joity and sign up under the program with the AAA range examiner ter ervin |