REPORT OF ]or the Twelve Months Ended December 31, 1943 DIRECTORS C.-\.HLET X P -cTX_\..\I B. E. BR_\TX H. R.. B L..L -DER . JR. L. R. BILLE TT JOIIX R. L X T.\IIRE OFFICERS _ -\.RLET x P -cTx.nr. Pre ident B. E. Bnxcx. rice-Pre. ident- Operation. \Y. J. BYRXE . Trea urer H. R. BoL_ -\.XDER . JR.. ecretary R. . CRIYEXER .1 i tant Trea urer E. ~I"C"RIUY, .1ssi tant ecretary Gen ral Office . ~Iemphi - ~Iunicipal Airport. ~Iemphi ' 't. Tenne ee orporate Offic . 100 \\' ~ t T nt.h Street. ,Yilmington. D la,-.;-ar T ran. fer . gent, ~Iis-i -ippi Yall y Tru 't Company. Broa lwa~ and Olin treet. ~t. L ui . ~Ii ~oun H.e0 i trar, Boatmen X ational Bank, Broa h-rny and Oli,e "'treet, "'t. Loui ' , ~Ii , ouri TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF Financial Report Yo R company's operation for the year 1943 re ulted in a net profit after income taxe of $128,055.71. On D ecember 29, 1943, we were erved with the final order of the Civil Aeronautic Board reducing our mail rate from an average of approximately 30 cent per air- plane mile to .3 of a mill per pound mile. The new rate ha proved equal to about 13 cents per airplane mile. The reduction was made effective retroactively to February 1, 1943,and produced a decrease of $304,180.95 in mail revenue a compared with 1942. Thi decline, accompanied by a 35% increase in operating costs, account for a decrea e of $149,664.00 in net profits for 1943. For the purpose of more complete analy is, there is et out below a condensed comparative income statement ba ed upon (1) what would have been the results of operations for the year 1943 at th old mail rate, (2) operations for 1942 and (3) actual operation for 1943 at the new mail rate. Condensed Comparative Income Statement R evenue miles flown ... Operating Revenue: Pa enger and exces baggage . Mail. ..... . Expre ... . ...... . Other . ... . ........................ . Total operating revenue . .. ...... .. ... . ......... . 011eraling expenses. Hypothetical 12 mos. ended Dec. 31, 1943 (Old Mail Rate) 2,179,472 $ 1,864,998.56 666,322.31 96,665.50 11,054.65 $ 2,639,041.02 2,243,673.25 12 rnos. ended 12 rnos. ended Dec. 31, 1942 Dec. 31, 1943 (N ew Mail Rate) 2,210,187 2,179,472 $ 1,421,834.51 $ 1,864,998.56 606,004.09 301,823.14 62,309.10 96,665.50 9,688.83 11,054.65 $ 2,099,836.53 $ 2,274,541.85 1,659,447.54 2,243,673.25 Income .from opnahons .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . ....... .. ... . $ 395,367.77 $ 440,388.99 $ 30,868.60 Other income, including .fees und prr~(its on Government contracts. Other deductions . . Income be.fore provision.for income taxes . .. Provision J or Federal and , late income laxes . . .\' et income .for period . . .... . It will be ob erved that, had our mail rate not been reduced by the Board, our net profit after federal income taxe for they ar 1943, in pite of a ri e of $584,225.71 in operating expen e , would have been $344,404.70, or an increa e of $66,685.35 over 1942. Pa enger revenue increa ed from 63.7 cent per airplane mile to T wo 201,632.54 48,731.04 201,632.54 $ 597,000.31 $ 489,120.03 $ 232,501.14 18,168.89 22,400.68 18,168.89 $ 578,831.42 $ 466,719.35 $ 214,332.25 234,426.72 l 9,000.00 86,276.54 $ 344,404.70 $ 277,719.35 L__:!28,055.71 84. cent , and exprc revenue from 2.8 cent to 4.4 cents. Total operating revenue ro e from 95 cent to 104 cents and non-operating income from 2.5 cents to 9.25 cent . Operating cost , however, increa eel from 75 cent to 103 cent . The rise in operating expen wa due chiefly to the t increa ed co, t ' of labor and supplic, in all departmcn L-, Half of the total increa e i. attributable to alari . and wage . The company paid employe s $702,690 in l 942 and $998,513 in 1943. Some of thi increa e wa due to the nece ity of maintaining training program for n w employee to fill the place. of oth r employees b ing lo t to el ctive Service. , ome of it arose from the fact that le . killed per onnel require greater supervision in order to maintain the company's high afety stand- ard , and mu.-t be employ d in larger numbers to ac- compli h an equivalent amount of work. Some of it wa attributable to the nationwide rise in remuneration to all cla e of worker , and the n d of the company to compete for . killed mploye s in a mark t where the demand i unprecedented. The trend of c ts in categories other than labor is illu trated by an incr ase of 77 in the ost of food erved to pa . . engers, although the numb ~ r of pas. enger. carried roe only 19 , an increa. e of 23 in th CO.'t of materials for equipment maint nance, and an incr a. of 70 in General Taxe., th greater part b ing 'ocial ecuri ty Taxe . Application for New Mail Rate It ON Y.Iarch 8, 1944, your company filed an application for an increa e in it. mail rate, requ . ting that the Civil Aeronautics Board re tore the rate in effect prior to February 1, 1943. The harp increa.-e in our operating co ts and the continuing uncertaintie. pre. ented by th po ibility of renegotiation of our military contracts and variou di allowance of charge. alr ady billed have made thi action eem advi .. able. New Stock Issue I N X ovember, 1943, your company .-old to the public through it. banker 60,000 shares of common tock, thereby increa ing it capitalization from 231,337 shares to 291,337 hare . The net proceeds of th i.' sale, amounting to '660,000, had been applied a.' follows as at December 31, 1943: To Tax avings Xote .. ...... . .... . . ,'100,000.00 To 'C. . Government B nds . ..... . . 300,000.00 To Retirement of X ote.- Payable .... . 150,000.00 To Expen. e. of Stock I. '.'Ue . . . . . . . . . . 29,.583 . .51 To Ca h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80,416.49 The managem nt believes that th company's in- creased financial tr ngth resulting from this issue will be sufficient to meet the d mands of any reasonable expansion program in the imm diate postwar period. Military Contracts Yo ft ompany throughout 1943 continu d to per- form air cargo transportation . rvi es for the Air Trams- port Command of the ( nited States Army, including th~ training of pilot.- and mechanic.- under the Com- mand'.- Tran. ition Training Program. It lik wise continued to onduct a Modifi ation Center for th, rmy'. Y.Iateriel Command. All these activities hav be n extensiv in nature but s recy agr ement. mak impossible a .tatistical statem nt re- garding them until the onclusion of th war. New Route Applications 0 the back cover of this report will be found a map . hawing new route applied for by your ompany. ~ Tone of the e application. has yet been heard by the Civil Aer nautic. Board xcept (1) Y.I mphi.- to Detr it and Cleveland, (2) , t. Loui.- to D etroit and Cleveland ancJ (3) Chicago to Detroit. Thes three have progre.'. ed to the stage of completed hearing.-.; b for an Examiner, but no Exam in r' report ha.- yet been is.'ued in any of' them. ll of our applications for routes out of cw Orleans and Hou.'ton to Latin American countrie and the 'aribb an area will probably be set for a consolidated hearing next fall. Th ~ total mileage in volv din Chi ago and :outhern' applications for n w routes i.' 43,94.5 mile.-. Annual Meeting TuE annual m eting of sto kholders will b" held at the ompany'.- Gen ral Offi es at the Y.Iunicipal Airport, ::viemphi ', Tenn s. ee, at 2 p.m. on Tu sday, ::\1:ay 2, 1944, for the purpose of electing your Board of Dire tors for the en.-uing y~ar, and tran ."acting su h other husi- nes. as may come before it. ::'\otice of thi.' me,tin g is en losed herewith, and it i.' hoped that you will h, ahl to be pr ~ s nt. Re ~ i ~ ~farch 31, 1944. Pre8ident. T hree ZrcJ@!J, [A DELAWARE CORPORATION} ASSETS Current Assets: C'a ,h on demand deposit and on hand .. pecial cash dcpo it restricted to use on government con- tracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. rn it eel tatc Trea ury Obligations, at co t (approximate ma rket quotation $167,350.00)-see ::"Jote 1 . .. . .. ..... . .Funds deposited with Federal Reserve Bank for purchase of Employees' War SaYings Bonds .... Accounts receivahle: Pnitecl State, Government departments-see Note 2 ... . Traffic balances, agents and other trade receivable . . .. . Contract receivable-City of Memphis . . . Due .from officers and employees ...... . lnYentory of parts, supplies, etc., at approximate cost. Other Assets: Equipment replacement fund : Ca h on demand deposit . . . . ...... . Un ited States Treasury Obligations, at cost (market quotation $241,500.00)-see Note 3 .. Accrued interest receivable ... :\1iscellaneous investmenls, at cost .... Fixed Assets: Cost Flight equipment ........................ . Other property ancl equipment .. . \Vork in process ......... . $599,058.72 363,809.83 8,740.61 $971,609.16 Def erred Charges: Prepaid insurance .................. . Deposit in escrow- see Tote 4 ...... . Other prepayments and deferred charges . Franchises and Goodwill $905,287.65 188,787.90 70,070.59 7,868.71 $ 1,118.29 240,000.00 182.62 Depreciation $407,872.15 169,391.39 $577,263.54 $ 623,014.41 165,000.00 167,184.06 1,762.50 1,172,014.85 158,580.12 $ 241,300.91 761.00 $ $ S et 191,186.57 194,418.44 8,740.61 19,846.84 7,000.00 15,308.13 $2,287,555.94 242,061.91 394,345.62 42,154.97 1.00 $2,966,119.44 STATEMENT NO. I BALANCE SHEET DECEMBER 31, 1943--- LIABILITIES Current Liabilities: Accounts payable . ............. ......... . Traffic balances and deposits payable ... . Due to United State Post Office Department . . .. . ..... . Advances on United States Government contract . Reserve for purchase of Employees' \V'ar Savings Bonds .. Accrued liabilities : Salaries and wages .. . .. . ...... . ............. . ... . F ederal and . tate taxes on income .......... . Taxes, other than income ..... Other . . _ ..... . Dividends payable, J anuary 1, 1944 .... . . 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