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Show MEXICO HAS GREAT INCOME FROM OIL WASHINGTON, Sept. M. For the first ! lime tli e government has obtained official j fipures showdnp the extent to which the j petroleum industry supports the povern- I meiif of-Mexi;'o by paynmnt of taxes. From President Oarranza's stn tf merit in Ids recent messape to the M:exican con press, a copy of whfoh-has lw en received re-ceived here, it is direlo.-ed that the petroleum petrol-eum companies pay 10 p-r cent of the tfdal revenue received by Mexico from all sou re'1 s of taxation, more lliau is received re-ceived from taxes ou all metals. Mexico's total tax revenue was more than l?.5,"00.0n0 peso:', of which petroleum paid more than 1 ".enOn'm. Carranza suited that the polroleum revenue also was -1,01X1,000 pesos more than il was a year apo. |