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Show LARGE FORTUNES 1 DECREASE IN PASTTWOYEARS WASHINGTON Oct T Despite the i popular b)f that tho n imbor of lrro fortune has fasarsaacsl during the last few oara. inrom' afatlsttca mad" public today bjr the tWIIQll of in'rrnsl rovoni'C hnwd a ronaldorah iscfteaSS far Ifll In thoo reporting Inoomea In oi $150,000 but a marked Increase in tho. roportlnr net Inoomea of lesa than $15V 00 Tho fla-iir wero consldoroi oron moro surprising as regards laeomes of a million mil-lion dollars and over Thoro wu rreaso of "r -v. ' rh r - . only 111 bMnr reported n i"1" A total of T? IM perSOBSj tnomo ti returns were fllod during tho calendar ;r 117 The net Inootno tax rotim woro filed du-inr the Calendar oar 1117 The net Income roportod on thee returns amounted to $13.5.i2.33.2f'7. an in ros of JT."5.'1.05.S7 ovor tho . orrospondinif fia-ures for the preceding calendar r The large Increase is attributed to the lower exemption of tho set of October S, 1917. and partly to the general rise In the scale of wages salaries and oth forms of compensation. |