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Show FEDERAL REVENUES SLUMP IN JANUARY WASHINGTON, March 6. Government Govern-ment rev, in.es . ..lie, led during January--I Ii" first month ox operation of the' i e,t tax law .-bowed a decrease de-crease in ret elpts of nearly 166,000.000 compared with January. 1921, according accord-ing to re-ports compiled Sunday by thoi Internal revenue bureau. Receipts during January aggregated aggregat-ed 131.o0fi,000 against 196.000 000 for the same month last year, the major ma-jor shrinkage being in the income and profits taxes which declined from $07,000,000 to $44,000,000- Collections under the national prohibition pro-hibition act Increased nearly $50,000. r lots for January aggregating $L' 14.000 compared with $ 164,000 In January, 1921. Tho aelaiice was accounted ac-counted for by an Increase of 1144.000 1 In tuxes on grape branely used In fortifying for-tifying sweet wines, all the other Items showing decreases. |