The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-25
10000 INCOME TAX
RETURNS MADE HERE
Number Will Be Increased Be.
fore Time for Reports
Ends on Saturday.

With four days left in which the incom,
tax returns may be made local Internal
revenue cole ctors reported yesterday that
something over 10000 returns SHOWING
taxable incomes have been filed In their
districts. which In addition to Create:
New York include the counties OF Mas
sau and Suffolk.
For this locality there must also be In
cluded the returns from the district in
Guiding Jersey City. although the majority
OF New Jersey folk who will contribute
largely TO Uncle Sans income tax fund
will Tile In the lower New York dlstr.c.
under the provision OF the law which per-
mits returns from the taxpayers princi-
pal place OF business.
For this reason Il was hard yesterday
for the workers In Collector II. c. Herold's
district. which includes the eleven north.
ern counties OF New Jersey. in VIII CHI are
Jersey City. Hoboken. Paterson. Newark
and Elizabeth. to figure what the returns
would be. There had been received from
that district yesterday 5000 personal an 1
10000 corporation returna II was tho GIT
that the tigures for the corporations were
nearly complete. but that there might be
as high as $4,000 more personal returns
filed.
1t Ia quite possible that there may be
other districts where the number OF re-
turns will be greater than that OF the
district which Includes the business sec
ton OF New York. for which Cha les w.
Anderson Is the collector. But no other
district will even Apprc ximate this one In
the amount OF the tax which will be COL
lected
The collectors ara forbidden. under
pain Of heavy penalties, to reveal\ the
namgs OF those who file returns or the
amount OF the incomes thus declared. But
II you are curious to know who some Of
the Lotable rich men are who will send
in their returns to Mr.. Andersons office
at the Custom House you have only to
take a corporation directory and check
on the names OF those whose principal
place OF business 10 In lower New York.
And II you add the names OF Americans
who derive their incomes from corpora
lions whose main Offices are here you
will have financial who's Who" that
will be quite complete
Over In Brooklyn. where Internal Reve-
nue. Collector william j. Maxwell Is tack
ling the income tax Job. II was said that
approximately 5000 personal and 25Oo
corporation returns had been hled up to
last Friday 81 the close OF the business
day. Collector Maxwel's district includes
Kings, Queens, Richmond, Nassau and
Suffolk counties, but many OF the resi-
dents In that district have their principal
place OF business In New York and will
file here
Bronx county Is part OF district which
Includes the Hudson River Valley and
stretches almost to the Canadian border.
In the Borough Of The Bronx itself 1t 10
estimated that about 900 returns have
been flled.
when you start that financial Who's
Who there are one or two puzzles at
once apparent concerning where some OF
ccuntry's richest men will file.
II IL easy enough to determine that In
all probability George r, Baker. whose
yearly income has been estimated at S5,-
900. 900, will pay his tax into the once ut
the Custom House. and that the J. p.
Morgan estate tax on the estimated yearly
income Of 37.50o.c00. toEeuer with the
taxes on the incomes OF Mrs. +. ii. Har-
riman, Mrs. Russell Sage, Thomas F.
Ryan and others. will help to make that
district the richest in returns In the United
States.
But when you wonder where John d.
Rockefeller will pay his tax. on the great
est income In the country. you have a
wide field for guesses. Mr.. Rockefele
Is generally considered to have retire 4
from business. For this reason ne might
not send his returO from the STANDARD
OIL offices. He has residences on FIT,
avenue, in Westchester county and In
Cleveland. Ohio. from any OF which he
might make his return.
Some OF those. In addition to those al
ready mentioned, who will probably pay
tribute In the New York districts are
Andrew Carnegie. estimated income 3l5.-
900, 900; william Rockefeller. estimated
income Sl3.000.000; William A Clark
estimated income S+,000,000: W. X Van
lerbi!t. estimated income $4,000 600 Vim
cent Aston, estimated income 100000
the jaw Gould estate. estimated income
s3.70O.000; Mrs. Hetty Green, est mated
income $4,000, 900. and w. II. Moore. Ar
thur c. James Thomas +, Ryan
and the Robert Goeiet estate. all with in
comes estimated more than $4,000, 900.