The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-07-09
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sew York, pennsylvania and
Illinois lead in Income and
Corporation Excise.

Wt shiogtor Sew York, Pennsyl
4 sanis srd lllnois paid more than half
i01 th s7l.38G1tj turned into the ma
i0nal trsaaury ! income and corpora
ZION taxec dmins the fiscal year just
,lorcd. 4 dc ed statement Of col.
llbctona ma, public showed that
these three tes contributed s37,.
lsU7i7
New Yor ne paid s12,52S,247.0 .03
IN indvi5 come tax, while the
entire az u paid by individuals
throughou h, country was s2S,3O6,.
$500. The o. ire state paid $685.
23B51 Of hc 43,O79,s10.44 paid as
corpofat.n l,x Dy all states.
penrf ania anked second in both
ndividu1 end corporation taxes. Its
corporations paid O96,3O5.2s and its
! individual inco ne tax collections
/ amounted to 3,176,O95.2s Illinois
/ vaa '.. no thr list. with corporation
taxes amlt1ung to s4,293, ,649.6s and
Individual incomes aggregating $2.-
l76l.i1i
W'n 9rose,utr neome Tax Dodgers.
Nation wide vestigation Of the re-
rus ga rho In )me tax filed by cor.
adlons ard lividuals has been be.
gun by agents and inspectors working
at the direction of Commissioner os.
borne OF the internal revenue. to as
certain the correctness Of each pay.
ment into the treasury.
Fraudulent statements In attempts
TO evade or defeat the assessment re-
qulred by the law are held to be n
misdemeanor and the person or Of
flcer OF any corporation rendering
false return Is liable to fine not ex.
ceeding $4,000 or imprisonment not ex'
oeeding one year. or both, at the dis
erection OF the court.
Officials OF the treasury declare the
pursuit will be relentless and those
caught In the dragnet which Is being
thrown out will be required to pay the
additional amount OF their tax OF face
suits OF prosecution.
Borah Continues to Fight Harbor Bill.
There Is little likelihood that the
fight being made against the river
and harbor bill In the senate will ac'
complish It's defeat, though II is be-
llcyed that thc'bill cannot go into ef-
feet much before August and may not
become operative until n later date.
Senator Borah, OF Idaho, who Is
holding up the bill. intends to hold
up the conference report later. unless
congress grants some OF the legisla.
tlon asked by the west, As n means
OF accomplishing his purpose. he has
offered an amendment TO the bill au'
thorizing a loan of $5O,OOO,OO0 TO the
reclamation fund, and Is demanding
that that amendment be accepted by
the senate. Ills contention is that the
river and harbor bill. with few excep.
tions. carries no direct benefit 10 the
states. where the government is build
ing irrigation works.
Colombian Treaty Is Likely 20 Fail,
The administration by "A party vote
will he able To secure favorable re-
port from the foreign relations com
mittee OF the senate on the Bryan
treaty with Colombia, but senators OPP
posed To that document assert posi-
lively that the administration will not
be able TO force ratification by the
senate Il requires a two-thirds vote
to ratify and more than third OF the
senate are said to be opposed to the
treaty.
National Capital Brevities.
Major General Wood, former chief
of staff OF the United States army,
has been ordered In command OF the
eastern department of the army,
In wordy alteration over the Mic
aragua treaty before the foreign rela.
tions committee, Senators Root OF
New York and Smith of Michigan
nearly came TO blows.
II is said that leaders are hoping
that vote on the Hobson prohibition
amendment TO the constitution will be
had in the house about August l.
The United States has been asked
by Consul General Cheshire of Can
ton. China, to send aid for the 2,0OO,-
000 people who are said to have been
rendered destitute by the recent floods
in two southern provinces of China.
The house passed the bill repeating
the provision that anyone who was
in any way active on the side OF the
rebels during the civil war should not
be eligible for the collection OF claims
from the government Claims total
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