South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-08-12
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even in me race ~ the exemption
OF al DIVIDENDS. amounting 20 eE-
actI} third or the total net income
returned. bore nearly us proper
tionate one-haf Of the total taN
because or iAe mueh nisher proper
Non or property income in -ae
returns or the higher income class
es. paying the heavier rates of tax
incomes from business and ~er'-
Ice looted me remainder or ne
tax DIE
As an aFiden.e oi the indictments
to thrift in uat.wo0t 'ne returns
OF married men. making due dedu'-
bon Tor joint returns OF husband
and wife. indicated their wealth. ai
more than five times thai ~ single
men as shown log their returns. the
former hearing Responding
burden OF the tax EXCEPT for eN-
empuon in the $1,000 to $4,000
class amounting 20 about six per
cent OF their total income report
ed.
AlthruEh Tor the countr, ~
large. the returns of single men
We're double those OF single WON
en-. the siN Nev England states
were a conspicuous exception 20 the
rule The total income reported h-
single mon in that section exceed
I'd by barely % per cent the total
income OF single women. bearing
testimony either to the superior i'm
dependence and earning capacity
OF the New England women or a
reluctance 80 share Inherited riches
n matrimony The District OF CO.
lumbia and Hawaii were also con
spicuous in that respect showing
about equal returns for single men
and women.
striking ecCentricity in the re-
port is the return IN the skilled and
unskilIed Ia Dor class Of - incomes
boEe the $50 GOO mark. FIVE o.
them being above 100000 Two
hundred and eighty labor returns
were above $4,000.
Drumnlers Wealthy.
-Four commercial travellers show
cd incomes OF over 500 OOo. as did
two s7Ioonkeepers one pro fessiou-
Ian sportsman. Is hotel proprietors
and - insurance agents Actors.
singers and musicians to the mum
Der Of Ola showed totaI income
of S1rreS.OOO. a neat average or
over $4,000. and possibility "a
stimulate the other 10. 600 not
making returns Five 81 these in
comes were over $4,000 Tn the
class of authors. editors and 70
porters here we're Is incomes o.
bet--r than 500 GOO and two
above $500. 600 twelve ministers
OF the eosDeI showed incomes OF
more than $4,000
The legal profession earned the
greatest total incomes among pro-
/ feesions although the average in
come among eng.neers was higher
/ az the Pc. 600 manufactures in the
country In 1900. one in every ten
made returns. paying a total Of .
per cent of the tax. OF the mer-
chants. one iu ten made returns.
paving 1875 per cent OF the tax. or
commission brokers i'm an neids.
one in FIVE. paying eight per cent.
roaf estate brokers one in four.
Da,-ing oS2 per cent. rsu-vers and
judges one in five. paving % PEI
cent. mine owners and opera tors.
I one i'm six paving four per cent.
one farmer I'M about every 400
made returns. paving an aggregate
Z Of one per cent OF the tax. one
teacher in every 200. one clergy
man in about every u.s.
The three states reporting mo
greatest total incomes were. IN the
order of their returns. New York.
/ PENNSYLVANIA and Illinois New
/ York with nearly two billions. re-
rorted almost q third Of he totsl
returns This however. is not an
accurate indication Of the actual
/ wealth OF a state. for persons &c
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