Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1918-04-20
MR.. SIMPKINS PAYS
HIS INCOME Tax
BY ROBERT mesLAiR.

tour Il wns q ror'rlii ~ biz father.
Iol,u Sim us MO hal 'u." ;'urs
been promote fpr ,aI"r d.rHg the
Sivil NHt an hal died hga.rl! on th"
field 81 action Mr. Simpkins throat
ached now for two reasons First. lie
reyerenccd aud adorcd the memory ~
Ills father secondly his ngc and a.s
eyes and his game leg wouldn't let lin
20 to WIZ himself And rs to ohscr' ed
the martial hearing and mncnnpruinis-
ing gaze Of Colonel SmpkiuS he SEW.
IN Imagination the khnk: clad lads ~
the new generation marching forth and
crossing three thousand miles ~ seq 10
fight. maybe die. for liberty
Mr. Slmpkns pecred around 10 make
sure that neither Bess nor John twho
were at the teasing ages Of sixteen
and scventcen) were whore they could
see him. then he straightened and
threw his right arm up for salute.
But his equity shoulder twingeh. and he
groaned. lie couldn't even salute
Damn :" said Mr. Simpklns. and
with his other hand flerccly twired his
white mustachlos.
He turned and llmpcd into the Il.
brnry and sat down crcHkily before the
mahogany desk on which were lying
the blunks for his income tax stEtc-
ncnt. blanks which he lad :niher
Grumpily got from the Internal Reeve
nue. officer only thar day after iurcn-
con OF his way home from the club
Mr. SmpklnS' Income for 1915 had
Amounted to just about $1,000 and H.
Lad been rather suappy ou tic sub
ject Of taxes ever since h. had disrov.
cred tllat the more income nat has
the greater The percentage al II me-
pays ia taxes liz could thjrk ~ s"v-
cral men who. like himself. were iH"r.
ricl and had two children. AMI yet,
although their Incomes were nearly
half OF his. they would pay only II
small fraction of thr Amount he paid
lie eloomily drew the haik nearer
ana began filling III tie information
that II asked for.
4. Mr. Simpkius income was $ilhl
hc hal "a ,i.urc out TIE amounts pat.
able on each ~ ihc successive smaller
CLASSES Of incomes III ORDER to arrive
s., n. ,o,I au. fr.r himself II.
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ried men then showed NJ u~ follows:
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